One of Lu's Crazy Purchases

I hate to admit it, but I did... yes, I bought something that could be categorized as frivolous. Don't hate! Hear me out first! I contemplated this purchase for a day or two. I kept wondering- is this a good choice? Every answer kept coming back as "YES!", "BUY IT!"........ so I did!

About a month ago I saw a Little Tikes Jumpin' House for sale on craigslist. Y'all know I LOVE craigslist and have saved a TON of money buy buying some great, used kids items for the boys Christmas' and birthdays. Well, I felt like this purchase was no exception. The owners of the jump house had it listed for $70 and the original sale price was$249.00. A great buy, but still, a nice chunk of change for a "toy". I finally talked myself into the purchase for this reason-

When planning Bubbie's 4th birthday party last year, we had our first ever dilema. Where do we have his party? It was cold and rainy that weekend and of course, its December in Georgia, which means you NEVER know what the weather will be. The week before was hot and we were wearing shorts on Thanksgiving. The day we went home from the hospital with Bubbie, it was 70 degrees. And, of course, on Bubbie's actual birthday last year, it was cold and rainy. Oh and our house. Our house is a decent size- not small, but no where near large or roomy. We don't have a dining room, by choice, so we only have one table. If we were to have even 5 of Bubbie's closet friends over and then have their parents over, in December, we would probably be stuck indoors AND not have room for everyone- even if we just had kids, we just don't have that many chairs/space. Which is why I started to price a jumpin' rental or a jumpin' inflatable business for us to have a party there. I quickly learned that those places are out of our price range. They wanted around 200 dollars and it didn't include any of the extras like food, cake, etc. Just for one party- it was going to be over $200. We love our son, but I'd rather buy him $200 worth of wooden trains before spending that much on a party that will last no more than 2 hours. Yes, he will have memories, but he's 4, I think he'll be FINE! So, we went with Chick-fil-A, which was a nice option. A lot cheaper. It was very difficult, though, for the kids to play with the Christmas shopping crowd in the store and I felt like I was constantly counting heads or helping a child(more than likely my own) with something, so I really couldn't chat with the parents or take pictures.

I figured, if we can use this jump house for 2 birthday parties, we'll get our monies worth out of it. We'll just do simple jump and play party at the house with hamburgers and cake and invite just a few people over. We can always sell it on craigslist if we decided that we aren't using it or if we need the moo-la bad enough.







The boys seemed to enjoy it! I know Bubbie is super excited about having a "jump" party! I hope to get many more good jumps out of it before it gets too cold to enjoy it......which I don't think it'll be too difficult considering the fact that we're in GEORGIA and we rarely have seasons. Oh and it'll be hitting 101 degrees today! YEAH! (Can't you tell that I'm thrilled!?! )