My husband and I recently had a baby girl, and let me say, clothing these little monkeys is a ridiculous venture. You pay $10 for what can’t be more than a yard of fabric which they will outgrow in a month or so anyway. Honestly, though, a month is about the longest these clothes would make it because the instant you put a clean outfit on your child, he/she will vomit/poop/pee on it. You can tell a baby's age by how much stuff their parents will allow to be on their clothes before changing them. Generally it goes from a small amount of spit up to a onsie so crusty it maintains the babies shape after you take it off.
So the best solution I have found to the huge cash sink that is infant clothing is attending garage sales. In the interest of public service and contributing to the blog, I want to share the many awesome things I have learned about garage sales.
1. The best prices can be found in lower middle class and upper class neighborhoods. Lower middle class members realize the value of dollar, and let's be honest, they probably bought the clothes at a garage sale too. The upper middle class was probably going to throw the stuff out anyway, so why charge more than a dollar for anything? The middle middle class is under the delusion that because they value their stuff, so do other people. But truthfully, no one cares that your little girl ate her first carrots in that chair, I am still not going to pay $50 for it.
2. Bring quarters. There will be adorable little children at most garage sales selling lemonade. And you may not care about supporting their first venture into a capitalist society, or hell, lemonade may give you a severe case of GERD, but I promise you, a cute little girl in pigtails + minute maid = you giving up those quarters.
3. Sometimes Googlemaps likes to mess with you. Bring a backup map just in case someone out there in internet land thought it would be funny to send you into the shady east side of Toledo near dusk.
4. Estate sales sound like the weirdest thing on earth, but actually it is an opportunity to spy on people in their (once) natural habitat. The only other way you will get to know people this well is by risking a breaking and entering charge.
--By Sarah, who is contemplating not letting her daughter watch Disney movies.
5 comments:
East side of Toledo at dusk = terrifying.
What about pixar? Can Matilda watch those?
Is there anyway you can post a painting that your little baby made?
HAHAHA. Your baby looks like a messy eater!! I hope she gets fatter.
The very best source of clothing? Neighbors who become friends who spoil the crap out of their kid and have like, 2 extra wardrobes worth of clothes to get rid of. Kiera didn't even wear everything I had for a while because there was just too much.
Why no Disney?
Disney is horrifying and pretty much altogether evil. There are lots and lots of very clever people who do not allow their children to watch Disney movies.
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