A.S.
Try Freecycle.org. St. Louis has a great freecycle, and this time of year is great to get the trees and other items that people are clearing out to make way for new holiday stuff. As long as you can pick it up, you can get almost anything! That's how I got most of my son's baby equipment, the cage for my husband's rat, and different toys he's wanted but that we couldn't afford (a red wagon, the Little Tykes car, etc). Good luck. I know it's especially hard to be tight this time of year. It's tough taking my son grocery shopping b/c they all have toys everywhere and he doesn't understand money. At least this way we can find things we wouldn't normally be able to buy.