Garage Sale Success

Ben took a half day off on Friday so that I could go garage-saling without the girls during Sun Prairie's biannual city wide garage sale.  (He was gone all day on Saturday at the Kraft softball tournament, which is why I could not go then.  And as it turned out, it poured with rain on Saturday morning, so Friday was really the best day to go anyway.)  Here's my haul:

The toy in the bottom right corner is a magnetic stick and ball building set, and it is super fun to play with!  Amelia and Ben have played with it several times already - last time they made a gigantic pyramid.  I actually found two sets, so I bought one to give to Natalie and Noah in a few years.

Here's the list of what I got:
3 Gymboree outfits (these would have cost more brand new than what I spent on all of this stuff combined.  Yay!)
5 short sleeved shirts
6 long sleeved shirts
1 sweater
3 pairs of pants
1 skirt
1 leotard
1 spring coat for next year
2 sun hats (also Gymboree, with straps!)
4 white t-shirts that we will use for art projects
3 bags of wooden train set pieces to supplement our existing set (Amelia and Ben like to build huge complicated layouts)
2 sets of Lincoln Logs (because you can never have enough Lincoln Logs)
10 books (including Amelia's new favorite book "Wemberly Worried")
1 book & CD set
1 DVD (I know, a Barbie DVD seems like a weird choice, but Barbie's Swan Lake was specifically recommended by a friend as good for little girls who like to dance)
1 bracelet
the aforementioned magnetic stick and ball toys
1 pair of dress shoes
handmade Nativity scene puzzle for Becky (sorry to ruin the surprise)
1 paint canvas
2 bags of lollipop craft sticks
1 package of alphabet beads
1 package of jingle bells
1 package of sea shells
3 bags of styrofoam balls (do you have any idea how expensive these are at a craft store?  Try $1 a piece!)
4 skein of yarn (art projects planned for all of these crafty things)
3 sewing patterns for Halloween costumes (I'm thinking of making Megan Eeyore for Halloween, since she is always so serious)
4 insect car toys for Megan
2 games for Becky's class at school
1 hair bow organizer for Amelia (and it's purple!  with butterflies!)


Now I am working on putting all that stuff away.  Right now, the train set is spread out all over that same space in my dining room/hallway area and it has created a huge obstacle course for poor Megan to try walking over.