Consignment Sale Stash

As you all know I have spent the last few weeks preparing for our county’s bi-annual a href=”http://www.kidsignments.com/”Kidsignments/anbsp;sale. It is a massive sale that has 1400 sellers and rents out the fairground buildings to hold all the goodies. Because I have 3 kids and LOVE to save money, I try to get to this sale every year.br /br /a href=”http://www.daveramseyroad.com/2010/07/consignment-sales.html”bLast year was my first time as a seller/b/a. The perk of being a seller is that you get to attend the pre-sale event. i{Go shopping before the masses get in.} /iBecause it was my first time, I showed up at 4:30PM i{the doors opened at 6PM}/i not realizing there would be 100+ people in front of me. This is what it looked like behind me.br /table align=”center” cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ class=”tr-caption-container” style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;”tbody
trtd style=”text-align: center;”a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKNhbZL6-WQ/TkwHLebtOJI/AAAAAAAAAhc/0FW-G5cZ_aU/s1600/IMAG0018.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”img border=”0″ height=”191″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKNhbZL6-WQ/TkwHLebtOJI/AAAAAAAAAhc/0FW-G5cZ_aU/s320/IMAG0018.jpg” width=”320″ //a/td/tr
trtd class=”tr-caption” style=”text-align: center;”Couldn’t even get the whole line in the pic!/td/tr
/tbody/tablediv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”Needless to say, I got into the building around 7PM but did not get out until 9PM i{I had about an hour wait in line again for checkout}/i./divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”bThis year was totally different! /bI had a friend who was a seller this year and she got to the fairgrounds at 1:30iish /ito sit in line. She had some friends take her kids for the afternoon and was free to get there as early as she wanted. My plan was to meet her at 3 or 4PM once hubby was home and could take care of the kids. My hubby got home at 2PM and I was out the door and at the grounds by 2:30PM. This was our view:/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nLhDdsvzHJY/TkwNXiARGrI/AAAAAAAAAhg/GJKf0iYy6Ts/s1600/kids11.png” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”320″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nLhDdsvzHJY/TkwNXiARGrI/AAAAAAAAAhg/GJKf0iYy6Ts/s320/kids11.png” width=”191″ //a/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”We got in right at 6PM and I was out the door at 7:30PM!! nbsp;Woo Hoo!! Doing that again next year!nbsp;/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”bWhat did I get?/b/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”I only had to shop for my 8 year old son. My girl is too picky for me to buy anything without her and I already had boy clothes for my youngest. So I was focused on one kid…and a few extras:/divtable align=”center” cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ class=”tr-caption-container” style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;”tbody
trtd style=”text-align: center;”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3uGmNWYwQs/TkwOlJ6abQI/AAAAAAAAAhk/96mw5WagIQU/s1600/DSC_0554.JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”img border=”0″ height=”256″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3uGmNWYwQs/TkwOlJ6abQI/AAAAAAAAAhk/96mw5WagIQU/s400/DSC_0554.JPG” width=”400″ //a/td/tr
trtd class=”tr-caption” style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”5 pairs of 8 slim jeans, gray pants, 4 sports pants, 3 pj bottoms, 3 full pj sets, 2 dress shirts, 5 long-sleeved shirts, 1 coat/span/td/tr
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trtd style=”text-align: center;”a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_3-N-nFXXs/TkwPHOE8TsI/AAAAAAAAAho/Rj2hj2wazBg/s1600/DSC_0557.JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”img border=”0″ height=”320″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_3-N-nFXXs/TkwPHOE8TsI/AAAAAAAAAho/Rj2hj2wazBg/s320/DSC_0557.JPG” width=”276″ //a/td/tr
trtd class=”tr-caption” style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”2 snowpants and 2 pairs of boots for each of my boys nbsp;/span/td/tr
/tbody/tablediv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”ibAside: /bWe live in the south, why did I get these? Because last winter we had a week of snow and no snow gear!/i/divtable align=”center” cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ class=”tr-caption-container” style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;”tbody
trtd style=”text-align: center;”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Um_8hBM5fMw/TkwQbjxvKOI/AAAAAAAAAh0/aSgjPzQoJ_c/s1600/DSC_0560.JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”img border=”0″ height=”195″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Um_8hBM5fMw/TkwQbjxvKOI/AAAAAAAAAh0/aSgjPzQoJ_c/s320/DSC_0560.JPG” width=”320″ //a/td/tr
trtd class=”tr-caption” style=”text-align: center;”Brand Spankin’ NEW Reebok shoes WITH tags/td/tr
/tbody/tablediv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”I also got 2 name brand tops, 1 sweatshirt, and Halloween pj bottoms for my girl. i{The sweatshirt was immediately rejected. *Sigh*}nbsp;/iI also purchased a set of twin sheets since my baby boy is getting a big boy bed tomorrow. Turns out they are Tommy Hilfiger!inbsp;/i/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”ibr //i/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”bWhat did I spend?/b/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: x-large;”iA whopping $142!!! Booyah!!/i/span/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-krHMwhqzORQ/S6u02xXuWzI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/iaRxNP4FlTU/s1600/happy-dance.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”229″ src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-krHMwhqzORQ/S6u02xXuWzI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/iaRxNP4FlTU/s320/happy-dance.jpg” width=”320″ //a/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”Totally worth the wait in line. Which, when you’ve got a friend to chat with, is no biggie.nbsp;/diva href=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” target=”_blank”img alt=”Anna” border=”0″ src=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” //a