No clothes bought yet. Glad I signed up for this because having bought new clothes for all my family in Dec, I'm feeling in the mood to freshen up too and have been tempted by Jan sales.
One day down here :). The girls ( ages 9 and 11) have a few skirts for church. They wear the same size which is nice. One of my daughters has these black boots, they are honestly kind of ugly, but she doesn't seem to mind and they are still fine to wear.
The little guy has a pair of khaki pants and a nice pair of jeans. He can wear those to church and if we go somewhere "nice". Otherwise he has some sweat pants and jogging type slick pants.
rachellynn99, do you know any parents who might have hand-me-downs for your kids? My kids never want for clothing because people from my kids' schools keep dumping big sacks of clothes on my doorstep, and I do the same for other parents when my kids are done with their clothes. Some of the stuff we get/give is brand new or very little worn. Also, if there is a Freecycle group or similar in your area, you might win by asking around for kids' dress clothes.
The older girls seem to be harder to get hand me downs for. They are ages 9 and 11 and both pretty tall for their age, and they wear women's shoe sizes. The little guy that wears a size 4T I have been able to get some hand me downs for here and there.
Our freecycle is pretty awful. It's a rural town we live in and there is never much offered. But yes, letting people know where to look when they are getting rid of clothing that is too small, is a great idea.
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Too bad about freecycle in your town! I guess it helped me that our town has no school bus, so my little one comes with me in the stroller when I walk my kids to school and back. Because I'm always in a hurry in the morning, my baby is always terribly dressed at that hour and I think a couple of the moms took pity on her so they always save their hand-me-downs for her! :P
In our old town, one of the PTA moms organized a clothing swap, which was great... I still wear some nice pieces that I got there. We donated the leftovers.
As for your girls, that is a toughie. We are lucky enough to have a nephew older than my oldest son, so we have a fair supply of clothes from him. I'm sure it is harder to give older girls hand-me-downs, too.