My A$$; Shopped it Right Off

Ok, not literally. Although I could stand to lose a bit (more than a bit) of it… and if I had a choice, I would much rather shop off my stomach rather than my ass.

But I digress.

So I have a bunch of kids. And those kids grow. And they seem to all grow at the same frickin time. Ok, such is life. That’s what happens when you have a bunch of kids, right? Right.

Anyway, they all are growing out of their clothes, and it’s time to get some new ones. Alpha is so tall, her belly is starting to show beneath the hem of her shirts and her pants are too tight. All the kids’ pants are getting a little high water. Not gonna make it til the end of the year, and every day is another day that they seem to grow more.

Fortunately we live in sunny Southern California, so I can go ahead and get their summer clothes and it’s perfect weather for it.

The thing was, I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to swing four new wardrobes.

And then a really cool thing happened. We got some cashola from an unexpected source, and it was enough to get them a good chunk of their summer wardrobes AND The Man and I some new threads, as well!

I haven’t bought new clothes in… um. Over a year. Just seems like I always have a good reason to not. And the kids need stuff all. the. time. If it’s not new clothes it’s new shoes. Or new clothes. Or new shoes.

You get the idea.

Times that by four… and yeah. CHA-CHING! and not the cool kind of cha-ching.

So that is what we did today. Headed to this outlet center where they have all kinds of stores and shopped. It was a lot of fun, and I’ll definitely go back. It was my first visit there.

And now I am tired. It’s been a long day. A good day, but a long one!

Peace :)