Let me start with what I wore this week:Green gap shirt: $2
Seven Jeans: $10
(yep, designer jeans at a fraction of the cost!)
total: $12
Mustard t-shirt-Forever 21: 50 centsSelf Esteem sweatshirt blazer: 50 cents
Joes Jeans: $10
Purse: $2
Old Navy peep toe shoes: $1
Total: $14
Nordstrom brand shirt: $2Pants-The Limited: $1
Total: $3
If you notice, especially in past posts (check it out on my side bar), I wear the same pants more often than the same shirts. Actually, you would be hard pressed to find me wearing the same outfit twice if you look at past posts. I think it happened once...go look, I dare you! In the past, I will buy more expensive jeans/pants (for me that's usually around $40 from the store, or in the case of the super garage sale I found this summer $10 for two pairs of designer jeans) because I know I will get more wear out of them, than say a more expensive shirt. More than 90% of our whole families wardrobe is from garage sales. There are some things that you just need to buy from the store. Underwear being one of them. Workout gear or speciality sports clothing is another. If you stop me on any given day, you will usually find the whole family wearing at least one thing from a garage sale.
Case in point: this past Saturday. We were all in the backyard playing, and I stopped myself because I realized from head to toe, EVERYONE was in garage sale clothing.
Here's my Owen. He picked out his own outfit, and I wasn't digging the shirt so I only photographed the bottom half of him. brown pants: 50 cents
Gap shoes: $1
Shirt (not shown): 25 cents
Total: $1.75
My sweet middle child, Isabella, was out sun bathing....it might have hit 68 degrees...a true Pacific North westerner! Target brand bathing suit: $1
My hubby was even dressed in garage sale duds. He's the hardest of the bunch to find things for.Aeropostale shirt: $1
INC jeans: $3
Total: $4
And for as long as I can, I will continue to buy my middle schoolers clothes at garage sales. I think I get some pretty cool and trendy stuff. I can usually find the brands he likes and thankfully he's got a uniform at school so he doesn't need too much.aeropostale shirt: $1
jeans: $1
Check out these Converse shoes (yep, real converse) for 50 cents!Total: $2.50
Not bad for a back to school outfit.
So the first step to finding great deals, stop wishing and start shopping...at garage sales!
I'm linking up with Lindsey here
Can't say enough how much I enjoy your garage sale fashion posts. Loving that outfit with the mustard purse!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Stephanie, I love these posts too. And I love that mustard bag outfit too! I haven't gone to a garage sale in almost 20 years for whatever reason, I go to Good Will all the time. I don't even bother looking for clothes for myself there because I never find anything, but we get my 11 yo daughter shirts there all the time. We never go without finding at least four Hollister or Aeropostle shirts. We pay about $4 for them, which is still way over what you pay, but I'm happy that Han understands it's a bargain compared to what she would pay at the mall. She found a practically brand new pair of Converse, just like she'd been wanting, for $3 the other day. She was so happy. I just hope this lasts and the dreaded fear of being caught dead in something from GW never arrives. :-)
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I love it when I find great items at garage sales. Love all your stuff.
ReplyDeleteWe are the same way! I love the stuff I find, have a garage sale skirt on today in fact! New follower:)
ReplyDeleteThat mustard colored bag is gorgeous! I guess I might have better luck if I went to garage sales, but every time I do it seems like people are just trying to sell junk. You have great finds though!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds! I love the mustard outfit.
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