| I recycle whatever I can from the past year. I rarely buy a new lunch kit or back pack unless the old ones are broken. I reuse anything i can form the past year. I will stock up on pencils and a few other items when they go on sale. Shoes I got the other day for 3 dollars a pair due to summer clearout. Most of my clothes for Paige and jamie are second hand. i just bought a huge garbage bag full for 50 dollars and it was full of Gymboree clothes for Paige. Jamies birthday is next week so many family members get him clothes. Ryan is really the only one I have to buy a new wardrobe for, I shop wisely and can usually outfit him for 150 dollars for the year. Some of dads old sweatshirts and t-shirts are fitting him. and he is wearing the same size shoes as him. Even though the kids get hand me downs we let them buy one new outfit of their choice for the first days of school.
Hugs debbie
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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