Resale Queen - American Girl Store Kinda Sucks To My Surprise

American Girl Store Kinda Sucks To My Surprise

Added on 06/10/07 by betsy 1 comments

Well I just got back from the longest drive through nowhere I have ever taken. A brief 4-6 hours north of here is a little town called Osh Gosh and b'gosh it looks like everywhere else in America- Starbucks, then Target, then Starbucks, then TJ Maxx except for one very important landmark store. The promised land for any mommy of a little lady.

Yes, I got to go to the American Girl outlet store.

I was so excited that the tantrums and crying (lots of roadwork) on the way up didn't even bother me. I was going to my Graceland and no one was going to bring me down.

When the children and I fell out of the car covered in stale partially digested Goldfish crackers a brief 6 hours and 3 poopy diapers later. I was a little weirded out. Here is a massive company bajillions in sales, and it is the size of Baby Gap. Ugh. Once inside I was disappointed to find that they do not carry dolls AT ALL - not a one. They do carry all of the critters like Coconut, Licorice and all the AG pets as well as the pet accessories. Other than that all they have is clothes, and some of the doll clothes.

While the clothes are cute, they are infinitely cuter in the catalog on Kit's living look-a-like than they are hanging on a round chrome rack. What was even more disappointing was that most things were the same price as they are in the catalog, I guess you are saving a little by not paying shipping but it is not worth driving all day for.

They did have a small clearance table. White Bitty Baby shoes were $1 a pair so I got some of those to sell. They also had pink suede AG doll size boots and forest green boots- probably left overs from winter. They were three bucks a pair which while an OK deal wasn't quite the awesome deal I was looking for. This is what I ended up with 2 Bitty Twins discontinued Xmas set Ret.$44 I paid $14 for 6 pairs white Bitty shoes $1 a piece Bitty Twins boys retired sleeper $6 Elliot my son had to get Licorice which was the same old 19 bucks he is online and he got a few accessories some of which like the carrier were the catalog price.

I also got my two year old and her little friend American Girl Store New York t-shirts for 6 a piece. They have never been to New York, but I was so desperate for a deal they suckered me with the cheap tourist t. The only other deeply discounted thing were Bitty Baby Chocolate Cherry outfits which were $9 for the dress set and $10 for the coat. The matching girl's coat (of which they only had 1 left) was still $34.

When I came home and looked up the Bitty Twins outfit, I saw to my dismay they are selling for about $9.99. Every stay at home mommy in the Osh Kosh area must sell the outlet stuff. They had a few of the furniture type of stuff like the Bitty Baby wagon which was $25 there.

So, if you live within 20 minutes of the American Girl outlet it is probably not a bad deal. If you are a Chicago suburbanite- check out the clearance area of the American Girl site it is the same stuff and the same prices.