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Sunday, April 5, 2015

SHOULD YOU THRIFT SHOP FOR YOUR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN?

               SHOULD YOU THRIFT SHOP FOR YOUR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN

By now, you all know about my love for thrifting and my love affair with it.  My Mom used to thrift for us sometimes and there wasn't a great variety of clothing in good condition for school aged children.  At this time, thrifting could be a source of inner shame and resentment because children can be cruel.  The thrift stores of that time were dimly lighted places, that nobody but the people hard on their luck could afford.

You would see people scour through the aisles of faded, out of style clothing that should have been thrown away.

So, here is my opinion about buying used clothing for school aged children.  I think that you should go to some regular discount stores first and pick up a few inexpensive outfits and stop by the supermarket and buy a leading fashion magazine for children and teens, so you can look and see what children are wearing these days.

You can also go to the Mall and just go into some stores that sell kids clothes to see what they are selling and you can do this without purchasing anything.

What you are doing is getting an idea of what's in style and then you will head over to a few thrift stores and look in the kids section to see whether there is anything that looks like the clothing that you saw in the Mall.

If you only see a few tops or pants; grab those up because you are on a quest to build your children's wardrobe but you do not want the clothing to look like it is thrifted.

Always ask your kids whether they like the items and whether they will feel proud wearing them.  If the answer is yes, then, you can continue shopping around in other thrift stores for stylish clothing for your kids.

Make sure that you find out when the sale days are and you want to make almost every sale to shop for your kids clothing.

You will be mixing in some new outfits from discount stores with the thrifted clothes and before long, your children will have a fresh and fabulous wardrobe.

Some of the younger people in my family love thrifting and they are able to find some expensive brand name clothes at the thrift store and nobody knows it but us.

If you have teenagers, give them clips from the magazine to take with them to the thrift store and see if they can create those same outfits on a budget.

Note:  If your kids are totally opposed to the thrift store and it would cause them shame; then, you would just let them shop at discount stores to get their clothes and give them a budget and they must stick to it.

Even if they do not like thrift stores now, they may appreciate it in the future, just like I did.

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