It's An Early Birthday Haul Y'all!!.... Farmhouse Decor! Galore!

     My birthday is not for another month but my mom and I went a few towns over to pick up my "new" kitchen table (there will be or already is a post about it on my vintage blog). So of course we had to stop by Magic Mart. I am not sure if this chain of stores is everywhere but we love stopping in this one. I found all kinds of awesome decor items, so my mom gave me my birthday money early (cause she is the best!!). So thought I would share these items with you!! I love everything I got!!

                    This picture sums my home up so well! It was 19.99 I love the barn wood frame.

                     
                           Another barn wood frame! This one was 10.99, love the metal in it too!

                     This little welcome sign is precious with of course barn wood! This was 9.99.

                           This 4 coaster set was 7.99 and bacon does make everything better!

     Last is my metal rooster tray this was 10.99. Very good prices on all these items if you have a Magic Mart near you go!! They had a lot of farmhouse decor at great prices.

It's A Goodwill Haul Y'all!!!..... Thirty One-Bath and Body Works!!

Found some good items at goodwill this week, but these are not for me to keep I am reselling them! I hope to make me some yard sale money for the next few weeks. 

     I found some bath and body works berry flirt lotion and body wash (never used) for 1.99 a piece. Also picked up this parcel gnome/mushroom chain purse (?) that looks like underwear haha for 2.00.

                              This is a new with tag Jewell by thirty one purse it was 3.00.

         This is another Jewell by thirty one purse that is new without the tags again it was 3.00.

     I was really happy to find these items I am hoping to make around $60 profit for all the items. If I do not bad for $12 spent! I will do a sales update if they sell!

Sales Update... Herschel Backpack-Toys

     Thought I would start a new series on this blog about my sales updates. This is something that won't be on here a lot since I sell in spurts but I thought it would be interesting to see. This week I sold a few things on my local yard sale page and a item on ebay.
          Remember that Herschel backpack I had in my I'm back haul for 1.99? Yes, it sold for 25.00 with free shipping. After the 10.95 I paid for shipping and the 3.55 I paid in fees and the money I paid for the backpack I made 8.49.
     I also sold a bag of my son's toys he did not play with anymore for $25 on my local yard sale page. So all together this week I made 33.49. Not too bad for a little thrifting change.

It's A Goodwill Haul Y'all!! Owls and pioneer woman!! Two of my favorite things!!

Made another visit to the goodwill today (with my kids, again it was worth it!). I go at least twice a week. The employees probably wonder where I put all this stuff ;) Also purchased some vintage items but that is on my vintage blog! 

     Found some awesome decor! An old farm canvas 1.99, wood bowl with burgundy outside 1.99, berry ring .99, owl hand painted in drift wood 1.00 and pioneer woman salt and pepper shakers 1.00 for the set.

 
      Of course i got kid items too. Books were .10 a piece (even the teddy ruxpin with tape, that of course will be put on ebay), star wars light saber key chain new in pack 1.00 and a new in pack fidget spinner 1.99 (yes my son is still into those, he only has 20 what is 1 more haha).

It's A Thrift Haul Y'all!! Pink backpack, sakroots purse and kids stuff oh my!!

     I'm back after a year and a half absence but I came back with a thrift haul y'all!!! It is yard sale season and of course it is always thrift store season. On this blog I am just showing kid items, clothing for me and other odds and ends if you want to see my vintage items and most decor head on over to my a thrifty vintage collector blog. Now let's get started!

     First off I'm starting out with a church sale I went to last weekend. I got this awesome sakroots purse it seems this was a $60 purse brand new I got it for 1.50, anchor tote for .25 and this awesome vintage bracelet and earrings for .75 a piece. Also picked up 2 grab bags for small toys (there was littlest pet shop in the bags I sell those on ebay**update**most of the littlest pets were fake) for 1.50 a bag and a melissa and doug garden puzzle for 1.50.

  Now it is goodwill time. These items are from last weekend too. First off is a heschel supply company backpack in pink, it is new without tags and sells for $40-$90 (I picked this up to try to sell on ebay). It was 1.99. Also picked my son up a spirograph (from the 80s) for 1.99 (not pictured son took of with it already) and  2 books for .10. Hermit crab sand was 1.99 glad to find that since I just spent $8 on the same thing! I got a lot of other vintage items/ owl decor but that is on my vintage collector blog.




   

Just Checking In.....

     Hello there! I did not post 1 time in 2017, new record for me ;) I can not believe I have not written a post since October of 2016 I have no idea what happens in October but for some reason that month is popular for me to stop. A lot has happened in 16 months (my goodness you could have a baby and it could have it's first birthday in that many months, I have not done that thank goodness but it is possible). No I have been super busy being a mom, not just any mom but an autism mom. Both of my boys are now diagnosed with autism (50% chance to have 2 kids with it, of course I would win the lottery on that, only lottery I can win) so as you can imagine it has been quite hectic.
     My oldest was diagnosed in 2014 and it has been hard with school, he is not a school kid but this year he has enjoyed it. I do think it is because we finally made the decision to put him on medication for his anxiety I do feel that was causing a majority of his issues with school and the bus. Ever since he has been on it (which was early summer 2017) he seems happier more at ease, he does not worry as much. So it has been an easier year with that, he still has some issues but it is way better than it ever was before.
     My youngest was diagnosed in May of 2017 he is 4 and non verbal. We are working on his speech he has been going to "school" since December of 2017 but he just moved to the autism school in our area at the beginning of March of this year. At first he was going from 900-130, we have now made the decision for him to go from 900-245. They feel he will benefit from going longer, as I have said before you just have to hope they are doing what is best for your child. I can honestly say that I believe they are, since he has started going there (less than a month cause they had snow days and spring break) he is already becoming more verbal with sounds and noises. So the must be doing something right!
     I am having a hard time finding my place now. With both my boys in school for the whole day I struggle with what to do with myself. Don't get me wrong I have plenty to do around the house but I had always thought once both boys was in school I would go back to work. That is not possible at this time. The school my son goes to still calls me about coming to get my oldest if he has an off day. They have appointment to go to almost every month. They have aba everyday in home. I take and pick up youngest for now. Summer is 2 months long no babysitters then.... Wow I am really being a debbie downer. That is how it is sometimes, I can be so down and out then the next day I am back up. I am sure it is like that for a lot of special needs parents.
     Okay... Well now that we are caught up I am going to try to keep this blog updated with post that are what I started this blog for, to show you can get nice things and dress your kids on a thrifty budget. I will at times have autism posts but mostly thrifty things from now on. So here we go, I hope I make it past October this year ;)

Our life with autism..... The great pants debate....

     Well...... It has been 6 months again LOL. I swear... It really should not be this hard but here we are again!
     On to another installment of our life with Autism. This is going to be about the great pants debate.... As my son gets older he gets even more particular about what he wears. When he was younger till about the age of 6 he did not care what he wore, now I have to go through an act of congress to get him to ok a shirt or worse PANTS.
     When he was first diagnosed he would wear jeans he did not care, I will even go as far to say he liked them..... What??? Soon it became no jeans only "comfy" pants (jersey, cotton, sweat, you know lay around the house stuff) of course I did not want him to be uncomfortable so I took the jeans out of his wardrobe. Then it became he only like "comfy" pants that were not hot (so no sweat pants) so of course again I took those out. Now it has gotten to I only like silky pants (basketball jersey material) not cotton pants at all, ugggggggghhhhhh.
     Of course I want him to be comfortable especially at school because he has enough behaviors going on to add anything to it. So I took the cotton pants out too, which was pretty excruciating for me. Because he only wore one particular kind of cotton pants, they are sold at walmart in the 365 brand. Last year I only bought one pair of each color and half way through the school year he had ruined two pairs and walmart had no more left in his size. So being the prepared mom I try to be I bought two pairs in his size now and one pair of each color in a size up in case he grew over the year. So Yes that is twelve pairs of pants he will not wear. Guess what..... The price tags on the pants were stickers so of course since they were going to be stored I TOOK THE TAGS OFF. I mean these are the only pants he wears..... Right? Wrong! Because now he only wears SILKY "comfy" pants. Oh the joys of being an autism mom ;)