Comments on: Frugal Teen School Shopping

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:09:59 +0000

When I was growing up I got 4x hand-me-downs. I hated it and told myself I wont do that to my kids. Well.. I lied I guess. I have 3 boys, each 2 years apart. Right now 2 of the boys are almost the same size, I think give it 2 years and they will be the same. I have passed the clothes down through all of the boys and I also go to a second hand store for kids called Once Apon A Child. Its great, I love saving money and now turning in the 3rd childs clothing since we are not having anymore, so we get money back to get new clothes for the little one so he doesnt have ONLY handme downs. Plus I request clothes for kids birthdays and christmas’ because they are on toy overload!

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:45:10 +0000

We thrift too…. my 10 yo ds was so proud of himself for finding $90 sneakers for only $7!!! (And they were still in good shape, too!)

We’ll have to do some BTS shopping over the next couple of weeks. On Mondays… which is the day our thrift store has everything at 25%off.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:14:12 +0000

When my son was in college, he basically wore jeans and tshirts at all times. He wanted tshirts with “oldie” sayings or bands / music on them. I went straight to Salvation Army and easily found stuff that fit his requirements. An added bonus for me was the bands and music that he thought was ‘old’ was actually stuff I thought was cool!

By: JimK

JimK — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:56:17 +0000

The beauty of this is not only that he gets his brands for your budget, but that you’ve imparted an important lesson about consumerism, budgeting, etc. Kids with that kind of fiscal grounding don’t end up butt-over-tea-kettle in debt later on in life.

Such a simple way to teach such an important lesson. Sounds like excellent parenting to me.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:14:49 +0000

I took my son shopping for school clothes for the first time this year. Usually I leave him home and just shop for him. He is going into third grade and well had a blast. He gets lots of his uncles clothes (they are 8years apart) which saves us tons. His uncle is all about name brand clothes. My son then gets the more exp. stuff for free and then we go to Old Navy, Gap, and Childrens Place for the rest. We found some great deals and well, it works out for us.

By: ScrappyQuilter

ScrappyQuilter — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:19:41 +0000

I have two high school juniors, 1 high school freshman and 1 college sophomore this year. We did the same thing you did and hit plato’s closet. We went three times during the summer so there were more chances we could have 100% “used clothes”. I sure do miss the days when garage sales could cover all our needs!

By: The Mrs. M

The Mrs. M — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:36:15 +0000

I have a just turned 15 year old, although he’s not my “child” but my brother whom I have full custody of. I’ve totally turned him onto Plato’s as well as a similar place in my town called Planet Exchange. TJMaxx and the like are good as well. We scored AE jeans there last week for $20!! Hoodies for 15-20, t’s and polos for $9-15.

I’m bout as frugal as they come!

By: Kacie

Kacie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:13:09 +0000

That’s an excellent idea! I think that teenagers are absolutely ready to have a set budget and figure out how best to make their purchases. Way to go!