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September Operation Christmas Child Roundup


Back in the swing of school with summer clearance nearing an end. This is the perfect time of year to catch rock bottom prices for all things box-y! You can find a lot of clothes, shoes, toys, and accessories WAY cheaper than you could find them otherwise. I got a pretty good haul this month, it evens out last months pathetic pile. So, here's what I got.
Most of what I got this month came from Family Dollar. I heard from Clip With a Purpose's Facebook Page (My absolute favorite Operation Christmas Child site!), that Family Dollar was having a 75% off Clearance event, so I went to my local Family Dollar and found a lot of great deals! While I was checking out the cashier asked what I was getting it all for, so I told her. She asked if she could call me when they had a whole bunch of clearance they needed to get rid of. I was astonished! That was definitely something God had orchestrated! I have never shopped much at Family Dollar, but now I'll definitely be shopping there a lot more!

-8 6 packs of girls large socks.
-16  6 packs of girls medium socks.

-10 pairs of 11-12 shoes 9 girls, 1 boys.
-4 pairs of 13-1 shoes 4 girls
- 6 pairs of 2-3 shoes 6 girls

-2 pairs of ladies shoes

-14 pairs of unisex flip flops


Clothes Sorted By Age Catagory

2-4

-5 girls rompers

-1 girls leggings

-2 girls shirts

-1 girls shirt and shorts outfit

5-9


-4 girls shorts

- 6 girls shirts

-6 boys shorts

10-14

- 1 girls shorts

-2 girls shirts


I still need to go through and take the tags off. I try to take everything out of the packaging before the packing party. It reduces trash at the distribution and gives you more room in the box. When I have large quantities of sock in a specific size I take them out of the packaging and put them in a gallon bag like this.


Here's what I've been working on, what have you gotten for OCC this month?




Comments

  1. Ericka Autiegirl October 11, 2016 at 12:50 PM

    thats awesome!
    it seems target gives their clearance things to goodwill too...
    so awesome and fun!

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