Vera Oh Vera!!

Vera Bradley Outlet Sale Comes to Atlanta!!

Thursday, September 13th, 8:45am - We're heading into the city for the big sale...ya think all these people are going there too??
9:30am - We finally find a parking spot, load up the stroller, and are heading into the sale....woohoooo!!! As you can see, the boys were just as excited as Momma was! :)
9:45am - We made it, we are in!!! Yes it was a 15 minute walk from our parking spot into the sale...this event is bigger than big!!!!
OMG - the even have VB table clothes and every worker in the place is sporting a super cute VB apron!!
The room is broken down by styles and then by patterns. As soon as you enter, you are given a 20 gallon pink garbage bag and a 4 page map of the convention center with a picture, name, and price of each and every item in the entire sale so that you can make your way through depending on the color balloon and the number.
Each table has big signs with pictures, names, prices on it too so if you're organized and know what you want, you can just zip right on through.
It was truly the most organized free-for-all I think I've ever seen!! :)
3 hours later and our pink garbage bag is now busting (literally) at the seams...the boys are eating snacks faster than I can pull out of the stroller, their shoes are off, I even smuggled in milk in a small cooler and the boys blankets in case they wanted to take a snooze, and the last hope DVD player (you'll notice strapped on to C's tray) is losing battery life with each minute that passes.....the pressure is on....time is running out....
Well the DVD battery has finally died, the snacks are "yucky" they tell me, and the toys aren't fun anymore....so what better to do with two toddlers at a VB Outlet sale than go "Cardboard Box Diving"!!!! Woohooo!!
Wait, where did C go??
Did that lady with the blue top just put him in her Hope Toile Garment Bag???
D! Quick! Jump in there to save your little brother!! Oh and could you hand that woman with the black top that Alpine Black Lunch Bag for $8.00, she's been looking for that for her sister in law for Christmas?? What a good helper all the women say while they ask him to reach down and get a few other bags for them!! LOL :)
Phew, C has resurfaced and is now apparently handing someone a Bermuda Blue Travel Organizer! They really are such good helpers, aren't they?
Oh gosh but now a different lady is trying to put D in a Citrus Satchel!
This place is crazy, these VB Lovin' women are out of control....hurry up boys and get back in the stroller, it's time we get out of here!!
Oh and a special thank you D for being okay with wearing a diaper so Momma wouldn't have to worry about finding a potty every 45 minutes while we were in there. Hope that wasn't too confusing for you little guy...but we had to go prepared for a shopping frenzy sans potty stops. :)
It's now 1:30pm and we're finally headed to the check out. Disney World style lines wrapped around a quarter of the convention center and moved pretty fast,
considering. Luckily we only had to wait for about 75 minutes before ringing out our purchases!! :) These poor shoppers had at least a 2 hour wait and the line was still growing!
Thank goodness we got out of there....time to head home for naps (for all three of us!) 3:30pm - Well it looks like we'll be napping in the car stuck on 85, this is the very spot where we sat for over an hour in the pouring down rain in the middle of the highway....nice...we LOVE Atlanta!! :)

Soooo...now you're probably wondering...what all did you buy?? Did you hit the $2000 per shopper limit? Details, details...pictures pictures!! As soon as I can finish downloading the pictures, I'll post some on here of the fabulously priced Vera purchases! Got some GREAT deals on SUPER cute stuff!! :)

Vera Oh Vera, please do come back to Atlanta next year!!!