Lyndsie is selling her clothes!

[WonderingInWA]

Wow, Lynsdie!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.209278745748919.55717.127882407221887

[demgirl]

Cool. I always wanted some slightly used Abercrombie and Fitch jeans and Ralph Polo tees. She dresses like I did when I was 14 and you just had to have the latest low quality, marked up clothing from the "right" stores.

[lilwriter85]

She is selling some of her polo stash. I wonder how much she is selling the stuff for, because she claimed on her blog a few times that she bought a lot of her clothes from TJ Maxx. I hope her and Daniel aren't having financial troubles right now but I think money has gotten tighter since they adopted.

[WonderingInWA]

Well, and DUH, Lyndsie, money gets tight with a child! Especially when you can't breastfeed (which saves a ton of money for that first year!). I saw she posted something about that she had a crib to sell, too, which is probably the one she bought for Aubrey Ann and is every kind of pink explosion (honestly, I'm just guessing here -- she didn't post a photo).

I'm sure her lifestyle has had to take an about-face. She's even selling Mary Kay now! Oh, silly little girl -- what did you think was going to happen when you finally got your baby???? Sigh.

[lilwriter85]

Well, and DUH, Lyndsie, money gets tight with a child! Especially when you can't breastfeed (which saves a ton of money for that first year!). I saw she posted something about that she had a crib to sell, too, which is probably the one she bought for Aubrey Ann and is every kind of pink explosion (honestly, I'm just guessing here -- she didn't post a photo).

I'm sure her lifestyle has had to take an about-face. She's even selling Mary Kay now! Oh, silly little girl -- what did you think was going to happen when you finally got your baby???? Sigh.

She is probably selling Mary Kay for the discount. I remember she started selling right after they adopted. I don't think Daniel really makes a lot of money as Lyndsie used to imply on the blog. I predict in a couple of years, she will either use that FB page or a new blog to again collect money for another adoption.

[Feberin]

I figure it's one of two reasons. Either they didn't realize how much children costs or the adoption isn't final and they're trying to earn the last bit to make everything official. Or a combination of those reasons. If it's the first one, which seems most likely since they weren't foster parents and they've had him for months then it's their own fault for not realizing before they adopted that kids cost money. I wonder if she's regretting some of the personalized items we know she must have purchased.

[SamuraiKatz]

Maybe she's selling her "worldly" "defrauding" stuff so she can dress more conservatively???? :dance:

[lilwriter85]

I figure it's one of two reasons. Either they didn't realize how much children costs or the adoption isn't final and they're trying to earn the last bit to make everything official. Or a combination of those reasons. If it's the first one, which seems most likely since they weren't foster parents and they've had him for months then it's their own fault for not realizing before they adopted that kids cost money. I wonder if she's regretting some of the personalized items we know she must have purchased.

Lyndsie and Daniel both come off as naive and immature. Lyndsie is probably worse though, she seems a bit ditzy too. I think they both probably didn't realize how much a child can cost. I agree the adoption might not be final. But I think Daniel and Lyndsie ended up having a rude awakening.

They had been living above their means before they started looking into adoption. In the months before, they started a donation fund for the $1,000 homestudy, they were buying each other expensive things, which Lyndsie blogged about. Before they adopted, there were a few blog postings in which Lyndsie said that she was budgeting more when she bought clothes. She said that she was shopping at TJ Maxx, Target and thrift stores. But I think she and Daniel probably weren't budgeting in other areas. They used to eat out quite a bit and I remember she once awhile would blog about gifts Daniel would give her and she even posted about wanting a custom mongrammed nursery.

[Katiebug]

Yeah, kids are expensive even when you don't have a daycare bill.

We have a one year old and it seems like any time I turn around, we need or want to get something for her and it all adds up. New shoes? $40 at Stride Rite, and they'll fit her for 3-4 months. Her clothes fit for a few months and then we need more (although the local children's consignment store has helped immensely in this regard). Two high weight limit convertible car seats. A decent lightweight stroller. A mei tai and a soft structured carrier. A decent high chair. We try to buy gender-neutral clothing when possible but have found that it's not easy now that we're past the smaller sizes of clothes. I breastfeed so we never had the expense of formula, but I'm amazed at how much food this child can put away. Little Bug is in daycare, so while we use cloth diapers at home and on the weekend we still have to buy disposables to send with her to school. We console ourselves with the knowledge that the first baby is when you make most of the financial investment for stuff; we shouldn't need another swing or infant car seat or crib and changing table.

If I had a wardrobe full of high end clothes I'd try unloading some of it too, and perhaps defray some of those expenses. Mr. Bug and I rounded up our old clothes and made a donation to Goodwill for the tax deduction but our stuff was nothing special. If we wore A&F or RL or other luxury brands I'd find a way to sell them instead.

[WonderingInWA]

True the second child is less expensive in initial cash outlay, but only if you're willing to do the hand-me-down thing (which I was, but because I was a second child, I grew up HATING hand-me-downs). And I made sure each of my children had their own nursery theme, but I am a good shopper and bought some things used. And then when you are done with having babies, there is a great re-sale market for all the stuff -- swings, strollers, etc. Carseats are a sunk cost. I would never EVER buy a used carseat.

I can hardly wait for L&D's son to start being mobile. Her picture-perfect house is going to be a mess! She'll put up her baby gates, but there will be walls ruined and barf on the carpet and marker on the walls. LOL. I sure hope she brings her blog back so we can see what her new reality is!

[thoughtful]

Maybe, just maybe . . . she's actually maturing a bit, and learning better priorities.

I hope so, for the sake of that child.

[WonderingInWA]

And KatieBug, I empathize with you about the $40 shoes that last only 3 months. Shoes are so expensive and I was never one to compromise buying used shoes for my kids (no used shoes, socks, or underwear). You can save on the clothes your children wear buying consignment or garage sales or whatever. It makes those trips to Stride-Rite a little easier to take. You do NOT want to scrimp on quality shoes, at least that's what I've always believed.

[bionicmlle]

Anyone find it ironic that the site is "Lyndsie Gives Away" but she is actually SELLING stuff?? She's such a weird girl....

[Koala]

Anyone find it ironic that the site is "Lyndsie Gives Away" but she is actually SELLING stuff?? She's such a weird girl....

I thought it was strange too :?

[Kitchen Princess]

Kids don't need expensive shoes, especially babies. They need to go barefoot as much as possible. Especially babies.

[lilwriter85]

I also thought the "Lyndsie Gives Away" title was weird. I also hope she is maturing like thoughtful said. I think she likely is learning that motherhood and having a child around is tough when it comes to finances. Like I said before, I will not be surprised if she and Daniel start taking donations again in a few years for another adoption. I feel sorry for Lyndsie in a lot of ways because before the adoption, she and D probably felt out of place with their friends and relatives that are also 20 somethings. Their friends and relatives that are married probably have 1 kid or more. I think she will end up feeling out of place again later on when more of their friends or relatives get pregnant again. She will feel out of place only having Ethan. On the blog she sort of implied that she was hoping to adopt more than one kid. I doubt her and Daniel have non-fundie lite friends.

[oscar]

Anyone find it ironic that the site is "Lyndsie Gives Away" but she is actually SELLING stuff?? She's such a weird girl....

I think the facebook page used to promote her BlogHer Ads-compliant giveaway/review blog. Until a couple of months ago, BlogHer restricted its members to only posting reviews on a separate, ad-free review site. Hers was lyndsieraegivesaway.blogspot.com/

It's good to see Lyndsie getting her priorities in order. However, some of the clothes she is selling appear to be in poor condition, the photographs she's posted do not show the garments to their best advantage, and it is easy to find similar things for better prices either new on clearance or at a secondhand shop. I am not sure that I am particularly impressed with her efforts - it seems like her friends and family are simply buying her old stuff as a favor.

[JosiePye]

OT, but what does Daniel do? That's a nice house, nicely decorated and on a nice piece of land for an under 30 single wage earner.

[lilwriter85]

Daniel works for a Marine Corp base as a contract specialist and it is hard to determine what he exactly does. According to Lynsdie's blog, Daniel purchased the property that is house is on back in 2007. He would have been 22 at the time. I think maybe Daniel got financial help from his parents to buy the property. It seemed that Daniel's parents have a bit more money than Lyndsie's parents. When she and Daniel got married,a bridal store donated a dress to her and Lyndsie sort of implied that the dress was very expensive. I'm thinking it would probably over 1 grand. Daniel's parents are older than Lyndsie's parents and I believe Daniel is one of the younger kids. Lyndsie, I think is the oldest and her mom seems to be about 20 years older than her and they still have several kids under the age of 18 in the family. The youngest kid is like 3 or 4. Lyndsie's parents might not be too well off.

[Hane]

I made sure each of my children had their own nursery theme...

A generation or so ago, nursery themes weren't the popular deal they are now. One young mother recently asked me what the theme of my baby's room had been (back in 1978) and I said "Yellow."

Of course, I definitely popped for the ADORABLE jungle-animal-theme stuff for my grandchild's room. :lol:

In shopping for clothing gifts for small children lately, I am frustrated that there's virtually NO gender-neutral stuff out there.

[keeperrox]

Hmmmm... she's selling what she claims to be her favorite top. I wonder why? I have plenty of clothes that I could sell that I no longer wear, but I wouldn't be selling at item of clothing that I dub "my favorite".

[InkyGirl]

Is it just me or does she have A LOT of clothes?

[lilwriter85]

On her blog at times she made it seem like she went clothes shopping often. I agree with another poster some of the clothing items don't look they are in great shape.

[masagoroll]

I hope that she is realizing how expensive, time consuming, and unglamorous babies are.

It's just too bad that she's not blogging anymore, because I would love to witness reality bite her skinny ass.

[darkplumaged]

I hope that she is realizing how expensive, time consuming, and unglamorous babies are.

It's just too bad that she's not blogging anymore, because I would love to witness reality bite her skinny ass.

It would be interesting for sure, but I think she'd probably focus on how cuuuuute the baby is, all of the cute things they buy for him, how thrilled her parents are to be grandparents, and so on. We wouldn't hear that the baby woke her up every hour last night, that she has spit-up in her hair, that she hasn't put on makeup in three days, or that she's too tired to follow her Flylady cleaning routine.