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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Consigning clothes and new cabinet

I got up in the attic. I went throught the kids clothes in their rooms. I have washed. I have dried. I haved ironed. And ironed. And ironed. I ironed over 100 pieces of clothing yesterday. Why? Because I want some money. Our city has a Kids Mart consignment twice a year. One is in the spring and one is in the fall. They rent a large building and it is a huge event. There are a lot of people that do all of the shopping for their kids at this event. I can get better prices at garage sales and even the clearance sales at some stores so I don't like to go buy from them. But, I can make more selling than at a garage sale. Most of my things are Old Navy, Gap, Limited Too, Levis, or Childrens Place. They all sell really well so I hope to make some money.
Everything has to be stain free and tear free. I like to press everything so I can get the best price. After so many days everything goes to 25% off, then the final days it is 50% off. If I sold all of this for 50% off and paid my fee (1/3 of sale price) then I will make $120.00. I still have about 20 pieces that I saw a stain and am washing. I also have shoes, gift items from my gift box, and a toile diaper/tote I bought at a garage sale for $1.
My husband picked this up off the side of the road. I really like it. The hinges are off the top door but can be fixed. I have an area in our new game room that I can put this and move all the DVDs and movies into this cabinet. It is about 5 foot high.