Shopaholic

My name is Samantha, and having a daughter has turned me into a shopaholic.  No joke, I am slightly obsessed with baby clothes now!  However, I shop wisely.  Being a new parent can take a huge toll on your finances, so for Fenna's baby clothes I shop at consignment stores and always have an eye out for sales!  Buying brand new, full priced clothes for a child this age just doesn't make sense to me because they out grow things SO QUICKLY!  Fenna Mae started wearing her 6 month clothes when she was only 4 and a half months old.  She is not even 6 months old yet and some of her 9 month clothes are starting to fit (she is very long for her age!)!  So to avoid spending way too much money on clothes she can only wear for a few months, I have been spending (too much) time at Once Upon a Child, one of my favorite places to get her clothes.  You really have to look through the items because not everything is in great shape, but it is worth the time when you walk away with 10 items for around $10 (at regular prices 10 bucks might get you one and a half items)!!  Recently Once Upon a Child had a huge end of the year clearance sale where all of their clearance items were $1...you better believe I spent an afternoon there going through tons of clothes!  Fenna is now stocked up on clothes through 18 months!  I've also found some really great deals at Target, they recently had jeans marked down to just $3 and I got Fenna's Christmas dress for next year for $5 (originally $20).  Let me just admit that I stalked that Christmas dress every time I went to Target, which is usually a weekly occurrence, I checked on the price of the dress.  It was marked down at $12 for quite awhile but I knew I didn't want to pay more than $10 for it so I waited, and waited.  And finally, this weekend it was marked down to $5 and there was only ONE left in the size Fenna would need next year...so I grabbed it right away!  I'm so glad I waited out the price drop, I could not have justified spending more than $5 on it, but I love it!  Here are some of my favorite DOLLAR finds, the brands include Carters, Baby Gap, and Old Navy:

And here is Fenna Girl in one of her dollar 9 MONTH outfits!!  LOVE!