We are country in the romantic sense. The Bandits and I garden barefoot. We let our chickens and ducks free range and hang out on our patio furniture. Our cats catch mice. Our dog visits his canine pal up the road. Tractors create traffic backing up and moos from the local dairy farm fill the air at feeding time. Some call our flower garden weed infested but I call it nature adding beauty. Wild roses climb up my maple trees surrounded by blooming chicory and Queen Anne's lace.
The Bandits love nothing better than to chase our ducks who can't waddle fast enough. Playing hide and seek in the sumac trees is considered great fun. Playing in the sandbox is even better. Joy is in picking gigantic cucumbers and purple green beans. The worst thing that could happen out here is sitting on one of mommy's pepper plants that have struggled all summer long or getting your bare piggies nibbled on by one of the male ducks.
Mischief is running around the yard disrobed with mommy chasing after you. Lunch is full of peanut butter and jam sandwiches with chocolate milk. Bedtime is when the mosquitoes come out. Our house is a double wide trailer (without wheels) surrounded by fields of corn and our internet comes from a satellite. We wave at passersby and make tea in the sun. We are country even if our license plates say "New York" and our radios play Queen.
I knew from the moment I was pregnant I wanted to live in the country even if though we were in town. By fate or by fortune it came about. Here I am raising two little girls who take off their shoes the moment they get home from school. The Bandits are girlie. They love to dress up in pretty things with ruffles or bows. At the same time they are tom boys who love to play in the dirt. It's important that I find things that don't cost an arm and a leg but will fill the need of quality and pretty.
New items are usually $15+ at typical stores. I usually shop on Ebay or the Salvation Army for gently used clothes for the girls to romp around in. But the clothes aren't new. Ebay has better clothes most times but shipping kills. Cookie's-The Kids' Department Store gave me $30 store credit to spend. I took this as a personal challenge to not only find one item but as many as I could manage.
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| Blue Heart "Veria" Dress (4-6X) from Cookies |
At Cookie's I bought 8 summer dresses for $35.08 including tax and shipping. I only spent $5.08 out of pocket. Shipping was a flat rate of $5.00. On top of all that Cookie's also gave me a $25.00 to Restaurants.com which handles deals for local eateries. Since I've signed up for the newletter they've sent me notices for up 90%, $10 off, ect. A few dresses are now out of stock that I bought but I just looked and there are more great deals out there!
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| Blue Heart “Lula” Dress (Sizes 4 – 6X) |
Even their regular clothing was beating some of the sale items. I'm in love. Finally I have an affordable place I can shop online to find clothes the girls love. I won't feel bad if they dirty as all the clothes are super soft and washable. Cookie's has more than just cute frilly dresses but school uniforms too! Here is some more info about Cookie's.
In 1972, a young man named Cookie and his brother Marvin went into business together. They rented a 1600 square foot store in Jamaica, Queens, fixed it up, bought inventory and Summer and Fall, and opened a day after Thanksgiving with a full stock of holiday toys. The toys were a success and they put the extra money toward buying children's clothing for the next season. When that did well, they bought more clothing. The business was on it's way.
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| 2 Be Real “Plaid Princess” Dress (Sizes 4 – 6X) |
As the brothers Cookie, Marvin and Sonny, who had come in as a third partner in the business, began to open new stores in new locations, inventory expanded. Besides the latest fashions, our customers wanted shoes, toys, backpacks and accessories and we were prepared to deliver.
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| Sonny with a Chance “Random to the Max” Dress (Sizes 4 – 6X) |
By the late 1990's there were six superstores throughout the NYC area, and though they previously had different names, by that time they were all named Cookie's Kids. Also in the late '90s came an important addition to Cookie's Kids' inventory: school uniforms. It was the steady success in uniform sales that paved the way for founding CookiesKids.com in 2007, which originally sold uniforms and soon after the entire Cookie's Kids Inventory.
Preparing for this shopping experience was fun. Madeline and Natalie helped me by both picking out dresses they loved. They liked dresses with ruffles and sequins. It's definitely easier to shop online. As I've mentioned several times the girls have Autism. Shopping online avoids meltdowns. They just sit on my lap and point to what they like. When they are done they skip off and destroy the house some more lol. When I found something they liked that was affordable I just clipped it to Polyvore with the bookmarklet button. For my first Polyvore inspiration board I imagined taking the girls down to the seashore where I spent time as a little girl myself. Seaside Heights, NJ. Yes the same Seaside Heights on The Jersey Shore show. Believe me it looked nothing like it does today.
The next inspiration board I made on Polyvore focused on the huge ombre trend. Ombre is increasing or decreasing color shade by shade. I thought this was a cute little dress that was on trend. I loved it so much I bought it! I found little accessories on Cookie's website that matched the ombre colors nicely.
There is a huge selection of kid's styles to chose from and it's so easy to shop. Use their drop down menu to find exactly what you are looking for! If you want to see more of our "photo shoot" head on over to my Google + album.
Keep on the look out for those hot hot hot deals! Be sure to follow Cookie's Kids on Facebook and Twitter so you can keep up on the latest sales and fashions on kids' fashion. I know now that Cookie's Kids is my go to store for my kids' clothes.
“I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™. and CookiesKids.com #CBias #SocialFabric"
Keep on the look out for those hot hot hot deals! Be sure to follow Cookie's Kids on Facebook and Twitter so you can keep up on the latest sales and fashions on kids' fashion. I know now that Cookie's Kids is my go to store for my kids' clothes.
“I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™. and CookiesKids.com #CBias #SocialFabric"
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