Friday, March 09, 2007

Love my Rocket Dogs!

I did get to do a bit of shopping in Omaha. Lisa and I always have a great time bargain hunting while I am there and this time we hunted out the Goodwill's and other thrift stores in the area. My favorite one was the Goodwill Outlet in "South O". I guess it was in the ghetto, it wasn't much different than being in Gary! :) Anyway, everything there was on it's way out so you paid by the pound for it! I could have went nuts in that store! My theory is that if you had like $50 - $100 dollars as a clothing budget to go in there and get clothes for your family for the year! There were a lot of really nice things in there, even some with tags still on them. I did read a review of one in Illinois - because I was looking for one around here - that wasn't too good. I guess it must just be like all other stores. We must have lucked out and got to a good one. The clothes were all thrown into these huge plywood bins that you had to sort through - I had a gallon of hand sanitizer! It was actually kinda fun. Jozie and Sara ran around finding things they thought were cute and throwing them into their own cart. It was cute to see Jozie with another girl for a few days in a row. I don't think they fought at all the whole time we were there! I knew I didn't have a whole lot of room in the trunk of our car so I didn't go hog wild - but could have gotten more along the lines of things the kids could grow into if we had the room!

I got my Rocket Dogs finally! My loving husband gave me some money for valentines day because he knew I would be shopping in Omaha with Lisa (my sister-in-law) and I found the perfect gift from him to me...LOL :) I got the Jigsaw model. I love them and I have a hard time not picking out my clothes to match them! LOL At least they go good with jeans so it's not that hard to do. :)

5 Comments For Risa:

Amie said...

That sounds like some AWESOME shopping! We have a huge goodwill store here that I love going too.

Jamie said...

I love bargain shopping! I was just thinking today how I need to hit the thrift stores here....with the warm weather I need to invest in some summer clothes for the kids. Glad you got your shoes!!!

Jodie said...

Whew whew (that's supposed to be a whistle sound) I love your shoes. I have a pair of rocket dogs too (brown and pink) that I try and match clothes to. I understand your game. :)

Becca said...

I have a pair of shoes I'm lusting after too....glad you got yours! I saw mine in Surplus Outlet in Houghton but can't quite see paying $80 for them!

Your thirfting sounds like it was fun! Glad your trip was good tho the way home sounded not fun!

Risa said...

Yah, there was another pair of Rocket Dogs that I like better but they were $35 on sale. I'm cheap so I got these, the only pair of Rocket Dogs in the store on clearance, for $30. I also found some that were so cute that fit Jozie but I couldn't see paying $40 for shoes for her that probably wouldn't even last all summer! :) She was a little disappointed but I did get her cheaper new shoes so that made up for it, she wasn't as excited about the Rocket Dogs as I was! :)