Yard Sale Guru

So, yesterday was a pretty good day. We sold all of our baby stuff minus the crib, high chair, & pack n' play at a community yard sale and made $75. I had no idea there was some negotiating when it comes to buying/selling at a yard sale. I found myself staring incredulously at my husband as he took on the characteristics of a used-car salesman rather naturally. After the yard sale we went to Costco where, believe it or not, we actually only spent $45. That seriously NEVER happens. After we got Spencer down for his nap and the girls playing happily in the basement with their new yard sale Barbies (thanks to the Lowders) Sean taught me how to play a new game of his. He is all about board games these days - the guys in our ward have a game night usually once a month, no wives/kids allowed. I don't mind at all; I'm not too fond of the aroma of chips & salsa mixed with large amounts of unseen toxic fumes being released without preamble. Anyway, ever since he started going to game night he has been getting all these new games (thanks, Ryan Bruns). After the game we watched a movie together while we folded laundry, and after that I got a GIRLS NIGHT OUT! It was so awesome, and my hubby deserves serious props. Carissa and I went for a pedicure and then to Olive Garden for dinner. Then we went to the Mall and she introduced me to the source of her shoe fettish, Forever Young Shoes. I actually found myself picking up shoes with tall heels on them, considering, only to picture myself actually WALKING in them. I put them quietly back in their tissue-and-cardboard homes after that. After the mall we killed some time at Michaels, neither of us wanting to go home yet. It was so nice and relaxing, and of course Sean had the kids all fed, bathed, and put to bed by the time I got home around nine. Thanks, baby, you rock!