Comments on: Dress Your Kid Like a Celebrity…Or Die Trying

By: mmclassics

mmclassics — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:06:44 +0000

Check out http://www.jbfsale.com. for a massive consignment event in your area. They have higher percentage rates for sales, and many items are half price on the last day. I just sold my breast pump there.

Our church has several lending circles for childrens clothes. These have been a real blessing. We had our "bonus baby" after almost all the big brother clothes had been passed on.(He was 10!) Our middle child was a girl, BB was a boy. Our pastor's wife had children in the opposite order – so we have been swapping. Girl items to them, boy items to me.

Her next one is also a girl, so I was charged with passing on the boys clothing. 6 boxes went to families with different ages last Sunday. My instruction, "Use what you want. Pass on the rest." I don't know the needs of many younger couples, so I asked if one or two of them could pass on the infant winter clothes to the next lucky family. (It is a little early to know whether boys or girls are coming at this early date.)

It is fun to see old favorite outfits wandering the halls at church. An aunt of mine said her church even had "swap meets" with adult clothes periodically.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:25:22 +0000

hey, cool blog. You can get cool name brand clothes from ebay; I get most stuff for around $5 and that's including shipping; watch out it becomes addictive.

By: Aunt Lo Lo

Aunt Lo Lo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:37:24 +0000

My husband has taught me the absolute GENIUS of clearance racks. We troll the likes of Target and Nordstrom Rack. For our "rock star" baby, we've had amazing luck at Children's Place outlets. At the end of the season, you can get really great stuff for just a few bucks! I think our biggest splurge was a brown velour jacket for her, that still fits a year later! It was $12.

However, for true RockStar good looks…a pillow case would look great, with the right hairdo!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:34:20 +0000

I rarely pay full retail for clothes for my girls and they wear GAP, Gymboree, Children's Place, etc.

There are a ton of consignment sales here in Nashville and I love to hit the last day half-off sale. I always walk out with name brand "play clothes" but no one will ever know I only paid $1 or $2 for the cute GAP t-shirt, as opposed to $10 or more.

Our Goodwill also has a lot of special sale days where kids' clothing is marked down further. They post the info on their website.