Children's Clothes - How Many Do You Buy, How Much Do You Spend?

[wysiwyg]

I haven't brought DS any clothes since I was pg! My family send me them all the time from uk. We have way too much of everything. Even 6 pairs of Clark's shoes!!!! I wish they could streamline

Well done!


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Same here - the only stuff I buy is secondhand or cheap stuff that I want to customise. My IL's live near Clark's village where Clarks is based in UK and there is a big outlet store there - unfortunately DD has funny feet and her size and style she requires seems difficult to come by over there - but as she grows older I expect they will send us most shoes.

I hate shopping my mum and MIL love it so works well. I also like the fact that the differing tastes between the two mean we get a variety of stuff.

[Santosha]

I always start by doing an op-shop / second-hand baby store shop. Last run for DS I got 4 t-shirts, 2long-sleeved tops, 3 pairs of pants/trakkies and a winter coat all in great condition and spent $35 total. I also buy a couple of really old things (50c each) so he's got something to crawl around in the dirt and wreck without me having to worry. Having done this, I feel I can justify a few 'nicer' things to complete his wardrobe.

[Nai]

I do the baby and kids markets. Last time I got 25 items for $80 including 4 pairs of shoes (seed, Zara), 6 dresses (Wayne cooper jnr, country road, milkshake), 5 tops (gap) amongst others. I never pay full price and like to buy second hand where possible. Even so, my girls have way too many clothes!

[sangie]

I buy too much too, just can't seem to resist!

But I'm really trying to cut back lol! Your list sounds good. The things I'd need to add to that are winter PJ's (which easter bunny is bringing), gumboots, a winter coat and tights/leggings. I also have a DD who hates jeans but thankfully she'll wear cord pants and trackies although she'd much prefer to wear dresses/skirts every day. My DD seems to have had a growth spurt lately so I also need to get her new singlets and socks. Just need to find the time to go and do it!

Five sweat tops for $40 is great, I'd love to know where you got them from.

[fionas]

Thanks ladies - interesting to see what other people are spending/buying.

Nai - I should get on to babies/children's markets, sounds like you got yourself a fab deal there.

So, for those who asked, I just checked the tags and got three sweat tops (no hoods) for $7 each from Best & Less. They are plain but warm (nice soft, fleecy lining) in the usual pastel colours. I also got two flowery ones for $12 each. So $45 in total (bit more than the $40 I said but you could stick to the plain and get fice for $35). I was quite pleased with this as I usually spend $20 each for them from Target or Cotton On so to save $13 on each one I thought was fab.