Rumplestiltskin ain't got nothin' on me!

Sure, the mythical troll turned staw into gold, but who needs that much gold, anyway? Me, I turned baby clothes into yarn. Beat that!

My parents had a garage sale this weekend and, seeing as how I had a literal TON of outgrown baby clothes in my shed (seriously, I had more clothes than would fit in my car to haul over there, and my car is fairly roomy!) I decided to see what I could make off of them.

Well, I sold about 1/3 of everything I took over there and I made about $200. Wahoo! Yarn money!

So, yesterday J and I took a drive to A.C. Moore because they had Patons on sale for $3.99. Along with that, they had Sugar and Cream for $1.17, but even at the good price, I couldn't make myself buy any. I've still got plenty of the cotton that I won in Gretchen's raffle. Nonetheless, I stocked up well on just about everything I needed for Christmas knitting, and only spent a little of my $200.

J and I had a snack at Panera Bread, checked out Michaels who also had wool on sale for $4. If I'd known that, I might have skipped A.C. Moore, since Michaels was closer. We were going to hit JoAnn, too, but J was tired and fell asleep on the way home.

We also went and got Dada his birthday gift, a couple of cards, a Tres Leches cake, which I wouldn't have a clue how to make on my own, and a cuban sandwich for dinner. All that, and I still have $40 in my pocket. Yay!

It feels good to have money again, no matter how short-lived it might have been.

J and I are going to go get our hair cut today, and we'll stop by the consignment shop on the way home to see how they buy baby clothes. I don't know if they'd prefer I pick out the nice matching outfits, or if they'll give me a price per pound sort of deal. If I could get a dollar a pound, I'd probably have another $200! Otherwise, I'll give them to the sharing center. Funny, isn't it? I'd much rather give something away for free to someone I know needs it than be low-balled by someone who can afford to pay a fair price.

At one point over the weekend I had a lady offer to buy every bit of it if I'd give her a good price. I started adding up what a fair price might be in my head, and thinking of all the thousands of dollars worth of clothes sitting there, I just couldn't come up with one that she would accept. Just a few hours after she left, I picked through the rack and gave away a lot of the cutest outfits, most still with tags, to a friend whose sister just had a baby.

Another thing that amazes me is the crap people try to BS you with while haggling over a quarter! I can't tell you how many people in this town are buying baby clothes for underpriveledged children and orphans. *rolls eyes* I'm sure there are a few that are sincerely doing so, but puh-leese! And if you truly are doing so, you can use it as a tax write-off, so go ahead and pay me full price!