My church has this amazing sale twice a year called "Too Good To Be Threw" once for Spring/Summer clothing and again for Fall/Winter clothing. Well this time I decided that hey I'm a stay at home mom that currently has no kids at home so why not offer my time and help out.
WOW! They should warn a person what they are signing up for! Our entire church has been overrun with clothing, toys, bedding, books, furniture, etc for children. I mean the ENTIRE church! From our Sanctuary to our Gymnasium. I spent 8 hours on Tuesday digging through boxes looking for stains, spots, missing buttons, broken zippers, correct tags, etc. Selfishly I keep thinking wouldn't that be cute in my baby's room? But at $1-2 for outfits, jeans, shirts... how can you say no?
My absolute favorite part are the yellow tags. Those are people who 'get' the ministry the church is trying to do. After the sale all the clothing is boxed back up by seller and sent back, UNLESS they have a yellow tag. Then the church boxes them up and donates them :)
Anyway I really loved being a part of the ministry. And I feel super good when last night they called and said they were way behind and needed additional help. So i went back for 3 hours last night as well. They also want me tomorrow morning, and late evening. Not to mention the actual sale on Saturday from 8:30-12:30.
Today was my take it easy day... clean up my own house, actually make a good dinner. Something I have failed to do much of this week as I've been gone in the evening hours. You can only eat leftovers for so long...
Hope to see lots of people at the sale :) I will be the huge pregnant lady in the yellow shirt :)
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