I’m also able to find shirts and sweaters for my husband, but we usually purchase pants at the store as needed.

One thing I do with my children is to have 2 types of clothing: play clothes and dressy ones. The play clothes are worn until they no longer fit, the season changes or they are worn out. The dressy ones (our church clothes) are a limit number of usually 2 sets.

I apply the same concept to my wardrobe. I see no reason to have on a different outfit every Sunday. And since I stay home there is no need for fancy clothes either. So I usually play around saying I have uniforms. Saves on time too, thinking on what am I going to wear?

My husband is the only one that gets NEW store bought clothes because he works outside the home. I am always looking for the best buy for my dollar, though.

I think there are other important things to spend our money on that many different outfits for each one of us.

anyway, my $0.02.

We rarely get clothes handed down to us. However this past summer, when my husband and I were discussing how Mater Boy needed clothing badly, a woman emailed us that night and asked if we could use some boys’ clothing! God provides! We ended up getting enough summer and winter clothing for our son for the next two years!

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Also, I love, love, LOVE your post about the kids’ clothes! I read it first when you linked at the QF-Digest and we took it to heart at the beginning of warm weather. I really desperately need to do it again now that cool weather has descended. I’m afraid the drawers are a little crowded with some of each type because our fall weather is so wonky in NE Alabama. Thank you so much for sharing your learning!

Abba12- we have zipper ties for our boys and they LOVE them! My oldest was born loving to get dressed up. He would wear a suit to the grocery if he had one and we would let him The zipper ties are great because they look like a real tie but there’s no tying involved. I wish they made them in man sizes because my husband hates to tie one (he doesn’t mind wearing one though) and he’d love to be able to throw it over his head and zip it up

One of the hardest pieces honestly seems not to be what they wear, but getting them to wear it cleanly with combed hair and clean hands and faces (at least at the beginning of the day!)