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Confessions of a Homeschool Dad
Jul. 25, 2006
How To Buy $200+ Worth of Clothes for $10.84
Do you feel like you've accomplished something when you've saved money?
I don't mean the typical, "Well, honey, that automatic shoe lacer was originally $250, so I saved us $3.14 with it on sale!"
I mean something that you have to acquire one way or the other. Like, oh....I don't know, clothes for your kids that they'll outgrow in a season!?!
We just went to our local Thrift Store and looked at clothes for our kids. The marked prices on the displays were pretty darn good. Shirts - $1. Jeans - $1. Shorts - $1. Dresses - $3. Skirts - $2.
Brands like the Gap, Circo, Lands' End, Catherine Rebecca, and all of the ones that we might look for in the stores were there. Looking brand spankin' new. There were even a couple of "school uniform" dresses (from companies I knew that did only that) that were built really well.
Our kids loved a lot of the clothes, so I kept letting them know that we'd probably have to put some of them back by the time we were done.
Since we were pretty well stocked up on shorts, we got 9 shirts, 3 dresses, and a skirt. I figured, all told, that we were looking at around $30.
However, the Thrift store was having a "sale". So, all of these clothes cost a total of $10.84. Have I mentioned that I love the thrift store?
What still amazes me, however (which just proves how "thrift store indocrinated" I am), is that some people paid over $200 for the stuff that we got originally, just to have their kid(s) wear it one season and then donate it to the Thrift Store.
That's one of the reasons that I'm starting my support group called "Encouraging Mindless Spending on Expensive, Brand-Name Clothing That Your Children Will Wear For One Season And Then You Can Donate It To The Thrift Store".
The name is a little long....I'll work on it.
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Jul. 25, 2006 - Untitled Comment
I had a 'nice lady' ask me where my daughter got her sandles one time. I said that they were brand new with the tags....from Goodwill. She looked at me straight in the eye and said, "You're a freak." No kidding.
yep, I guess I am.