Clothes shopping

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Clothes shopping
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Mon, 11-12-2007 - 7:42am

Took DD shopping yesterday for warm clothes - she's been layering t-shirts and light jackets, and just not warm enough for real fall/winter weather. She's usually NOT grabby about clothes, so when she asks for something I'm happy to indulge. Also, yesterday we went to American Eagle - she's usually a Target or Forever 21 shopper.

Well, we went a little bit crazy - three sweaters, four long sleeve shirts, and a pair of jeans - not so much to last the winter - but it cost more than either of us expected. I felt so bad for my DD - she was in shock, almost crying, she hates to think of spending that much on clothes or on herself. We're lucky that we can afford it, but we don't usually spend that much in one stop, and since she usually avoids any name-brand label, she was surprised. I know many moms have the opposite problem - teens who only want brand-name and over-shop - so I am grateful. I just feel bad that my DD felt bad ("don't tell dad") and greedy (she said it, not me).

Sue, mom to Leah and Seth


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Registered: 08-17-2005
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 7:50am
My DD's kind of that way too.

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Mon, 11-12-2007 - 8:03am
Sue, Can you please introduce your DD to my DD??!! My DD can't seem to understand that there are others in the family who would like new clothes too. We were at American Eagle last week--I was actually looking for some new jeans for my DS who outgrew his old ones--and my DD wanted me to buy her even more clothes than what I've already bought her this fall. (I had even just bought her a few more things at Target the day before.) When I told her I was there to get something for her brother, she said (no kidding) "But he's a boy! He doesn't need clothes!" How self-centered can these kids be?! You should count your lucky stars. I was a lot more like your DD when I was that age. I remember my mom telling people that I would always say "Mom, are you sure we can afford this?" And I wasn't buying anything nearly as expensive as this!
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Registered: 03-27-2005
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 8:06am

My son is the same way.

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Registered: 03-06-2006
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 8:21am

C is much the same way!

 

 

 

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Registered: 10-31-2007
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 9:56am

Hi everyone,


I have one DS who is in college. It,s amamzing how frugal he has become. He has learned( through his mother pat mtself on the back hehe ) If




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Registered: 10-16-1999
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 1:40pm

That sounds like a shopping trip with N.

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Mon, 11-12-2007 - 1:48pm

We try to do sales too - DS15 decided he wanted new Birkenstocks; he'd outgrown the knockoffs he had and wanted 'real' ones that fit.

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Mon, 11-12-2007 - 2:02pm

My 18dd, being the little noncomformist that she is, will only buy clothing that is NOT popular name brands! Lucky me!! Haha.


OTOH, my 20dd is a name brand HOG and loves to shop at AE and GAP, and Hollister, etc. I HATE shopping with her because I refuse to waste money on disposable clothing, which IMO, is what most of those places sell! Have you ever felt a t-shirt from Hollister? It is so paper thing, you HAVE to layer it with something because it's practically see-throug. Fortunately, dd20 usually only buys if it's on sale, but even on sale, the prices at those places are expensive.


I refuse to spend more money on articles of clothing for my dds than I do on myself. I am a full time working professional - I need to buy clothes that are of

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Registered: 08-09-2000
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 2:17pm

DD17 is pretty thrifty when it comes to buying clothes.

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Mon, 11-12-2007 - 5:26pm

Bless her heart for being such a concientious (sp?) shopper!


My ds16 hits kinda inbetween the two extremes, I guess.

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