Freecycled clothes!

I am a member of this group called "Freecycle". Its an online group where people offer up unwanted items or post items that are needed. I read about freecycle on a babyfit.com message board almost 4 years ago and decided to see if Fort Collins had a chapter. Within the first week I was overwhelmed with the number of items that were being listed for free. I can't remember what my 1st freecycled item was, but over the years I have gotten baby items, baby clothes, highchairs, outdoor toys, dressers, mattresses (never been used of course!) toddler clothes, toddler shoes, exersaucers, baby bath tubs, a swamp cooler, an air conditioner, a shelf turned into a shoe rack, and the list goes on and on and on. Its a great program if you are also looking to get rid of items as it keeps your unwanted items out of the landfills and into other peoples homes. As the saying goes, one persons trash is another persons treasure! Ive also given my fair share of items as well. About a year and a half ago Drew and I did some major cleaning and got rid of a bunch of things, including about 4 trash bags full of his clothes... nice, name brand clothes. We offered them to a family who had 3 teenage boys and a husband and couldn't afford to buy clothes at even a second hand store. The woman I gave it to was eternally grateful.

Anyway, I posted a few days ago that I was looking for baby boy clothes from 3-12 months so that I could make sure Tradd had enough clothing until Drew graduates from Vet School. I got an email from a lady today who offered me box upon box of boys clothing... and get this, she had twins so a lot of things I have double of! I went through and there are brands such as Carters, Osh Kosh, Baby Gap and Gymboree... and even a pair of Robeez shoes... all GREAT quality clothing! Now I am eternally grateful to her. Below is a picture of the HUGE pile of clothing that I got. Its going to take about 5 loads of wash to get through them all... and then about a day to sort, fold, and pack up!