Mom Sale

 First Mom Sales of the season...and my first Mom Sale in our new area.  I had the Saturday off so I decided to take Tamlin out to sales.  We were going to hit two sales, the first of which was a "big kid" sale, only 5T and larger.  (I was pretty stoked to go to this one).  I decided to have Tam come with me as an outing for the two of us.  I gave him his little jean bag and $6 to spend.  Tam is gaining the hang of snagging the deals, so I was confident in his price saviness.  He's become so trained that he is always looking for sales at the stores too..."Look, mom,  this toy has a red arrow and sale sign, can we get it?"  or "Oh, mom.  I want this one...oh, no sale...maybe next time, mom"  (too cute).

How did we do?
Total score!  $50 and about 50 items...included needed shorts and summer pajamas, several books, a couple of transformers, a few cars,a video game, and ...
A bucket of hexbugs (Tam's score)
and...
A telescope! (my score).
The lady selling the telescope said her daughter only used it a couple of times when she was around 12years old.  I scooped it up, figuring even if it didn't work or was missing a lens, $8 wouldn't be too much of a loss.  Well, the telescope totally works wonderfully...we just haven't had a clear night yet to actually look at the stars instead of just our trees.

The hexbugs were sold by a lady that didn't know their worth.  Just one of those little beasties is sold for $5 at the store...and here was four bugs and a bunch of track.  The concept of these is simple...little buggies that jitter around a little course that you can modify easily.  Simple as they are, both boy really enjoy playing with them.

Can't wait for the next sale!

I love that little Jude's tongue sticks out when he is thinking really hard.