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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My bet is that OP went out and bought all 3 kids brand new boots, snow pants, jackets, mittens, hats, new sleds, new shovels just their size and blew $250 because it's snowing and the kids wanted to go outside for 15 minutes[/quote]
Impossible to buy all of the above for 3 kids for $250.[/quote]

Agreed, and for the record, my two have been outside for hours and hours. I have the dryer running non stop.not od wet into dry and repeat.

I'm certainly not going to hate on patents who want to warmly clothe their children.[/quote]

You can warmly clothe your child for much less. I got snow pants for $5 and boots for $3 at a consignment sale. I think that was pp's point. [/quote]

Get those bargains at a consignment sale/thrift store requires:
1) Being there when the store's open (they often close @ 5) 
2) Happening to see something in your kids' sizes -- you won't go 3-for-3, but maybe 1-for-3 and 2-for-3. So then there's 2-3 trips to different stores
3) Beating out Everyone Else for the stuff in your desired sizes and that isn't horribly inappropriate for whatever reason (e.g. something from 1985).

Maybe doable for a SAHM with a preschooler or whose kids are all in school. But a woman working 40+ hours a week is supposed to do her consignment/thrift shopping when, exactly? I hardly think most dual-income families want to spend their weekends combing over thrift stores.

This is something where the time spent looking for bargains can really add up. [/quote]

Wait, are you kidding? I wrote that. I'm also part of a dual Fed family with same HHI as OP. 
People do this. But keep justifying every expense...[/quote]

How do you have any time with your kids?  Do they go with you?   We've outsourced housekeeping at every other week because cleaning the house was killing our weekends.  For shopping I do almost all online and on sale.  I truly don't think you can work 40 ish hours a week and do these frugal habits like scouring through goodwill without a cost to your family time.  [/quote]

If shopping for clothing takes so much time for you- you need to curb your shopping.  Twice a year works for us. [/quote]

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