Jackpot!

So, we hit the jackpot this weekend-no, not the lottery, but the baby/maternity clothes jackpot. The owner of our apartment complex has been giving us things here and there for the baby-a high chair, a bit plastic tyco kids table, a motorized swing thing, etc.

Well, this weekend he had a garage sale-a garage that is right next to our apartment. He is going to try to rent it out, so he spent this weekend cleaning it out and had a garage sale on Saturday and Sunday.

Well, he has supplied us with 0-18 month old clothes-probably enough new born clothes to get us through the first 6 months, at least without having to buy things-not that this will stop us from buying any cute clothes that we see/can afford. But anyway, that still helps us be more prepared. Also, his wife had a ton of big rubbermaid containers full of maternity clothes. The best part is it was mostly clothes that she wore to work and some casual clothes, so I pretty much don't need to shop for maternity clothes-woo! I hate shopping.

Also, we are getting a narrow 5 drawer dresser and a changing table for the baby. I'm telling you, this apartment was the best thing that could have happened to us and having an awesome landlord is definitely the cherry on top.

We also got a new futon from him for $20 and a rad double-wide ottoman for $10 that I am going to make a slip for, but otherwise it is awesome. It is one of those ones where the top opens up, and you can store things inside it. The futon is a pretty expensive one where the back folds up, and it is a couch, but if you lie fold it flat to make a bed, one of the ends can also be folded up, so you can have your head raised up. When it is laid flat, the futon is the size of a twin bed, which isn't huge, but it's good enough to be a guest bed when we have visitors (hint, hint...). It is pretty nice, though.

I definitely showed my thanks for everything that he has done/given us by helping out with the garage sale on Saturday. I woke up at 7:00 on Saturday morning to what I thought was the door bell. I thought I had dreamt it until Josh's phone rang, and it was the apartment manager calling. It turned out they needed us to move our cars for the garage sale. Well, I am at the point where I can't go back to sleep once I wake up, so I went out and helped with the garage sale. It started out with the owner of the building telling me to go through all the baby and maternity clothes to see what I wanted (for free). I then started helping move rubbermaid tubs, organize books, and helped people who were browsing if Dominic (the owner) was busy helping someone else. I helped the entire time they had the sale open on Saturday, so I think I did a pretty good job of showing my appreciation for what he has given us. He didn't ask me to help, and I probably would have even if he weren't giving us a lot of free stuff, but I think it helped make it a trade as opposed to him just giving us free stuff for nothing.

Anyway, this weekend was awesome, and we made out pretty darn well. I'm pretty happy with it. :)