Yard Sale Reviews for Saturday September 11

825 E. Oak open until noon today. All kid's clothes 25 cents! Lots of girls clothes 6mo -4T and a few boys clothes.

427 S. 5th Great quality cute girls clothes 0-4T, no boys. Most $2.00 each.

Sweepstakes

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My New Favorite Diaper Bag Toy

As my daughter gets older her interests tend to gravitate towards toys with lights and loud noises. This isn't usually appropriate at restaurants and other public places where she needs to wait for extended periods of time.

My challenge: to find a toy small enough to fit into a diaper bag that is quiet and will hold her interest.

My solution: Goobi.

Katy lavishes her focused attention on these toys for at least 10 precious minutes at a time. Assembling, disassembling and rearranging magnetic sticks and steel balls into countless shapes and forms even holds my interest. Young children need supervision to avoid swallowing the small pieces.

Cartoon Character Dishes

I recently threw away one of my daughter's Mickey Mouse plastic plates because the coating protecting the Mickey Mouse image started bubbling up and broke open. I went to the baby and toddler aisle to find a replacement and went wide-eyed, again, at the prices, $3.50 for one plastic plate emblazoned with cartoon characters that I couldn't freeze, microwave or put in the dishwasher. I couldn't do it. After some searching I decided to buy 6 shallow Rubbermaid food containers for $4 and change. They're dishwasher safe, microwavable, freezable and have lids so that I can store leftovers. So, they're not cute. Mickey Mouse never helped my daughter eat more vegetables anyway.

This experience reinforced my #1 saving tip when buying for babies and toddlers: don't buy from the baby and toddler aisle unless you have to. You will pay a premium for something you can probably find cheaper in another section of the store. There's not much choice when it comes to diapers and formula. You can save big money by buying medicine, hygiene products and toddler dishes elsewhere.

Groupon

There's a great website to get discounts on activities and places in St. Louis.

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu5044790

Today's Side Deal:
$20 for Five Single-Admission Tickets to The Magic House ($43.75 Value)

CVS Back to School Deals

CVS starts their back to school deals this coming week. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday only get a 10 pack of pens and a pair of small scissors for free (after extra buck).

Yard Sale Reviews For Saturday June 12

The advertised biggest yard sale ever on IL 127 S across from the Greenville airport is large, but not wholly impressive. It's about 50% clothes in a wide variety of sizes. Most of the clothes are very nice and I saw several name brands. The prices are decent too. If you're after clothes, this yard sale is for you. They have a few infant toys and household goods of average quality.

The yard sale on Dewey has several pieces of nice, new, discounted Tupperware. Overall, the items offered are limited.

The Clarence yard sale is also small. They have some clothes for 12 mo and younger. I did see a sturdy wooden desk in good condition.

Yard Sales for Saturday May 15

A. 1205 Idler Ln 8-?
B. 704 N Idler Ln 7-2
C. 1501 Butternut Dr 8-?
D. 516 Vine Street 7-1
E. 517 West College Ave 8-?
F. 809 4th Street 8-12
G. 929 Beaumont 8-12

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Saturday, May 8, Yard Sales

A. Lakeview Subdivision off of Red Ball Trail 8-1
B. 7 Spring Hill 8-11am
C. 1201 Joshu Court 8-1
D. 1309 Killarney Drive 8-12
E. 1100 Killarney (1st Christian Ch) 8-1
F. 502 Killarney 7-11:30am
G. 801 Vine Street 7-1
H. 429 E. Winter 8-12
I. 622 S. Charles 8-?
J. 634 Illinois 127 8-12
K. 520 W. Harris 7-1
L. 515 S. 3rd 9-3

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Friday Yard Sales

A. 7 Spring Hill -until 6pm
B. 220 Cedar -until 4pm
C. 525 W. South St. -until 4pm
D. 515 S. 3rd St -until 4pm

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