the $3 challenge

yard sale finds
Originally uploaded by sourgrass.

I wanted to go to this neighborhood yard sale up the street today, but discovered that i only had about $3 in change to spend. i thought it would be fun to turn it into a challenge so that i didn't get all mad if i found a BUNCH of stuff. so i set some rules for myself: i could only buy stuff that i didn't allready have, i could only spend a dollar at each sale or less, and the third was that when all the money was gone, i had to go home. it turned out pretty well, i'm reallly happy with my finds, the first sale i got the 3 cute coloring books mostly to copy the patterns for sewing total cost 30 cents. the second sale i bought the table cloth ( i know i have a billion of these!) and the two rag balls which were a total steal at only 25 cents each! total there: $1.50, broke one of my rules, but it was worth it. the third sale, i got the fingerpaints and paper for 75 cents. this was awesome since i had just ran out of both and would need to get some more for summer projects. at the last sale, i got the strawberry shortcake book for a quarter. I didn't even spend the whole $3.
today is the last day of school. i get the girls at noon. i'm happy at the thought of spending time with them and all our friends this summer, but sad that we will not be returning to the same school next year. we will miss all our friends.
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