Nifty Thrifting.

Slowly picking up baby things here and there. Ruby's Garden in Oakland is becoming one of my favorite baby stores. Their used section is small but extremely good. I'm always a fan of a place that has equal-sized boys' and girls' sections. Anyone with boys can attest to this- That's a rare thing.

I seem to have inherited my mother's obsession for dressing my children like tiny Village People. I even took a rare departure from my sailor suit obsession.

Shamus and I found a huge bag of old school wooden alphabet blocks during our thrift adventures. Almost bought these from Melissa and Doug not too long ago, but the twenty-five dollar price tag held me back. Glad I waited as these were only five bucks!

Another great find this week- East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse somehow accumulated HUNDREDS of huge skeins of yarn in every color imaginable. Only a dollar apiece so I grabbed one in mint green (can't get enough of mint green) and this gorgeous multicolored confection called "Lipstick". How could I not buy it?

This doesn't technically qualify as a "thrift find" but my BFF Laura did surprise us yesterday with a bag of hand-me-down goodies. Vintage hats for me and VHS for Shamus. She certainly knows what we like. Can't wait to wear these somewhere!

This week we've already watched A Nightmare Before Christmas and Jurassic Park. (Which ironically are the only two they've seen before, my kids are so weird). I'm going to peer pressure them into watching a new one next. I haven't watched Alice in years but it was my favorite when I was little.