September: Super Savvy Shopper

If you missed Septembers MOPS meeting you missed out on a ton of fun!  This month we focused on Super Savvy Shopping.  With the economy the way it is and with prices going up, everyone could use a few tips on making their dollar stretch.

We first started off by breaking up into five teams.  Each team was given a bag of items to come up with an outfit that was both fashionable and functional for today's busy moms.  The bag consisted of colorful tissue paper, a roll of toilet paper, and pink duct tape.  All of the teams had to pick a model, design the outfit and construct the outfit on the model before time was called.

The laughter filled the room as the ladies got busy making their fashionable and functional ensemble.  Once time was called the models gathered to walk the catwalk and strut their stuff.  These girls worked it!

The outfits were then described to show off their functionality.  We really have some creative ladies in this group!!!

Margaret Smith was our guest speaker.  She gave us many useful tips on how to save money.  

First step is to work on a budget and meal planning.

Next it was time for what we moms do best... BARGIN SHOPPING!  A few weeks ago an e-mail was sent out asking everyone to bring gently used clothes and accessories to donate.  As people arrived the tables soon filled up with all kinds of awesome clothes, shoes, belts, handbags, and jewelry.

Everyone broke into teams and were allowed to shop for 5 minutes grabbing whatever they wanted and only paying 25 cents per items.  We raised over $100 for Charity!

Everyone had a blast trying on and digging through the piles of donated items.  The money and the left over clothes were donated to The House of Ruth.  With the money raised, we are purchasing diapers and donating to the Always Hope Pregnancy Center.