Oh yeah great suggestion Audax! You can most definately find some awesome clothing and furniture at op shops! I got most of Ds1's baby bits and peices from op shops and garage sales. I just the other week went and spent $30 at the Salvo's and got 3 skirts, a cardigan, a peasant top, a sleepsack for Ds3, 8 pairs of socks for the kids, a novel and a cool 60's vintage dress. I love going every few weeks and seeing what I can find! Some of my most prized clothing or books or shoes are op shop peices.

Im terrified of how much the cost of living is going to keep increasing in the next decade. Its ridiculous and I think in some ways avoidable on the Governments behalf. Dh always says "the rich are getting richer but the poor are getting poorer; and the middle class is disappearing, soon we'll all be poor unless we're born into money".