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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you shop at tea, boden, etc.  HHI 275k, different genders so no hand me downs.  Thanks![/quote]

We have a HHI of $400k+, but buy nearly 100% of all items used from thrift stores.  The max I'd pay for an item would be maybe $4-$5 for a coat.  Everything else would be $1 and nothing more.  My son looks as cute as can be in his $.80 Gymboree skeleton pjs that were brand new at the thrift store with their 75% off Halloween items as he would if he were wearing Xmas pjs.  I figure one day they will HAVE to have this or that shoe/brand, but for now (age 6.5 for boy and 9 for girl) it works for us.  So no budget per se but rather we don't buy any piece of non outerwear clothing that is more than $1 an item.  I don't buy what I don't need - so cute or not I won't be getting shirts if we have shirts.   [/quote]

Oh - and we also try to resell our clothing for dirt cheap when we outgrow it (so maybe $.50/item) or $20 for an entire wardrobe and put it towards the next things we need.  I just spend $5 on a brand new (tag on) ski suit for my 9 year old and I didn't even want to spend that on it for something used just on occasion.  I figured if I didn't buy it now, however, if I waited until I needed it, I'd be spending $50+.[/quote]

I remember this poster, she buys used undies. Trash.[/quote]

I'm pretty sure with a HHI of 400k+, they can fully pay for education and buy new clothes... And buy/do lots of other things.  There's a difference between cheap and frugal/saving wisely.  I can safely say that with that income to spend $1/piece of used clothing is downright cheap.

I haven't posted before so you couldn't "remember" me.  I don't buy used underwear, actually.  Underwear and shoes are always new.  I often buy socks new too, only because I can't find them used on most occasions.  Think what you want, but [b]I figure my kids will be much happier one day when I present them with college - and grad school, if they like - fully paid for. [/b] I'm not dissing you for your choices, so why dis me for mine?  I will have no issue paying hundreds for a prom dress, but that will be a rare thing because [b]we do want to prioritize things like retirement and college, over other things like clothing for our kids.[/b]  Mine look no different from yours.  Son is in Gymboree cords today with a Janie and Jack long sleeved shirt.  He has a Gymboree coat on as well.  My daughter has on her North Face coat over her Nordstrom dress.  Trash?  I think not.[/quote]

I don't care wear you buy your children's clothing or how much you spend, but it's incredibly disingenuous (and obtuse) to pretend that with a HHI of $400K+ it's the children's clothing that makes a difference when it comes to college savings.  [/quote]

Not that PP, but I get what they're saying. If you have two kids, and by shopping like this you're spending $700/year per kid rather than $2000 like some people were describing, that's an extra $2,600 per year you're saving. You do this in a few other areas of life, like taking less expensive vacations and not dropping a fortune on birthdays and Christmas, and you can get a substantial portion of the way toward fully funding your kids' college funds.[/quote][/quote]

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