Friday Favorites:: A Weekly Carnival!

Well paint my door red and call me Elizabeth Arden!

I'm so excited about starting a weekly carnival that I don't quite know what to do with myself.
Thanks for being here and a very special thank you to everyone participating!

This week, my favorite thing has been shopping for consignment sale clothes for my children. Sad, but true. AND I even did it on a budget of all things.

But I stood in line, ran inside and dug through clothes with the rest of the looneys moms who love a good bargain.
The best part about this particular sale is that the people who run it are fantastic. They are always positive, encouraging and look to be a blessing to moms {both selling and purchasing}. And they don't make fun of us for bringing in things like backyard garbage cans to cart away our goods. Not that I know anyone who would do that.

The first thing I ran to purchase was this Pottery Barn Kids shelf. For $14!! The one I have is not as wide, but it is the same cool shelf that I've been eyeing in PBK for a while. {And if you think I have any sort of kick back from that link or the links to come, you would be incorrect. But I'll take PBK dollars if they are offering!}

Next, I hauled my big trash can myself to the clothes section. My plan {you must have one} was to shop for Ollie first, then the new baby girl, then Henry- because it's harder to find big boys clothes and Henry has ALL of Ollie's hand me downs {right size and season! The jackpot!!}. And there were a TON of baby girl clothes; I'm sure that doesn't surprise you.

Here's what I found, my favorite things this week:

I bought this super cute spring shirt and sweater {$10 for combo} for Ollie with some lightweight Ralph Lauren khaki pants {$12- they were brand new} that I'm pretty sure we'll wear for our spring pictures with Melissa. {Drill also came from sale and it was my bribe to get children to stand still.}


I apologize if this picture of my child's hiney offends you, but look at these cute shorts! They are T. F. Laurence {a great brand that I have never heard of- meaning they are much nicer than Circo, apparently- and I got them for $9}.


Then for little Henry, I couldn't help but purchase these madras plaid patchwork {is that what you'd call them?} pants from the Gap {$9, peeps!}.


Are these fun or what?

I also got him the cutest little whale shorts that a handy man could wear. They even had tags still on them! I can't remember the brand, but I'm pretty sure they were $4!

And poor baby girl, she might have gotten a few things herself.

I possibly purchased a few pink things: {all priced between $3- $8}

And a few cute shoes {how much fun are those fur booties; they're Robeez- our favorites!} {White flower shoes were $4 and brand NEW Robeez were $7.}

And, okay, fine. I got her a few other outfits. Ralph Lauren, Gap, Zutano {another fav}{all between $3- $8}- you name it! Girls clothes are SO much more fun than polos and shorts.

But I wouldn't necessarily call it "overboard". I mean she doesn't have a stitch of clothing, remember? She has to wear something, right? And we most definitley don't want people calling her a boy, so pink and florals are everywhere. Actually, that's all there was to choose from! But I loved every minute of it.

But the pink aisle is much more intimidating. There are a few more elbows thrown and a much greater knowledge of brand names. I had never heard of Baby Lulu before the other night {For Shame!}. But I think I can get the hang of this.

Now the budget...that's a completely different issue.

So, what's been your favorite thing this week?
Favorite time with family/ friends? Favorite show {Hello! Jim and Pam just had their baby!}? Favorite recipe?
Let me know on your own blog or in the comments section.

Here's how to link to the carnival:
1. Write your post with your Friday Favorite and then click on the title on your post. That will show you JUST the URL {address} to your own post {if you have Wordpres or Typepad, you should be fancy enough to figure that out all by yourself; I don't know how to do it for those}.
2. Click on the "You Are Next" button below.
3. Copy and paste that address into the URL line. Then in the Title {first blank}, write something with your name and some info about your Friday Favorite. For example, mine would be, "Hillary @ The Other Mama {Consignment Sale Finds}" or something really unique and clever like that.
4. Be sure to have a link to this post in YOUR post so people can find other Friday Favorites. I'm so sure you all would be friends! I can't wait for you to meet!
5. Go visit other sites listed and be sure to leave a comment.

Have fun! I can't wait to see your Friday Favorites!