It's changed our way of thinking. When I walk through Walmart, Target, JC Penny's or any other store and I see that their jeans are marked down to $10.00, that's still too expensive for me. Not when I know we can get "name brand" jeans much cheaper.
Now Jeff and I didn't grow up with "name brand" clothes so the names mean very little to us, and I really feel no need to make sure my kids get "name brand", but when they are there to get, we get. I also know that to some, the name on the clothes is important. To be honest with you, some of the brands I have never heard of, so I did a little research on the Internet to see what they normally would cost new. The main reason I'm sharing the brands now is to show how much of a deal we really made.
On Monday we walked away with each kid having at least 3 pairs of jeans, the boys got at least 1 pair of shoes, and Kaylie got some shirts and a gymnastics leotard.
2 shirts
Gap=
1 shirt
Osh Kosh=
1 pair of jeans
1 skirt
1 shirt
Wranglers=
1 pair of jeans
Levi Strauss=
1 pair of jeans
Store brands, ie Gymboree, Carter's, Arizonia, Place, Girls Connection etc.=
3 pairs of jeans
4 shirts
PLUS
1 leotard for gymnastics
1 pair of snow boots
1 pair of Heely's
3 pairs of "skate" shoes
(The shoes I was really "lost" on what kind they were and the brands. Through Google, I found out that they were "skate" shoes, and that 3 out of the 4 would normally cost $40-$50, the other set is normally $20-$25)
TOTAL=
13 pairs of jeans
1 skirt
8 shirts
1 leotard
5 pairs of shoes
TOTAL COST=
$87.28
$87.28
If I take out my most expensive items, 3 pairs of shoes @ $7.50+tx.
That averages the rest of the items to $2.52 a piece.
2 comments:
Oh, please! Tell me where this place is!
BRAVO! Well done. The challenge of the hunt! Raised my kids on it and I tell you, they are all so good at it, still!
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