On Tuesdays, my mom watches our oldest for a few hours so I can work. After wrapping up a podcast interview and client call at 5:30, I ran out to make a few returns and do some shopping with the baby as my husband was going to be gone late. I bought two new pairs of boots, two puzzles, two books, and three sweaters for my oldest at a local kids consignment shop for only $26 — such a deal! I seriously love what you can find thrift shopping.
I also headed to Target to make a few exchanges and check out some pants. I'm at that five-month postpartum stage where all my maternity pants are now too big (hooray!) but my regular pants are still too small. I would normally just make do with the maternity pants but being Fall has officially arrived here in Minnesota and I'm gearing up to do some traveling to Washington, DC and Colorado this month, I wanted some pants that actually fit.
Imagine my pleasant surprise when I realized that Target now sells jeans that are Fair Trade Certified! I love that they are moving in the direction of supporting brands that are practicing sustainable employment practices. I ended up grabbing two pairs of jeans that were on sale for $15 a pair.
In addition to the brick-and-mortar shopping I did, I also bought some printer ink and an SD card on Amazon. Seriously, what did we do before Amazon?
We buy ink for our home printer maybe every other year, so that's a very rare occurrence. The SD card will be used for when I record a podcast episode at this year's FinCon, which I'm really looking forward to.
On his way home from work, my husband picked up dinner from one of the only fast food places we will eat at — Raising Cane's. Their chicken fingers and homemade lemonade are just so good.