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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 366244" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>...I wish I didn't get asked to buy stuff!!!!</p><p> </p><p>Both kids would spend their entire allowance, gift cards, etc. and then pester me and husband for more "stuff". Yu-Gi-Oh cards, makeup, whatever. So if I can't go alone now, and they go with, I tell them what we are going for and that we do not have any money for anything not on the list before we leave AND in the budget. Of course, they always see something they want... But I'm good. I make a big show of checking the list. LOL!</p><p> </p><p>Last night Onyxx took some of her old stuff to a local teen consignment place, ended up getting $5 for 2 items - the rest were too ripped and cut, surprise surprise!!! She had $20 earned from helping husband. I found some lightweight sweats and 2 tanks for me, and she found a dress and 3 shirts and - GASP - a pair of shorts I approved of - and both of us together spent $30. She was upset when we left - I found out why. She wanted to know why I didn't tell her they wouldn't take ripped stuff. I laughed and told her, "I did... That <em>may</em> have been one of the times you didn't listen." She agreed (!). Then she wanted to know what she spent - we figured it out - she actually spent $24.10 - so I gave her a $1 bill and told her we'd call it even.</p><p> </p><p>She's still amazed at how much things cost... Wow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 366244, member: 6705"] ...I wish I didn't get asked to buy stuff!!!! Both kids would spend their entire allowance, gift cards, etc. and then pester me and husband for more "stuff". Yu-Gi-Oh cards, makeup, whatever. So if I can't go alone now, and they go with, I tell them what we are going for and that we do not have any money for anything not on the list before we leave AND in the budget. Of course, they always see something they want... But I'm good. I make a big show of checking the list. LOL! Last night Onyxx took some of her old stuff to a local teen consignment place, ended up getting $5 for 2 items - the rest were too ripped and cut, surprise surprise!!! She had $20 earned from helping husband. I found some lightweight sweats and 2 tanks for me, and she found a dress and 3 shirts and - GASP - a pair of shorts I approved of - and both of us together spent $30. She was upset when we left - I found out why. She wanted to know why I didn't tell her they wouldn't take ripped stuff. I laughed and told her, "I did... That [I]may[/I] have been one of the times you didn't listen." She agreed (!). Then she wanted to know what she spent - we figured it out - she actually spent $24.10 - so I gave her a $1 bill and told her we'd call it even. She's still amazed at how much things cost... Wow. [/QUOTE]
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