I have a favorite consignment store, which is located fairly close to our house. When my Mom visits, she and I tend to frequent this store for clothing items Ava might need. When Mom was in town last, we bought a bathing suit at this store (thus the silly pictures posted earlier in the blog).
A little history...When I was born, I weighed 9 lbs ~ 5 oz. YOWZA. Everyone I knew thought we would have a big baby, as I don't think Doug and I would be considered on the "shorter" side of the spectrum. (He's 6'0 and I'm 5'7). My sister
weighed over 10 lbs. Pa was 13 lbs! (OUCH) So, my Mom suggested we forego investing in too many 0-3 month-sized clothes, being that Ava probably wouldn 't fit in them for long, if at all. Guess what? We had a peanut, who surprised everyone, born weighing 6 lbs ~ 15 oz and fitting into PREEMIE clothing. Needless to say, we had to make a few shopping trips for clothing which would fit. PB&J Kids Consignment and Maternity Clothing came to the rescue. Not only are the clothes at PB&J Kids well-kept and low-priced, they seem to have quite the variety from which to choose. (Okay, anyone working for PB&J reading this blog can write the check out to Shelly Carey, that's spelled S-H-E-L-L-Y....)
Ava didn't have many pairs of pants. She's been wearing onesies and other cute outfits, but of late, I thought the kid needed some pants. So, we went on a "pant" shopping-spree at PB&J. I found a pair of Ralph Lauren bootcut jeans that were well-priced, and still had the tag on them! Ms. Jane from work (Sprint) would be ever-so-proud, being the Ralph Lauren fan that she is... (She bought Ava a cute little Ralph Lauren polo dress a while back).
Kristy, my sister-in-law (Joe's wife), recently told us (when we were both looking through a pile of girl clothes Mom Carey received from a co-worker) to snatch-up any "plain" blue jeans when we find them... Kristy said it seems all girl jeans have some sort of decoration, embroidery, ribbons, etc. Seeing the plethora of ribbon-infused, embroidered and flowered jeans with purple-stitching I have seen in Ava's short lifetime, I agree with Kristy. So, when we found the plain-Jane (I mean Ralph) jeans, we splurged.
We purchased a few other items (yes including more pants!) from the store. We came out with some great deals, and Ava will be ever-so-stylish! One outfit included a pair of leopard print pants :-) This poor kid... I think I am probably living vicariously through her, buying cute clothes that I would wear. (Okay, minus the leopard print pants...) But the denim coat (with mandarin collar) in the pictures is something I could definitely see picking up to wear myself.
It was a fun shopping trip! The kid has pants! Mission complete.Shelly
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