Taking the Scenic Route

Good news!  I sucked it up and went to the consignment store to see if they had anything before I went to the outlet stores.  I found a gently used (not perfect, but still nice) coat for Zane for $20!  It is the Gap puffy down coat in black, with blue trim under the zipper flap.  I was hoping for a bright red or yellow coat with black trim, but this was less than it is to ship a coat, much less purchase one on ebay, and less than the coats at Wal-mart.  It is a size xs (4 I think…I don’t know Gap sizing well), but it seems like it has enough room for him.  I am concerned that a size bigger would be so big he wouldn’t be able to move in it.  If he outgrows it, at least I didn’t spend a huge amount of money on it.  yeah!  I also picked up a zip up sweater in size 5/6 that is pretty big on him, but looks adorable.   Every season I look at the clothes and think “there is no way he is going to grow in to that in the next 6 months”, but he always does.  I remember looking at him in size 4 tshirts last spring thinking that, and yet here he is.  His size 3 stuff lets his belly button show (looks really tight too), but the size 4 fits just right.