bargain shopper!!

i've been a bargain shopping fool these last few days, lol. yesterday i went to kohls to get a few birthday presents. found great deals and exactly what i wanted. the kids were still in a descent mood so i ventured into the little girl section. ab's has been blessed with hand me down's, yard sale finds and mimi and popi's generosity since we started this adventure in our lives. unfortunately she thought it would be fun to grow and no longer fits into her winter clothes, lol. when her new dresser arrived, i went through her clothes and found she had 3 long sleeved shirts. not going to be enough. i went walking through the regular sale items and found that prices for clothes have either increased or it is just the area we live in now but there was no way i was going to pay $12.00 for a shirt for her. i quickly went to the clearance and hit a jack pot!! i found so many good deals, i just had to take advantage of. my one splurge item was the black corduroy dress with the lady bugs on it. it is so incredibly cute in person =-) everything else was between $4.00 and $9.00 and everything has two pieces except the jeans. she got a few more items but i couldn't get them in the picture. by this time the boys were starting to be done but i decided to push a little harder.

i went to the boy section to find great deals for brayden too!! i didn't take pictures of them since boy clothes are not as pretty as little girl clothes =-) i found some long sleeved shirts. he has a few from last year from mimi and popi and some hand me downs from bradley that fit but the poor kid needed a few more. i managed to find him shirts from $4.00 to $6.00 a shirt. considering he is in the boy section and not the toddler section this is an especially great deal!! all i need for him is a few more pants and he will be set. i looked at my receipt after i was finished and realized i had saved just over $320.00.

i needed to go to michaels to finish gathering supplies for christmas presents and had a coupon until thursday. something has come up every evening this week so i decided to venture out this morning with all three kids in tow. not something i was looking forward to, michaels + three kids wanting to touch everything while i think = not a fun time. if we were just headed to gather craft supplies or christmas decorations i wouldn't mind taking them at all but this was waaaay more than that. they ended up sitting on the floor in the middle of the isle and i was able to make my decisions and leave. used my coupon and only saved 80 cents, lol. 80 cents would have been worth waiting till next week when my husband could have helped.

anyways... the salvation army is located right next door to michaels and although i donate there quite often, i've never been in a store. they had huge signs on the outside saying that all furniture and clothes were 40% off today and today only. i thought i'd go check it out since brayden needed jeans. i found him 5 pairs in great condition and only paid $10.00!! now that is a bargain and i'm smiling cause all my kids have clothes for winter and it didn't break the bank =-)