Consignment Sale Steals

I was not at the top of my shopping game for this weekend's children's consignment sale -- I was late to the special sale they let us volunteers shop, and Toth in the sling was fussy, so I only picked up a few (very nice) things. And I was volunteering right up to the beginning of the "bag sale" at the very end so I didn't get to start shopping until my husband got there with the bag he bought for me. He was towards the end of the line, which means that much of the good loot had been grabbed by the time he got there and handed me my bag. And yet! When I got home and laid out my purchases, I found some really, really nice things that I had grabbed without even reading the labels. And what labels they are.

This is the backup snowsuit I grabbed at the last minute in the $5 a bag sale. It's a Hanna Anderson size 80 and I don't know if Toth will even grow into it by spring. If not it'll probably do very well at the consignment shop.

That snowsuit is way big for him at this point too. So I got yet ANOTHER bunting-type snowsuit in the bag sale to close the gap between the first cold day and when he can wear this. Again, I didn't read the label, but guess what? It's Zutano. I love Zutano stuff. And look how cute he is in it:

It might seem silly to have so many different things for him, but it's a luxury I really appreciate since I don't really know in the first year what will fit him. And do I seem a little label obsessed? I have to admit that with children's clothes, I really have learned that the good labels are better. Kids' clothes get washed a lot, and nice things Hanna Anderson really hold their color and shape better through all that. Also, the really high-end thngs I will be able to resell when we're done with them, if my kids don't wreck them. Oh, and speaking of Hanna, here's what Toth will probably be wearing at Christmas. It retails for $68. Also in the bag sale:

I got a few nice school clothes for Nutmeg, and Nutmeg also got to pick out things for herself in the bag sale. Just like last year, she found some nice things that I hadn't even seen. All in all, I spent $78. That was $65 in the volunteer sale, where I got most of Nutmeg's back-to-school wardrobe that I didn't already have (including a pair of nice gym shoes to keep at school and all the other shoes she'll need for winter, and a size 6 coat in case she grows out of her size 5 one). I spent $3 in the half-price sale for one of those J. J. Cole car seat covers (our old one was pink). The $10 was for two bags in the bag sale, which were full of Nutmeg's picks and a ton of baby clothes in addition to the snowsuits.