What did I get?

What do you get when you combine a vintage surf board? 

A clawed-leg sofa table? 

And a baby in a pair of rainbow sweater pants?

You get a wild weekend of garage sales.

What do you get when you combine a vintage buffet dresser?

A Tri Ton 3-wheeled bike?

And the baby crawling in the grass in the pair of rainbow sweater pants?

You get a momma who’s happy she didn’t pay too much for the trash she picked up while out thrifting, after all the rainbow sweater pants were only $1.00.

What do you get when you combine a blooming cactus?

An “I Love Lucy” Vintage Dresser

And a baby who’s crawled around in the sweater pants so much they are certainly stained for good?

A beautiful day where the weather says “Stay out a little longer,” so I kept on shopping.

What do you get when you combine a WWII shipping trunk? 

That still have its original shipping tags?

A barnwood fold-out table?

And a baby who's certain she doesn't need a nap?

You get a momma who leaves the trash for a while and just rocks her baby to sleep.

Later that day, most of my treasures are listed on craigslist.org or taken down to Qcumberz.

That is except for the baby in the rainbow sweater pants.

This little cutie stays with me!

Shopping Trash for Baby Girl, plus My Top EBay Sales of the Week

With 4 boys, I never thought I’d have one of these:

This Work-Out Rainbow Care Bear from Goodwill (in perfect condition, I might add) sings “Let’s get physical.”

I paid $1.99 and bought it for baby girl, but it appears my little men can’t get enough of it.

While Rainbow Care Bear sings, she moves and shakes, bends and rolls and so do the boys.

Last night I went to bed singing “Let’s get physical” over and over again in my mind. I’ve never liked that song.

Every week or so, I go onto www.craigslist.com and search under the label Pottery Barn. If you love Pottery Barn, you’d be amazed at some of the great stuff selling. For obvious reasons, I’m attracted to the little girl items. I found a listing for a Pottery Barn Crib Set that I fell in love with. I called the woman selling it asked if she’d take $25.00. Like most occasions when buying other peoples trash, she just wanted to get rid of it. So, for $25.00, the counselor went and picked it up for me. It comes with the bumper, bed skirt, sheet and quilt. This set sells new for around $200.00.

I already have rows of dresses. These are all Laura Ashely I found at Desert Industries. I paid $2.00 - $4.00 a piece. They start at size 9 months and go up to 2T.

These others are Ralph Lauren, Baby Gap, Tommy Hilfiger and Gymboree.

And friends have already started with gifts, like this beauty from my darling girlfriend Amanda.

I can't wait to gift wrap baby girl up in this sweet thing.

I haven't started decorating baby girls room yet, but a few ideas I have brewing include this pottery angel sculpture I found at a yard sale for $3.00. She needs to be cleaned up and is broken at her arm, but I'm looking for some greenery or silk flowers to glue over that. I'm no Kelly, but I can plug in a glue gun (even though I usually burn myself).

I found this gorgeous print at D.I. and a frame to fit it. I'll take the old picture out of the frame and replace it with the new print.

And this vintage toy wood baby crib I found at Goodwill on half-off day for $3.00! I want to paint it pink and antique it. This may involve a trip over to Kelly's house. She does have that professional sander, you know.

EBay sales are hot, hot, hot! Here are my top sales of the week.

This classic Ralph Lauren Size 14 Denim Full Skirt sold for $14.37.

Another Ralph Lauren Classic? This Crisp White Size 16 Ralph Lauren Career Shirt sold for $15.50.

American Eagle is always in demand. These American Eagle Size 12 Lowrise Trouser Jeans sold for $21.25.

And finally, Harley Davidson pulls out the winner. These Size 6 Long jeans sold for $25.45.

People are always looking for cute name-brand clothing. More and more people are buying used because they know they can get a bargain. I know I love a bargain too, but that's probably obvious by now!