Never Worn Clothing at Garage Sales

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Never Worn Clothing at Garage Sales

Submitted by: anonymous 10/17/2008 12:35 PM

Sometimes there are never worn clothing for $2. Originally outfits can cost $15 or more. Sometimes they just give stuff away, and often times you can pick up gently used shirts and pants for under a $1.

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I BUY everything to clothe my family at garage sales. The night before the garage sales, I will "map out" where several garage sales are, and the following morning, I will travel to sales that are located close together - that way I also save on gas. I also give myself a budget..........$20. Once that $20 is gone, it's gone. My daughter is almost two, and I think that I've only bought three items of clothing from a store. Everything else was from a garage sale.

Posted by Tara on December 10, 2008 1:05 PM

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Tara... I love your discipline :) I have a rule too. I drive a dodge caravan and I leave for the sales with the van empty and when it's full- it's full and that's when I'm done :) But i too get everything from sales and sometimes as a special occasion, I might buy off the CLEARANCE RACK :) I just don't get any enjoyment from spending thirty to forty dollars on a shirt when I can find the same thing at a yard sale or thrift shop for a dollar or so. Then I take the $39.00 I saved buying used and pay a bill if i have one that needs paid because being thrifty and all has kept my bills down to the bare minimum and i still eat good food, wear nice clothes and have nice things- all debt free. And no one knows it's not new except me.

Posted by FreeFreak on February 27, 2009 5:50 PM

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I have always dressed my daughter in free or thrift store clothing, and I have been complimented on how nice she looked. (now she is 8 and refuses anything but t-shirts and jeans, oh well, she is saving me a lot of money!)

I am always disappointed in anything that I have bought new as she outgrows it or it gets ruined. I work at a school, and I can tell you that dressing your kids in expensive designer duds does not make an impression. Well, it does, but its not a good one. As long as the kids start the day clean and wearing age appropriate clothing, no one cares what label they are wearing.

Posted by anonymous on August 06, 2009 7:43 AM

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