Cheap Living with Kids

In today’s times, I am always looking for ways to cut corners financially. Raising two little girls on one income often calls for some ninja, jujitsu, origami paper folding skills when it comes to cheap living. That may not be quite true, but that is how I feel sometimes when I’m out looking for and getting deals. For me, one of the most obvious places that I can save money is with buying children’s clothing. Because I have same gender kids, I happily and faithfully pass down my eldest daughter’s clothes to the youngest. Now, not all items can be passed down from sibling to sibling so I then have to get a little creative. I love, absolutely love baby consignment shops and consignment sales. All mommies want their little people looking their absolute cutest and therefore they tend to purchase nothing but the cutest clothes, whether they be new or used, there is one thing you can count on, they will be cute. If you are a stickler for having name brand clothing, then you may want to check out baby consignment stores. It may be good to mention here, that baby consignment shops don’t just carry clothes for babies, they carry clothes for children up to around the ages of six or seven. Coincidentally, those stores also carry baby toys, baby gear, baby equipment, books and children’s movies and all for cheap. In my neck of the woods, mothers get together and throw consignment sales all of the time. They are like yard sales but generally held indoors and you can actually sign up to sell your own baby items at the event, there is another way to make some money, sell your used clothing that is still in good condition.

When trying to live cheap you won’t be relegated to buying used clothing. I mean five year old will be starting school soon and I don’t intend on sending her to school with all used clothing (although I there is nothing wrong with that). I also shop at closeout and outlet stores. One of my favorites is the JC Penney outlet store. Their back to school sale is INSANE. If you’ve never been, the deals that you will get there will have you hooked after one visit. I’ve purchases brand new, brand name jeans for $1.50. Beautiful tops for my girls for $2.00 and even brand name shoes like Skechers for under $20.00. Living cheap in today’s world is not hard to do, most companies offer coupons and discounts for filling out surveys, participate in all of that, it only takes a few minutes but you will save a lot so, it’s worth it.