Rambling notes on how I spent my Saturday.

4:30 Saturday afternoon. We're all taking a little siesta from our busy but fun day.
Everyone else is watching a library children's video on volcanoes in the tv room.

Let's see:

We went by the bank and on the way there say a sign for a neighborhood garage sale. Hubby and I both looked at eachother and said, "Yes, I believe we will." And we did for about an hour and a half.
Something I'm beginning to realize something about myself that I need to work on. I get really excited at the first two or three garage sales and find that I almost 'need' to find something to buy. Whether I really need it or want it. Granted, it's usually a two dollar or less item but, sometimes the purchase just isn't that satisfying as when you stumble across something you have been looking for or something you love. My first impulse purchase was an older (not antique.. the frame is plastic) oval shaped picture of a pond/house scene. I don't know why I like it but, I do. Of course, after carrying it for awhile I noticed the glass was broken right across the center. I think maybe it happened after I bought since I didn't see it then. But, I'm disappointed. Even though it was only .50.
Later I found two really nice pictures in great shape for .50 apiece too.
And at almost every garage sale someone wanted to give our 4 y.o. DD toys or kiddie jewelry. Erg. And of course, she found some toys that we needed to buy her.
But, with her toy room in the horrible shape it's in (toys strewn everywhere and no walkways) we made a bargain with her. She could get one toy for every three toys she would give up in her toy room. AND IT WORKED!!!!!!!!! She got rid of a box full of stuff. She's looking forward to selling it in her own garage sale to get money for her pig bank. Yeah! I'm so proud of her.
Then we were all tired, thirsty and hunger. Garage sale hunting is hard work. ; )
So, we tried out a Mexican restaurant we'd been eyeballing. The baby was a crank-monster and wouldn't sit in his high chair so lunch was fun. But, we had a meal that we'd never had before and we quite liked called Chilaquilles. It looked pretty easy to make (corn chips or tortillas crunched up and served with scrambled eggs, tomatoey sauce and some hot pepper and cheese for a topping. We ate them with freshly made flour tortillas. So yummy. It almost made me wish I had an icy cold Dos Equis to go with it and I don't really drink. It was a tasty and hearty lunch (three dishes and two pops for 16.00 including tip and tax).
Since I've managed to lose our baby's shoes somewhere in the house and he was barefoot today and hating being held we decided to stop by the Payless across the street for a spare pair of sandals. Yes, it seems frivolous.. I know. But, I have no clue where his one pair of fitting shoes went. I even looked under the couch.
Anyway, I walked right past a re-sale shop that had toddler shoes on my way to the Payless. And I noticed the price tag on new looking sandals (in his size) was 3.00.
Ok, mental note in case Payless does not work out. In the Payless the sandals were 15.00. 15.00 for a tiny pair of shoes. So, right back to the re-sale shop I went and found him a nice pair of new sandals for 3.50. Feeling a little satisfied with myself I went to the laundramat where my DH and DD were playing pinball while baby and I shopped so we could show off his new shoes. For less than two dollars they were having such a good time playing a Johnny Mnemonic pinball game. DD did talk me into spending a quarter on a big bubble gum that she ended up spitting out because she thought it was gross.
We ended our expedition with a trip to the Goodwill. Books were 50% off today so I bought a teachers edition of The Robert English Series from 1966. I couldn't resist when the first page I opened to was a copy and illustration of The Jabberwocky. I love the Jabberwocky.
Oh, I found two cute summer dresses for DD for 2.00 each. It sure beats the 12.00 that I was going to spend on one dress last weekend from TJMaxx. And I picked up a wrapped package of five new picture frames for 5.00. They will come in handy when I get out the pictures I had printed for free at the grocery store.

Right now I'm going to go fold laundry and plan for tonight's dinner. Veggie Dogs, salad and Mac and Cheese sounds doable.
I'm looking forward to putting the kids to bed and watching a library DVD with my sweetie later too.

It's been a frugal good day so far.