Duck Duck Goose

Sarah and I went to the Duck Duck Goose Consignment Sale today. She and Mary Grace drove down from Lexington this morning to go to it (as well as run a few other errands in Knoxville). My mom is visiting so she watched Carter and Sarah's mother-in-law watched Mary Grace. So we only had Rylan with us, and he was awesome.

I got in line around 8:45 am and Sarah joined me just after 9 am. The doors open at 10 am, but by then, the parking lot is getting full and the line is LONG. The consignment sale is held twice a year in an old K-Mart and it is HUGE.

Rylan slept most of the time in line and the entire time I was shopping. I left the line for a few minutes before the doors opened to nurse Rylan and the rest of the time Sarah and I got to catch up. It was chilly this morning (mid-40s) but Rylan stayed warm in his carrier in the stroller.

Even though I waited in line for the consignment sale, I'm not a big fan of used stuff. I'm really picky and want what I get to look new (or almost new). I don't really like used boys' clothes because I don't get much dressy stuff for our boys and play clothes are usually just too worn out. Plus I usually find such good deals on new clothes that I wouldn't save much, if any, buying used stuff.

So what I was really looking for was good toys. There are so many toys to go through that I was really only looking for Little People stuff. Carter really like it and I think it's easy to clean up. And looking for one type of toy helped me not buy too much. I still looked at everything, but I really didn't see much other stuff I liked. I did find three books though that looked like they'd never even been read so I got them as well.

Here's what I bought ...

Fire Station ($5):


Construction Set ($5):


Another Construction Set ($6):


Farm Tractor ($6):


Zoo Train ($5):


Carnival ($15)


Books ($2 each):


I showed up to the consignment sale about an hour after it started in the spring and waited in line for over 30 minutes to buy the few things I found. Either they were doing checkout better this year or being early made a difference because we didn't have to wait at all to check out.

I'm glad I found Carter some new toys for cheap. Now we just have to find somewhere to put them!