Looks like with my husband’s next paycheck I’ll have to do some serious shopping... We’ve got four children, and the ONLY way I can afford to keep them clothed well with our budget is thrift shops...
This is so absolutely, and incredibly stupid I can’t even come up with an appropriate response...
Honestly, I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do now... We certainly cannot afford to buy brand-new clothes off the racks in dept. stores and such.
I will trust that with the Lord at our side our family will find a way to deal with this setback. Looks like I may have to use my sewing machine a LOT more than I do already... And, I’ll have to brush up on my pattern skills or something. Thank God my mother taught me how to sew!
The best deals are now, right after Christmas as they’re clearing out the racks for summer stuff.
Things like underwear and socks will last a long time.
Speaking of that... Land’s End sells socks for kids that are about indestructible. They don’t pill, don’t fade, don’t get mishapen and shrink after three washes. We’ve had socks from them that have lasted years and they have worn so thin that the threads are showing because the fuzz has worn off them, but no holes yet.
In all honestly, some of the quality of some of their clothes isn’t what it was before they sold out to Sears, but they still have great stuff and at great prices if you look at their overstocks, or can get to one of their *inlet* stores.