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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll be the outlier here. I love clothes and dressing my kids brings me joy. I have two boys and a girl all under 5. I probably spend $1k per year on the boys (mostly for the older one since they younger one gets lots of hand me downs except for shoe) and another $1-1.5k on the girl. I know it’s dumb but we easily afford it and it makes me happy. I have a few friends who have the same taste and kids slightly younger than mine so pretty much everything gets continued use after my kids outgrow it.[/quote]

You're only an outlier in that you know what you're spending. A lot of these other posts are totally unrealistic. I posted on the first page (9:39) and I work my butt off to keep the numbers that low. [b]People saying prob $600 a year and listing places like Primary just have no idea what they're spending. Even if you're careful about shopping you'd prob still be in the 4 figures per year per kid if you're buying all new[/b]. [/quote]

That PP was me. Definitely not everything is from Primary - only some items on sale. I also do a lot of Buy Nothing and FB mom's group purchases of used clothing. I buy stuff on sale during the odd season - swimsuit tops and bottoms from Lands End for $5-7 each, some pants and shirts too on sale. A lot of free new stuff from Stitch Fix - hubby tried it for himself a couple times, and then they just kept sending him $20 coupons which he used to buy stuff for DD. My mom also loves to buy clothing for DD.  I have some idea of what I'm spending but not keeping a spreadsheet or anything. Probably underestimating as most people do for just about everything they buy. [/quote]

I'm the person you quoted. Fair enough - I didn't mean to call you out specifically - it's very possible that you and some other posters are accurately representing what you buy. I just noting that, holistically, when you read all the posts on this thread, taken together, this does not feel accurate. Lots of people (though not all, and potentially not you) just don't have any idea what they're really spending. [/quote]

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