It doesn't get much more frugal than this!

I've always liked to attend the yardsales of others and to have them myself.  However, since Eli was a baby, I've found them to be even more beneficial.  Over the course of the past couple of years, I have bought mounds and heaps of baby and little boy clothes.  I have stockpiled entire wardrobes in each size for him up to 2T/3T. 

Scott's Aunt Mary Anne has spoiled us rotten lately.  She too is a yardsaler and has lavished us in the great finds of late.  This is one of the outfits in the last bag she sent for us.  How cute is this?

Anyway, after receiving our last bag from her, I decided to take a clothes inventory for Eli.  I figured out what he'd need for about the next year.  I also realized that we don't have much of anything at all yet for little girl.  So...it was time to go yardsaling again.  My friend, Kim, went with me on a five hour tour of the best "baby/kid friendly" sales Lexington had to offer last Saturday.

Here are some of my favorite finds of the day:

Shirts for Eli in the next size up or two--all sports related.  He helped me pick these out and got all excited about them!

PJs for Eli--dinosaurs, of course.  PJs are so expensive new.  I can't justify it.  He was pretty crazy about these, and they were in really good shape.

At one sale, there were a ton of little boy sweaters.  I bought Eli a few for this fall/winter.

I also bought a few things for the newby.  I bought some "play" clothes for the first year (and just some basic casual stuff).

I found a CUTE dress for her first Christmas.  How cute will this be with little white tights and shiny black Mary Janes?

I also found a couple of cutesy summer dresses, but this one was our favorite (with the little bloomers).

Overall, I bought about 36 articles of clothing on this trip.  These items were almost all name brands:  Kenneth Cole Reaction, Nike, Green Dog, Children's Place, Gymboree, Carters, so on and so forth.  I left home with $25.00 and returned home with two dollars (although Eli claimed $.50 of that as his own "moneys").   
Pictured below is one of my favorite "all yardsale" outfits.  The shirt is Tommy Hilfiger, the pants Polo, and the shoes Carters.  This outfit cost $2.50 total.  However, we have replaced the shirt with a bright red polo.  Apparently the skinny red and white stripes make this shirt look pink...and that simply will not fly. 

Have I ever mentioned that Eli loves to play ball outside?  We were on a walk.  He and his daddy spotted an empty parking lot, so the game was on. 

Lingering thought of the day:  Is it pregnancy or quirkiness that makes me love the smell of a hot glue gun that's been plugged in for awhile?