My chil­dren always look great, and styl­ish. I rarely pur­chase their cloth­ing from the big box depart­ment stores-unless it can be pro­nounced in such a way that it sounds French. I just feel that the cloth­ing from the other big box stores just don’t stand up to the wear and tear that kids clothes need. Some think that the cloth­ing is cheap enough so a per­son can afford to buy new, when they turn into rags. I say, I spend about the same amount and get much bet­ter qual­ity for my dol­lar. Where I do pur­chase my children’s cloth­ing are in stores like the GAP or the GAP Out­let. I how­ever hardly ever pur­chase items at full price. I’m a bar­gain hunt­ing, clear­ance shop­ping kinda gal. Here’s how I make my boys look like they belong on the cover of a mag­a­zine with out break­ing the bank!

• I very rarely pay full price. I hunt the clear­ance and sales racks!
• I plan ahead. At the change of sea­sons, I pur­chase pieces for the fol­low­ing year when they go on clear­ance or on sale. I can’t stand see­ing chil­dren wear­ing cloth­ing that is too small for them. Like pants that look like their cropped because they fall at the ankles when they’re really not, or jack­ets that cling des­per­ately to the forearm.
• I take advan­tage of online sales, ship­ping dis­counts and any­thing else I can get!
• For the infant I always fig­ure they’re going to be one size big­ger than their age and shop accordingly

My five year old is at the point where he wants to pick out his own cloth­ing when we go shop­ping. Like his mother he’s very opin­ion­ated on what he likes, and what is to quote him, “too bor­ing’.  When we go shop­ping I show him the price tags, give him a bud­get on what I am able to spend, and let him help me find items he likes at a price that I like. At first my hus­band thought I was turn­ing him into a “girl”, but he now real­izes that I’m teach­ing him a valu­able les­son — and no, it’s not how to look absolutely fabulous-although that is a won­der­ful side effect, I’m teach­ing him the value of a dol­lar, and how to save and spend wisely.

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