A boy after my own heart...and Kid's Market

This week has been by far one of the most hectic weeks ever. Tuesday night Anthony, Cutler and I went to the Masonic Lodge in Alabaster for family night and dinner. We all met some of the people Anthony hangs with every week and had a good time. All week long we have been preparing for Cutler's 3rd birthday party which is tomorrow, OH MY GOSH! HE IS TURNING 3! OK I am better now. Last night Anthony took Cutler to his very first soccer fundamentals class ever and from the pictures and Cutler talking 100 miles per hour about it this morning, I take it he had the time of his life. See for yourself, and by the way, I think he is a natural athlete already. I couldn't be prouder.



And while Anthony and Cutler were playing soccer, I was...


With my buddy K!



Yep, you guessed it, I missed my sons very first soccer class to go to KIDS MARKET.
I told you guys it was a cult and there is no way I was losing a limb over soccer:)

Wish us luck tomorrow at the soccer birthday party.

L

Cult Members...sign up here!

OK so I promised pics and more info on Kid's Market but I have no pics, so info will have to do. Kid's Market is a consignment sale that happens twice a year. A friend, who we will nickname K, and I attend this event every year. So here goes how it works:

• Sign your life away as a kids market cult member(virtually) forever
• Sign up at http://www.kidsmarketandmom.com/ to get a contributor number
• Find all gently worn clothing and shoes as well as any toys that are in working order that your child no longer needs and put them in one place
• Decide what you want to price all said items (not yard sale prices but not department store)
• Print tags online and follow instructions on the website to get your items ready
• Once all items are hung, pinned, taped, bagged, stuffed and pinned again, you can relax
• Go to bed really early the night before Receiving Day
• Drive to the drop off location and try to arrive prior to 3:30 am (no I am not kidding)
• Go to the front and sign in to get your contributor number (this number could be considered gold in some eyes)
• Sleep in the car with buddy (it seems normal if you have a buddy)
• Wake up in time to line up according to above mentioned number to take your items in
• Sign the "REAL" cult contract
• Go home and sleep most of the day away

All of the above was done for this:

• You are now a contributor and get to shop prior to the public
• If you are in the first 200 (which I am, thank you very much) you will shop first and get dibs on the good stuff, aka... a big power wheels four-wheeler for $50 last year!
• We shop on October 2 from 4pm-midnight
• I end up buying most of C's clothes and shoes for the fall and winter here
• I usually spend about $150 and when I receive my check for the items I sell it is very close to the same amount
• After my initial investment of $150, the first time I shopped, I am basically breaking even time and time again and getting great name brand clothes for $1 a piece

Here are a few pics from a prevoius kids market:

Now there are some of you out there that think I have lost my mind for doing this but it has become something I actually enjoy. I have never been a bargain shopper in my life, but since I had a child I have taken it on as a hobby. I love a good hunt for a bargain!