Do you try to slide on supplies and such for your children?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
Boise, Idaho
August 15, 2009 7:40pm CST
I recall when I was in junior high and my mom was trying to make a living on her own and trying to make ends meet. I had to have gym clothes and she would go the Salvation Army and get shorts and white shirts and die the shorts the color I needed. She was one of those women that could make things out of hardy anything at all. Do you make things work to save a dollar? Do you buy alot of second hand/ used articles for your kids or do you go first hand all the way?
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@macdrizzle (283)
• United States
16 Aug 09
No when I was younger the shirts and shorts had to be purchased from the school. They would usually buy me a ton of supplies at the beginning of the year when everything is like a quarter at walmart
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Aug 09
In my day they didn't have Walmart!
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
17 Aug 09
I bought used for my kids, and they were fine with it. For my grandkids, I buy new, as my dil was not fine with used. I have more money now than when my kids were little. If having new means a lot to them, I would try to get new. When I was a child, one thing I always wanted was to be able to have a box of sixty four crayons. To me that would have meant I was very important.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Aug 09
Well, this doesn't surprise me that much. I wanted that same pack of 64 crayons! It was so cool.
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