In hopes of encouraging the warm and sunny weather to stick (and of course, guaranteeing it won't do anything of the sort), I just sorted out the girls' seasonal clothes.
With a few exceptions, since it does get cool here at night all year round and it's never a bad idea to have a sweatshirt handy, I moved the longsleeves and the heavy pants into the storage bin. Moved the shorts and summer dresses into the armoire. Sorted out the things that are too small for Maggie this year, to be handed down to the next lucky toddler.
Now their shelves are stacked with colors like fruit salad--melon and lemon and honeydew and watermelon. Gone the dark reds, the faux leopard-fur trim, the corduroy. I love this time of year. Little tan arms, little chubby knees in full view. Molly slapping around in her beloved flipflops "just like mama's". Hello Kitty sunglasses.
Tomorrow's the greatest shopping day of my year (semiannual category): the San Francisco Parents of Multiples Club Garage Sale A hundred bucks every six months kits my girls out in nearly-new Baby Gap all year round, with a few trips to Target and Old Navy to fill in the gaps. And better still, it's a total rush: standing in line to get in, storming the racks that hold the sizes my girls wear, scanning with eagle eyes to find the big score. Last year the best deal I got was a Baby Lulu dress for a buck--Maggie wore it all summer, wore it all winter with jeans, and as a matter of fact she wore it yesterday. Now that, my friends, is getting your cost-per-wear out of something. Look for me; I will be the crazy redhead muttering to herself about the people who insist on trying to wedge their giant travel systems through the foot-and-a-half wide aisles.
Time to box the down parkas up and cart them out to the garage, time to survey the swimsuit drawer and see who needs replenishment. It's summer in California.
oh, the twin sale! this might make my cry.
i wonder if driving all night will get me there in time to go shopping with you.
Posted by: supersugarstar | April 28, 2006 at 07:37 PM
Haven't packed away those winter duds yet, but I can't wait!
Posted by: J's Mommy | April 29, 2006 at 07:27 PM
I packed away almost all of the winter stuff, and went to Mexico for four days with The Hubster. We came back to a solid flippin week of 50 degrees.
Posted by: Carmen | May 01, 2006 at 07:39 AM
Will the next post be about your haul? Cuz you can't leave us hanging. It's the garage sale law that you have list everything you bought and how much it cost so we can go, "What a score!"
Posted by: CityMama | May 02, 2006 at 12:56 AM
Hey, send the kids my way. We were supposed to hit 100 this week. Hasn't happened yet but my house got to 98 when the AC got stuck on heat and heated the house instead. Cost me $800 to fix. The kids would have been in heaven sitting in the sprinkler with me. I also sprayed the bed down a few times those two nights until it was fixed today. What fun!
Posted by: Grammy | May 02, 2006 at 11:46 PM
There you go, bragging about your big city ways! Dang, I'm jealous!
Posted by: fifilaroach | May 08, 2006 at 05:45 PM