To thrift - Part 2

Here are the pictures of the Kids current "thrifted" wardrobe's

Hannah's----

long sleeve t-shirts

cutest Ralph Lauren shirt - too big- but she'll grow into it

Ben's ---

Kenneth Cole Leather bomber for $8

16 button down shirts

all long sleeve polo's and shirtsall of these sweaters and sweater vests

all of these jeans and pants

This last trip I bought 10 items for Hannah for $26, 8 items for Ben for $10, 5 items for Brice $5, 5 items for me for $23.

To thrift or not to thrift ? Part 1

I have done a few posts in the past showing my thrifting finds, and if those have not inspired you to try it, this one might.

This is my new outfit that I purchased yesterday for about $20. DKNY black drape cardigan $5, brand new cream fully lined wool trousers from Tommy Hilfiger $10, and leather BP snake skin peep toe pumps (new)$6. I cant wait to wear it out on a date with Brice or some where nice.

I had a particularly good clothes thrifting day yesterday which has inspired me to share with you a little of my families "Thrift" wardrobe. I will not be showing any of Brice's ( not sure if he wants me to "out" his wardrobe) but I will list for you some of the designers I have gotten for him. They include; Armani, Nordstrom, Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, Ralph Lauren-polo, BCBG, J Crew, Perry Ellis, Tommy Hilfiger, to name a few.

I should probably share some tips too.
1. Do not take this kids if you want to take your time
2. Only buy clothes that you like. $1 is still a wasted $1 if you dont like it.
3. Look for quality fabrics
4. Be aware of any specials or deals of the day
5. Hemming or tailoring a thifted item is still cheaper than retail
6. You can always "edit" items from your cart before checkout

My favorite store for clothing hands down is Saver's. Why? They are very organized. Every thing is organized by size, style, & color. Especially the childrens items. Everyday a different colored tag is 50% off and on mondays they have .99 cent and 50% tags. And if you donate items you can receive a coupon for 20% off your entire purchase of full price items.

Sometimes retail stores donate new "clearance" items to local thrift stores. The Target by my house donates to The Salvation Army. Any thing that I have purchased from there that was Mossimo was brand new! (gotten lots of shoes) Ask the people that work there. They might give you some good info.

Here are the pics---

2 Anne Taylor, Mossimo2 Banana Republic wrap dresses, mossimo, down east outfitters

4 on bottom right are cashmere

Wool coats. I spent the most on the Navy (which is divine) $19.

The middle is a wool Banana Republic

Pashmina and scraves Nordtrom, Volcom

brand new Kenneth Cole

Kenneth Cole, Chinese Laundry, BP, Steve Madden, Mossimo, Antoni Melani

It definitely is worth the time... at least it has been for us!

Birthday!!

So, it happened.... my birthday came and went and now I can no longer mark the in my 30's box on survey's! AHHHHH! What happened to make this decade fly by so fast?! Besides getting married, having 2 kids, buying our first house and aging quicker than a piece of cheese in the fridge. It's ok right..40 is the new 20 ( if your a movie star like Demi Moore).

My actual birthday was Tuesday the 6th and I had a wonderful day. Brice had the day off and took the kids to school and then we met my parents for breakfast at Kneaders. I had a fantastic bacon, egg, cheese, and avocado cressant . yummmmm. After picking up the kids I was taken to lunch by my wonderful friend Maegan for pad thai and a sweet tooth fairy gingerbread cupcake. yummmm.After going to cub scouts I came home and had a relaxing rest of the evening.

Sat I was looking forward to spending the afternoon with my friend Tally. She had offered to drive up from provo and go to the movies or shopping or whatever I wanted. During the week I kept telling Brice that I might want to drive down there to see more of my friends which he was against, which was odd, but I thought he just didnt want me gone all day. I met up with Tally, went to eat pad thai again.. yummmmm.. and go to a movie. She wanted to come back to my house to give me a present and when we pulled up Brice had blocked the garage with the car.... odd. I told Tally he was up to something as we walked to the door, but what I didnt expect was a room full of my friends! He had been planning the surprise party for weeks and my wanting to go to provo just about stressed him out! He had gone all out and made a wonderful spread of food and Tally made a poster of pictures and there were streamers all over the house. My friend Kim made me an incredible 6 layer chocolate ganache and orange cake with berries on top. ( Hope someone took a picture). It took her 5 hours and weighed like 15 pounds. It was an amazing party with amazing people. The best present ever!! I might be bias but I seriously have the most wonderful, amazing, talented, giving friends ever!
The perfect way to start a new decade! Thanks to my wonderful sweet husband. My 30's gave me some pretty amazing people in my life..... cant wait to see what's next. ( Maybe it can just slow down a little bit though.)
Thank you everyone!!!