About 2 weeks ago, I was driving home from dropping The Girl off at a friends for a few hours so that I could get some things done around the house when I passed a sign bragging about a HUGE Multifamily yard sale... I did a 'u-y' and followed the sign... but wound up getting stopped at a different yard sale b/c I saw one of those little tykes coupe cars... I jumped out of my car, checked it over (not very well apparently but I'll tell you about that later) I was sooooooooooo embarrassed b/c I had my slippers on and I hadn't even showered for the day yet. They wanted $15 bucks for it, I happened to have the cash on me and I just KNEW The Girl would love it. Sure enough, when I got her home later that day and after her nap of course she was ALL SMILES! :D Now for the bummer part, needs a little bit of repair... C worked on it once, but already that has fallen apart, he's got another idea and we are gonna try that... keeping my fingers crossed that it holds this time.
(Please excuse my seriously messy garage. Thank you!)
Doesn't that face just make your day???
Now for my craigslist finds: I guess its been about 2 months now, but I found this WAY COOL train table and some accessories listed for $50 (totally worth A LOT more than that, but I wasn't going to complain). It was in a town that is close to an hour from me, but I happen to have a friend that lives in that town... after a few emails back and forth between my friend and the seller and myself... bam! its ours and I'm sooooo excited! :D
I'd post some pictures, but I want to do it when the track is all set up correctly. We had it that way once, but ya know how kids are... it was apart before I could get my camera out!
When The Girl is at my friends house they have these great outside toys, a slide, a motorized Jeep (sooooo keeping my eye out for one of those!), and a bunch of other great kid toys. Sometimes when I go pick up The Girl its like I'm kidnapping her when I try to take her away from either the slide or the Jeep. In the toysrus ad last week, they had the slide 'on sale' for $70! HELLO!! It's a PLASTIC SLIDE!!!! I mentioned it to my friend and she said she'd keep an eye out at yardsales or on craigslist for me. So we both have been looking, well last Thursday my friend sent me an email w/a link to a craigslist ad w/ the slide for $15. The seller and I emailed a few times, the ad said there was sun fading and some wear and tear. I asked how bad the wear and tear was, she said it had been heavily used for 2 years by her girls. I said that if my daughter was able to go up the ladder and slide down safely than it was perfect for me. She said that the slide fit my requirements. She also mentioned that there had been other inquiries and she was going with the first person that set up a time to meet. We agreed I'd call her at 8am to set something up. If you know me, you know that if I agreed to do something at 8am then I REALLY must have wanted it. :) I called at 8am, she said I was the 1st one to call to set up a time to meet so it was mine! YAY!!! (we met up at noon, btw) Told you mornings are just not my thing.
Well, when I pulled in the driveway, C and The Girl were already outside, we pulled the slide out and WAHOOO!! we had ourselves on VERY HAPPY little girl! :D Now anytime we pull in the driveway or open the door to the garage she starts pointing and says WEEEE? WEEEEE? WEEEEE? She LOVES LOVES LOVES the slide. I'm sooooo happy I got it for her.
She also loves to send her Madagascar dudes down the slide. Totally makes her day! :D
Please excuse my snorting!!! :)
3 comments:
cool finds!!! love me some good deals!!! FYI, lowes has plastic spray paint for outdoor playthings if you want to change colors or repair sun fading. I'm getting ready to try it on a little tykes picnic table that I have for my kids....and I'm giving serious consideration to killing the bright yellow slides (that go with the playground we bought) with some dark color or brown or something. Anyways....i'll let ya know how it goes if i try it...and if you try it before I get to, let me know how it works! *Grin*
Not ignoring the snorting; it made my day!
Cool Beans! ya know my kids LOVED that thing! Oh, did you ever get to the Multi family garage sale?? or were you just to psyched by your find??
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