Holiday clothing can add up fast. There are special meals, parties, and work related events that may require you to dress up. My best advice is to keep it casual – that’s the cheapest option and also one that keeps everyone a little more chill and relaxed (especially kids). However, if you must dress up, or want special pictures with the kiddos, here’s how to save on holiday clothing.

Pick your shoes first and make um good: If everyone in the house needs a pair of holiday dress up shoes, get that shopping out of the way first. Go with a …read more

I am very blessed.  My best friend from high school has a daughter that ten months older than my daughter.  What’s so great is that she passes down all her daughter’s clothes to me for my little girl.  Sometimes I end up with way more than I can use though.  
She just gave me two more big bags of clothes and now that my daughter has a big closet, I decided to hang up everything she has.  I knew she had a lot of pants, but I didn’t realize she had this many. 
Guess how many pants she has.  I’ll let you know on Friday.  …read more

Alligator got some birthday money in the mail this weekend, so I took her to Target yesterday for the Barbie clothes she’d be wanting.  I’m not sure about all Target stores, but ours marks down their clearance prices on Monday. 
I got there just in time.  There were three ladies working on marking down the children’s clothing.  How does ninety-eight cents sound for shirts and shorts?  Here’s what I got:

girls’ strawberry shirt .98
boys’ soccer t-shirt .98
2 pairs boys’ camouflage shorts .98 (I got one pair for this year and one for next year.)
boys’ striped shirt .98

They also had their 4th of …read more

I received an email from Baby Center this week.  The email had a link for figuring how much it costs to raise a child.  According to their calculator, it will cost $440,986 to raise my 3 year old daughter and $475,150 to raise my 1 year old son.  This includes the cost of a state university. 
Kelly and I believe these projected amounts can be seriously reduced.  For instance, their calculator estimates that clothing will cost $1,129 per year.  I can assure there is no way that I spend nearly that much per year, not even on both of my kids …read more

Baby Style has adorable rain boots on sale for your kids in black, red, and yellow. They are currently $9.99 and only a few are still left. Just thought you might want to know.

Some of you may remember the great savings I got at Sears last weekend.  I have received another email about their clearance sale.  This time the email says that they have up to 90% off, so I’m wondering if they’ve marked down the stuff even more.  It’s worth a shot.  If you’re looking for a thrifty way to buy clothes for next winter, then I’d suggest stopping by Sears.

Yesterday, I wrote about the 3 day sale at Sears.  Well, today I had time to go back and shop a bit.  I bought more shoes for the kids and me.   I’m glad I went to the children’s section.  Here’s what I got for $19.32:

2 sweaters
2 hooded sweatshirts
2 hooded jackets
1 long-sleeved shirt
1 pair of mittens
1 hat and mittens set

I think my little boy has most of his fall and winter clothes now.  My daughter could use some things.  I plan to go to some yard sales this summer and find those.  I hope you’ll have time to stop by Sears …read more

Well, it is the time of year again to start switching out our kids’ clothes.  I have to admit that I dread it–all the washing, sorting, and putting away.  Downstairs I keep totes full of clothes for my kids for the seasons.  There are also clothes that are too big them to wear right now. 
The clothes that I have stored come from many places – yard sales, consignment stores, clearance racks, and many of my girl clothes were given to me by my wonderful, long-time friend Karen. (Thanks, Karen.  ) 
Have you noticed that these clothes all have something in …read more