Making money

I am so thankful for the day I found Twice Around the Block Consignment Sale and the world of selling/consigning my kids outgrown stuff.  I had most of my stuff ready to go awhile ago, I just had one or two piles of things I've gathered last minute.  I did recruit a friend (Maureen) to consign her stuff, so I was helping her along the way.  And my friend Kristin puts in one box of stuff along with mine.

Maureen found herself in a time crunch so I offered to tag her stuff. Also her drop off was the day before mine.  Well as I was finishing up her boy stuff, the needle on my tagging gun broke.  Luckily it was only about 9:30 in the morning.  So I found a stopping spot and heading into Portland to get a replacement needle and a few extras.  After picking up Owen at school and putting Tommy down for a nap, I got back to work on her girl stuff.  As I was on the last items, the tagging gun broke again!  This time the trigger part. Bummer!!

The next day I asked Kelly the owner of the sale if I could borrow one of hers.  She saved me!!!!  I got all of the tagging done, loaded up the truck and made it to my drop off on time.  Boy it was a busy morning!!!

The truck is packed and ready to go.  I even had to put two big items in the backseat.

I worked most of the weekend!  It was exhausting but I felt a since of purpose.  Plus I love working the sale with Kelly and all of the other volunteers/moms!

I did get to shop first and spent about $110.  My big win (at least in my eyes) was keen sandals for the boys for $25 that's 2 pairs!!! Which is a steal, they go for about $30 each at the store.  I also got these little figure animals that Tommy loves.

Tommy cleaning his new animals.

One negative to working all weekend is the opportunity to shop.  So my total was probably $125 at the end of the weekend.
Oh wait...there are also vendors at the sale like Scentsy, Miche purses, and...Thirty-one gifts.  I fell in love with Thirty-one gifts.  It's these cute practical bags and storage items.  I got a small wristlit purse to go from my miche purse to the baby bag, a cute bag for snacks and water bottles, and the blanket for the park or baseball games.  And I ordered this wall organizer.  I can't wait for it all to come in!

I was happy to bring home half of what I took including ZERO toys (those are popular)!
Total items sold 166 and Total Sales $663.00!   Now I'm just waiting on my check!

The whole process had me thinking about tagging as a business.  With my organization skills I think it'd be a good stay-at-home job for me.  Josh see's it as a write off, I see it as helping moms.  We did some research and I think it may work.  So I'll be praying about it and we'll see what happens.