FINALLY! I can't tell you how excited I am about the snow we are getting. They are calling for 3-7 inches and they say that we are closer to the higher end of that estimate where we live. WOO HOO!!
I peeked outside a few minutes ago and snapped a few photos.
Here is Caroline's barefeet prints. She stepped out to check out the snow. Gotta love that crunch of freezing snow between your toes!! HA ha...
Honestly, she doesn't remember any kind of "major" snow like we are getting tonight. She was 2 1/2 for the last storm that we could go sledding in. And while she says she remembers, she really doesn't. So this is very exciting to her.
Today I went out to see if I could find some snow boots for Nicholas and Caroline. We have one pair of Nicholas' old ones and they fit Alexandra but the other two didn't have any. WHAT was I thinking? The promise of snow and all of Richmond goes out in full force. I take Caroline with me and we head to Walmart. Us and half the rest of town too! We got there and were lucky to get a cart. We took the one of the last three they had available. Caroline hops in and we head for the shoe department. I start checking up and down the aisles and finally find where they have the last of the boots. I also find fifteen other families doing the SAME thing that I was doing. UGH. I call Kenneth on the cell and ask him to start calling around. He calls me back and says that Nordstroms over in Short Pump has boots for $49.95 and somewhere else had them for $34.95. NO! I am not spending that much for a pair of boots that they may wear one time. So I decide to head to Target. He calls back and suggests we go to the Goodwill. So Caroline and I get to the Goodwill and we totally lucked out! We found a pair of boots for Caroline, a pair for Allie for next year and a pair for Nicholas. The only ones that even looked worn were Caroline's. Nicholas's had the tags still on them and Allie's were Land's End brand and not worn at all. I looked around a bit more and found another pair for Mom and a pair of slippers for her too. Then we found a pair of slippers for Caroline (new) and a pair of bucks for Nicholas that may have been worn once inside. I felt like Michelle Duggar buying used and saving the difference. So here is the tally:
Nicholas's boots: $26.99 Champion brand--- bought for $6.00
Caroline's boots: unknown retail---bought for $6.00
Allie's boots: $29.50 retail Lands End---bought for $3.00
Mom's boots: (est) $35.00 Tote's brand---bought for $7.00
Mom's slippers: unknown retail---$3.00
Caroline's slippers: (est) $9.99---bought for $3.00
Nicholas's bucks: $49.99 stride rite---bought for $3.00
So retail total for what we know: $151.47
Total purchase price: $31.00 !!!
A difference of: $120.47
How sweet of a deal. We also bought a pair of snowbibs and a doggie sweater too. The bibs were $4.99 and the doggie sweater was $4.48.
So here is Annabelle has dressed for the occasion!
Oh, did I tell you that school is cancelled for tomorrow? Yeah it is and thank goodness because I have a feeling it is going to be a late night trying to get these kids asleep in anticipation of tomorrow and sledding and bulding a snowman.
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