I received an email a few days ago from Carter's indicating they were having a sale. The email also included a coupon for an additional 20 percent off. I had not intended to take advantage of this sale but I mentioned it to my mother in law yesterday, and she suggested we head down to the states today to take advantage of it. Like me, she has an extreme weakness for buying cute outfits for our little Jory. Actually, she may be even worse than me since she always tells us to not buy anything but ends up buying a ton of stuff for him. She most likely has bought even more clothes for him than I have.
In any case...off we went bright and early this morning. We headed out a little before 8 a.m., and crossed the border by 9 a.m. I was a little nervous about bringing baby over the border since it was the first time. I had read online that the birth certificate was sufficient for children under the age of 15 but the rules seem to be constantly changing and just seemed unpredictable. Thankfully, we got through without a hitch.
Our main goal once we reached the Seattle Premium Outlets really was to do most of the damage at Carter's. We did however have to stop and feed the little boy at Starbucks before we started shopping. Then, we were ready to attack at Carter's. It is actually quite shocking that we only ended up spending about $40 there. It was such a good deal! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Carter's, I would describe it as a clothing wonderland for children at a very reasonable price. Here's what we got at Carter's:
3 outfits - each were 50 percent off plus another 20 percent off making them under $10 each!
2 other outfits - these were on clearance, so there was another 20 percent off on top making them both $5.50!
Our next stop was OshKosh B'gosh. This wasn't quite as good a deal but we got a couple of cute things:
Both were 60 percent off making them around $8 each. I bought the dress shirt mostly because I thought it would be really cute with jeans!
Finally, the surprise purchase of the day was a pair of sneakers I found at the Adidas store:
It was a shocking $3.71 (4.95 - 25 percent).
Conclusion? It is definitely worth it to make the drive down to the states once in a while to get cute baby clothes! Only repercussion is that it is very highly addictive and it makes it hard to limit how much you buy, although you know that you're probably getting too much!
