The Fun of Big Consignment Sales and the Fall Backs.

The past weekend and this weekend I have the ability to attend two different large consignment sales, Rhea Lana and The Growing Kids Sale. While both ended up with great steals for me and I overall enjoyed them, there are a few fall backs such as organization and crowds.

 Last weekend while visiting my mom we were able to drive a town over and go to Rhea Lana's sale. I like that I'm buying items at discounts and saving money...however you do have to pick and choose which items are worth the used price per condition since pricing is done by other mothers getting profit back after items are outgrown. I loved how organized Rhea Lana was, except clothes were all girl/boy and you would have to search through the boys section most likely to find any gender neutral clothes(we were going to buy one or two outfits for Jelly Bean). I also understood WHY they had things separated into three different "store" sections at the strip mall..but having the baby shoes and maternity clothes in each of the other stores from the general clothes section was a little awkward. With three adults we were able to divide and conquer while also ending up together each time. I didn't know they sold cloth diapers and was pleasantly surprised when I went to search for maternity clothes. My mother is a cloth diaper enabler and we scored some really good diapers, including my first wool cover and my first AIO. All in all I was happy with my experience with Rhea Lana even though I wasn't sure how good of a sale they were.

This weekend I have already gone once to the Growing Kids Sale. Boobman has some more outfits to fit him(somehow we got to 12 mo size and then the rest of his clothes skip to 2t). I also found some more maternity clothes which is good because I don't know how long my white shorts from being pregnant with Boobman would stay white with a toddler. they are a HUGE sale and things are a little crowded even with the big space they have, you also have to really search through stuff. but they are pretty organized and check out is super fast. I will be going back either tomorrow when consignors are able to "reload" and drop off more stuff, or on half price day.(today I was WAY under the limit MedicMan and me agreed upon)

Rhea Lana happens I think once a year in different locations throughout NWA area, and The Growing Kids Sale happens twice a year so it is very easy to buy seasonal clothes for your children. I love a good sale.