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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 293948" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>Having a difficult child who grew like a weed myself, I understand. It's always great when you can get clothes like that AND it's something the kid likes!</p><p></p><p>When we first got difficult child he was 9, not growing very fast so I did his school clothes shopping at Kohl's. With their sales, I could normally get stuff at only a bit more than Walmart prices and the quality was a bit better also. Once he started his huge growth spurts though we switched to Walmart. THEN we hit his feet spurts. OMG...there was one year I was buying him shoes literally every 4-5 weeks at a 1 1/2 size difference for about six months. Thank GOD for Kmart's buy one/get one half sales because of course this was during school and he would need gym shoes too. There were times he would whine a little about getting non-brand shoes but I simply explained it to him. There was no way I was willing (or could afford) shoes at $40 a pop when he was literally outgrowing them in a month. Wasn't happening. I said that when he stopped growing, I would buy him the "good" shoes but until then....sorry, nope. I've been pretty lucky with him that he's generally ok with bargain shopping and he can be pretty good at it himself. </p><p></p><p>The last few years though, we've purchased a lot of his school clothes at the Goodwill. Partly because he can sometimes find the jeans he wants there without them costing us $50 and partly because he DESTROYS his clothes and I'm not paying even Walmart prices for him to do that. Shoes I buy new and even the "cheap" ones are pricey as he's in a 12/13. *sigh*</p><p></p><p>One other thing about Walmart type clothes for those of you who have boys. I would buy difficult child a few pairs of their jeans that unzip at the knee at the beginning of the school year. By the time it was spring and warm again, the pant legs were a bit too short but the shorts still fit. It was like 2 for the price of 1 and really worked out well for him. Just an idea for those of you with boys!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 293948, member: 2459"] Having a difficult child who grew like a weed myself, I understand. It's always great when you can get clothes like that AND it's something the kid likes! When we first got difficult child he was 9, not growing very fast so I did his school clothes shopping at Kohl's. With their sales, I could normally get stuff at only a bit more than Walmart prices and the quality was a bit better also. Once he started his huge growth spurts though we switched to Walmart. THEN we hit his feet spurts. OMG...there was one year I was buying him shoes literally every 4-5 weeks at a 1 1/2 size difference for about six months. Thank GOD for Kmart's buy one/get one half sales because of course this was during school and he would need gym shoes too. There were times he would whine a little about getting non-brand shoes but I simply explained it to him. There was no way I was willing (or could afford) shoes at $40 a pop when he was literally outgrowing them in a month. Wasn't happening. I said that when he stopped growing, I would buy him the "good" shoes but until then....sorry, nope. I've been pretty lucky with him that he's generally ok with bargain shopping and he can be pretty good at it himself. The last few years though, we've purchased a lot of his school clothes at the Goodwill. Partly because he can sometimes find the jeans he wants there without them costing us $50 and partly because he DESTROYS his clothes and I'm not paying even Walmart prices for him to do that. Shoes I buy new and even the "cheap" ones are pricey as he's in a 12/13. *sigh* One other thing about Walmart type clothes for those of you who have boys. I would buy difficult child a few pairs of their jeans that unzip at the knee at the beginning of the school year. By the time it was spring and warm again, the pant legs were a bit too short but the shorts still fit. It was like 2 for the price of 1 and really worked out well for him. Just an idea for those of you with boys! [/QUOTE]
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