New to Me- Great Deals and going green with clothing

So if you know me, you know I love a good deal.  I previously worked at a Frenchies store and I accustomed to paying dirt cheap prices for clothing.  It causes me great pain to pay full price for clothes when it's really just a waiting game.  I live 2 minutes from the mall and within 15 minutes of about 6 second hand stores and those are not consignment prices.  Being so close to the mall, I can  stop into The Children's Place on a regular basis to watch for their Monster sale.  I have an Old Navy connection who likes to share Friends and Family discounts or sends out an alert on a good sale.

This summer a new used clothing store opened and it's owned by a guy from dh's hometown.  The Clothesline is much neater and I would say has better quality than most Frenchies stores.  Hannah needed new black pants and so we went tonight on a mission to find some.  It was our plan to go to The Clothesline, Superstore, Super Frenchies and then Old Navy.  I like to pay the cheapest price possible but I'm  not opposed to paying for a specific item.  We struck gold tonight at the Clothesline.  I found her mint condition black cords form the Children's Place.  They fit perfectly and the embellishments on the pockets are stitched on and can easily be removed.  As soon as we walked in the door, I saw a white blouse for her.  A plain white blouse in her size is hard to find so we grabbed it.  I also found black dress pants for Parker, a red Children's Place top for Lydia, A sweater for me, a great quality sheet from IKEA and a sleep sack for a friend.  The grad total was $20 and change.  Sweet.

Next stop was Old Navy.  I used my Friends and Family discount and got 30% off the jeans and dress I found for Hannah on clearance.  I paid $15 and change.  Woohoo.  Although nothing beats the year I hit a .97 sale just before her bithday.  She got 10 pairs of jeans, tops, pajamas....  She's just now hit the end of that pile.

I think that's just about it for holiday clothing for the kids.  Parker could probably use a sweater but it won't be the  end of the world if I don't find one.

Steal of a Deal

Ok so I know I said I don't do back to school shopping but Hannah needed some new jeans.  I heard there was a great sale at Old navy.  Apparently lots of other people did too because I didn't find much in the clearance section.  If it's not under $10, it's not a deal.  We did get her a black dress and black tshirt.  She needs black clothes for drama.  And a white tank and a pink shirt, all for $16.  The dress was the most expensive at $6.97.  Then we went to the Clothesline.  It's a new used clothing store, nicer than Frenchies.  For $26 we got

• a coat sweater for Lydia (jillian's Closet, they make nice sweaters)


• a denim skirt for Lydia from Children's place.  There were a ton of patterned skirts there for her but I'm tired of trying to match things.


• a top for Hannah


• a nice Cherokee cardigan


• 3 pairs of jeans for Hannah, two have adjustable waist


• a care Bears shirt for Hannah.  

The jeans were the priciest at $3.75 a pair.

Hannah is paying for half the items at Old Navy.  We have a deal where if she is asking for clothing that she doesn't need, she pays half.  Sure she could use them but it was pants we were on a hunt for.  This prevents her from asking for too much.

Poor Parker didn't get anything.  I think he still has clothes that we got him 2 years ago and they were too big.  I'll have to go hunting for them.