• May. 10, 2009 - ~Weekend Wonders~
I've had a terrible time finding a dress for my daughter to wear for my son's wedding. First, there are no dresses in this town. Second, anytime I could get away for a shopping trip, she had ballgames. This weekend she had a game and we stopped at the ONE store I hadn't tried (I'd looked for me, but not her). Believe it or not, we found a dress in the perfect colors that she loved. Unfortunately, it cost more than mine did, but we went ahead and got it.
As for my "weekend wonder" this week, we were able to find a pair of ballet flat type shoes in new condition at a consignment store that will work perfectly with the dress for $5.99 instead of the $15-$30 we would have paid. Not a SUPER bargain (ie: yard sale or thrift store prices) but still better than buying new.
Better yet (and I can't call this a yard sale/thrifted wonder) was how we got a shrug. She really needed a little shrug to wear with the dress. Would you believe they were actually selling them for up to $79, where we bought the dress??!! NUTSO! We did find something suitable at Walmart for much less, but they only had brown and coral and neither would do.
When I got home, I ran over to my neighbor's for some knitting help before I could take a bath and hop in my jammies. She's teaching me to knit and I had a quick question on my project. Well...I had Paige walk over with me and we showed her the dress and commented about the price of shrugs. My neighbor then offered to knit one "real quick" as she had an extra skein of black. (I'm actually working on one as my first project, but I'm guessing it'll be weeks before I'm done) Would you believe she brought it over this evening, LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER and it's perfect. It used one small skein of year ($2.49)!
I guess I should have taken a moment to straighten it out first. lol It's really not lopsided, like that. It'll look lovely with the dress which is black and white, with pink accents. (same colors as the wedding)
I also got a couple tops for my daughter and a top and pajama bottoms for my son and several books to go with our Sea and Space study next year.
Do you have any Weekend Wonders to share? If so, be sure and share them with Molly over at Econobusters. |
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