I took my DD1 to Old Navy today to buy a messenger bag for a backpack. The price was reasonable $15. Then we went to look at shoes. The one she wants are $50. Now a couple of years ago she would have been happy with $10 Payless shoes but now she is going into middle school and what they wear is very important to them at that age. I spent about $325 for my DD1's school clothes and around $250 for DD2's school clothes. I told DD2 she should wait until the 1st day of school to see what kind of shoes the others are wearing because if no one has shoes like hers she will not want to wear them anymore and I will have to eat $50 pluds more to buy her another pair. According to DD2 certain brands of clothes are considered "gangster" others "skater" and others "prep" Both my girls are "prep". Give me a break!! Then we went to Kohl's and I bought a pair of sunglasses for $15 and took the tag off and threw in their little garbage can by the door so I could wear them outside and after I got in my car I realized they did not work worth a poop. So, I pulled up to the front and went to the trash can and stuck my hand inside and pulled out the tag. My DD2 was in the car mortified. I am taking those suckers back tomorrow. Out of curiosity how much do you guys pay for school clothes for your kids really just middle and high school aged kids?
School daze
July 24th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
July 25th, 2006 at 03:45 am 1153799138
July 25th, 2006 at 01:14 pm 1153833284
So I put them on a weekly allowance. Smartest thing I ever did!
Anyway I gave oldest $20.00 a week and MD $15.00 a week. They learned to save, look for creative cheaper gifts and both had a job at 16 and were able to participate in cheerleading! I did give them extra at the beginning of each school year of a couple of hundred dollars each.