Harper & Lucy

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Thanks Grammy X

We got more delicious clothes from Grammy.

Here is Lucy in the shirt...

Some of our stuff came home with us, including some of our cuter outfits from Janie & Jack. I probably had them priced too high. I was kind of secretly happy to have the cuter items back. If H&L have a little sister, she's going to be styling. Or my friends daughters are going to be styling. Either way.

Swag

Here is what I got at the sale...

For the girls:
- 2 pr black patents ($2 each)
- 2 corduroy jumpers ($3 each)
- lots of jammies
- 2 hats & mittens ($6 total)
- adorable and soft fair isle sweater - $4?
- fisher price barn
- fisher price tractor thingy where animals pop out

For others
- FP booster chair ($12)
- various sweaters and outfit for niece

overall, I think I spent like $80

Don't know if I'll make as much as I spent, but I did sell both my high chairs and the einstein exersaucer, so I should. Have to go back this afternoon to pick up the items that were unsold. Hopefully, my load will be a lot lighter.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Buy/Sell Hell

Twice a year AMOM (austin mothers of multiples) has a resale. I decided to participate this year to sell some of our excess and to get the privilege of shopping the sale early. This was before I couldn't restrain myself from buying Fall clothes already.

Get my stuff together. Realize I have a hard time letting go of some of the adorable tiny baby clothes. Someone pre-buys my costliest item. Realize I will need to get a sitter from the expensive temp agency to work one of my set up shifts b/c Greg is out of town.

Is this going to be a cash positive endeavor? Doubtful.

Get ready to go today. I have Jessica come to help watch them while I get ready, the sitter is coming 1/2 hour later. Jessica will get them all acquainted while I scurry off and put them down for their nap. The sitter will cover about 1.5 hours until I get back.

Except sitter #2 never shows. Fifteen minutes later I call Mom's Best Friend (product plug) and report that she doesn't show.

MBF: "She didn't call to confirm?."
Me: "No. Noone told me she was supposed to?"
MBF: "That's not like her. I'll take care of this and get right back to you."

30 more minutes. No call. No show. Finally, I leave with a half-assed plan involving Jessica driving the girls to the church where I'm setting up, or me just coming home. While I'm gone, Jessica calls their emergency line. Nobody answers.

I give the options to the coordinator at the sale - either the girls come, or I drop my stuff and go home. Bring 'em on.

Jessica comes in my volvo with twins in tow (waking them early from their nap). Takes Greg's trooper to class.

My fun day continues with;

- a bad broken thumb nail. This sounds lame, but I swear it hurts.
- Harper takes a dump during the set up, and REFUSES to let me lay her down to change her. I have to pin her with my leg. Furthers my reputation as a bad mom.
- Jab my eye into a clothing rack, and get a slight cut.

Come home. Still no call or email from MBF.

We did dinner and bubblebaths. To bed about an hour early.

Bonus. I didn't spend as much on a sitter. Maybe I'll actually end up in the black. If I don't find something awesome deals, I'm going to be pissed.

Here is the state of Harper's pants after crawling the gym floor