Long term readers know that my price to pay for clothes for my children is $5 per item or less in average. I am able to do this by shopping for off season clothes online and in stores. And of course I always hunt garage sales for clothes in good condition.
However, now that my oldest is six I am noticing that paying $5 per item is getting harder to accomplish. At the end of last summer I was unable to find any deals on shorts for his size. I also was not able to get him any summer pjs for less than $7.99 which is what I was used to paying.
With the weather getting warmer, and the fact that he is no longer fitting in shorts from last year, I was forced to do some shopping for him. But where could I go to get cheap clothes for him? To Walmart and Target I headed.
At Walmart I was able to buy Faded Glory shorts for my son summer for $5 a piece. One stretch cotton short was $4. I also bought him two pairs of nice Wrangler shorts for $12.99. One pair of pool trunks was $8. I was very unhappy though because the selection of pajamas was VERY limited, and I could not find any that were his size, plus they were way more than what I wanted to pay: $12.
Then I headed to Target because I did need to get him pajamas. Just for comparison, Target sells Circo shorts (comparable to Faded Glory in my opinion) for $7.99 each. They also sold Wrangler shorts for $12.99. But pool trunks were $11.99. The pajamas were even more expensive: $14.99, but they did have one set that was his size. I had to bite the bullet and buy him one set to hold him over. I think what I will do is buy them online. The set I want is $10.97 shipped at Walmart.com.
So, those are the results of my clothes shopping for my kids. I think the lesson I learned here is that there are a TON of boys out there size 8 or stores do not keep enough inventory of sleepwear for that size. Thank goodness for online shopping, saves me time and gas!
PS. I had made a video with my son modeling his shorts and my toddler modeling some cute PJs I got her and it was a total bust!. Oh well, better luck next time!
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