wanna see my loot? OH YEAH! i got a ton of stuff today.

seriously? SAVERS TODAY was like a party. bloggers galore. Andrea, Ashley, Becky, Jen my sister Maria, and my sister in law Alicia, and her sister and mom! FUN FUN!

i was having a fab time and feeling really bold and yelling across the racks ,"hey Ashley? would you want this? looks just right for sweet G!" and "Jen HEY! i found this! you want it? "

"OH i'll get that if you aren't" was said a couple times.

We all walked away with an abundance of bargains. i wandered around with a mountain of a cart!

i left at noon,

with 137 items.

and a grand total of .............................(it's at the bottom, keep reading)

The boy's got a boat load of not exciting to look at T shirts(gap , old navy , children's place, lands end, billabong,quicksilver, op,Nike) 2 skater/surfer hoodies(Hurley and Quicksilver) , some shorts, and a couple pair of pants each, and 9 long sleeved shirts for winter. and a black suit for Peyton. Oh and a vest for Paxton's Halloween "Nick Jonas costume". Oh and some brand new looking Gap pajama's

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Liberty got some comfy knit dresses.

Liberty modeling her Jessica Mcklintock satin dress. $3 bucks

a pink corduroy skirt suit for school

Oh and all of this crap!
miniskirts, 2 pairs of jeans, 2 other pairs of pants, one pair of shorts, 3 jackets (1 cropped denim, one plaid, and one knit hoodie), a bunch of long sleeved and 6 short sleeved tops, a halloween t-shirt.

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Joy's loot.
3 t-shirts, 4 long sleeved tops, 2 sweaters, 1 denim dress, 2 pairs of jeans, 3 pairs of capris,

Joy's old navy dress.
Joy's Cashmere sweater! that cost a buck!

Oh and it's dry clean only! yeah genius for a 6 year old. but still cute.
(fyi cashmere comes from a goat. i didn't know for sure we had to google it.)

Hope's loot
1 J. LO L/S tee, 1 Gap denim Jacket (i think i'll glam up), and 1 Guess denim dress, 1 pair of milo and Maddie brand new sneakers, and 1 black patent mini skirt from Gymboree.

J.Lo topGap denim Jacket

Pierce's loot=
1 old navy tee, 2 gymboree fleece jackets, 1 plaid button up shirt,
1 long sleeved T that said Genius in Training. and 4 pairs of jeans.

Oh and i got tons of books. some kid ones, some sci-fi, some fantasy, some trashy romances, and some fun ones.

4 pairs of shorts for Lance, a bunch of t shirts, and polos.

i get to take back a butt load of stuff he said he didn't like or was too small. and a couple pairs of pants that didn't fit Hope, or were way too big for Liberty.

Grand Labor day total?

$224.47

54 items were $1.50!

20 items were $2.00

10 items were $3.00

32 items were $1.00

and the rest were another price .

the least i paid for anything was 14 cents. for a joke book.

i paid $5 for one pair of Lance's shorts. my MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM!

so we'll see how much the stuff that i take back is worth. lots of Lance's stuff was the $3 items, so i may load up on more books, or look around in the kids section more. Oh or Halloween, i didn't spend anytime there today.

i believed i needed to stock up because i feel that savers regular prices aren't cheap enough after shopping 50% off day. and the next one isn't until Presidents day. that's way too long to wait to get winter stuff, today was the day! so i stocked up for everyone. (everyone except me.i haven't found much i want there,besides purses and wallets.)

so I am totally wiped out. i got up at 7:15 , was shopping by 8 am , shopped for 4 hours, came home, made everyone try everything on, (including Lance who wasn't all that thrilled about trying his crap on), and sorted it all out, in kids, winter or regular clothes, and took pictures. just for you.

I have to say after the adventure shopping, and the obligatory family try-on/whine session I'm feeling rather under appreciated by my family. it takes alot of effort to bargain shop like this, and i was met with whining about trying on, and "he/she got more than me" comments. i admit the big kids always get more just because they don't have clothes stockpiled waiting for them to grow into like the little kids do. of course the big ones will get more. duh! and as soon as they grow out of something the younger ones inherit the earth, actually a new wardrobe, but as much as some people whine about it you'd think it was the earth and not just an old handme down dress, or t-shirt. OY! i. am. beat.

so now aren't you exhausted too?

have an opinion on the bargains?

Oh and my secret strategy, i go back in the evening later today, and return the crap that didn't work out, and buy more crap at 50% off. before the sale is over. and tonight a certain color tag will be 70% off tonight from 7-9 pm. HELLO! i guess i'm going between 6:30 and 9 tonight.

i'll let you know how much my return was, and if i find anything spectacular tonight.

you are waiting with baited breath. i. am. sure.

**EDITED WITH DETAILS OF THE EVENING DELIGHTS! **

OK the grand total of the exchange for 11 items was $29 bucks.

Then i bought 19 new to me items. (lots of Gap, Limited too, urban pipeline,Bongo, Nike, and Children's place. and some apple bottoms )

and ended up paying $4.33.

bringing the total for the day at Savers for 2 trips worth to $229.00.

and i actually bought a skirt for me. long denim, from my fave fat lady store, Lane Bryant. and a Torrid silver sequin top. yes! FABULOUS! i hit the jackpot for sure. and NO there won't be pictures of me modeling it for you. but if someday i wear it out, and have a picture taken of me i'll be sure to tell you it was the Savers find. feel good? great!

Oh and the color tag for the evening bargain was GREEN. 70% off everything with a green tag.

i had 5 or 6 green tag items. whoohoo on that.

yes. it was a successful day for sure.

and yes i feel SUPER CLASSY advertising my shopping adventures at a thrift store.

you'd never know looking at my kids the majority of their clothes come from Savers.

and seriously since tons of it looks brand new and has tags on it. um yeah i know some mom bought her kid new clothes, the kids refused to wear them, and the mom then donated them to Savers. thus letting me buy dang cute stuff at a FRACTION of the price. why pay retail?

oh and this IS considered recycling. whoohoo on that too. maybe buying used clothes makes up for the abundance of paper plates added to landfills weekly by my family? yup! i sure feel better now. almost green!

i'm not cheap, just Eco friendly!

yeah i'm cheap. eco friendly is just a bonus.