Do you remember shopping at Sears when you were a kid? I am dating myself now, but I remember shopping for clothes at Sears when I was a child. My mother would put our clothes on ?layaway? until she could pay off the total amount of the bill.
Layaway, for those of you who?ve [...]
Tags: Christmas, clothes, expenses, frugal, Gifts, holiday budget, Kmart, layaway, Sears, Walmart
Posted in: Frugal Living
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Autumn was upon us and it was time to put away the shorts and bring out the long trousers for my 2 boys. That was the easy part. The hard part was sorting through the trousers which were too short, too tight, or those whose knees are frayed or torn. By the time I finished, [...]
Tags: boys, clothes, mending, trousers
Posted in: Parenting
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As I approach the last month of my pregnancy, I rely on lists to keep my life straight. Putting together a nursery, cleaning the house for guests, and building a layette, all while trying to finish up assignments for work and prepare my body for pregnancy, leaves me with less time and more need for [...]
Tags: birth announcements, clothes, hospital, Pregnancy, preparations, to-do lists
Posted in: Pregnancy
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If you have a 2000 sq. ft. home, you’re probably not even thinking of space issues for your first-born baby. You may even have set aside one room for the nursery and another just to house all the toys and other gifts that friends and family have been showering your baby with. If [...]
Tags: baby essentials, baby gear, clothes, layette
Posted in: Baby
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At long last, as summer drags itself into the upper Midwest with the enthusiasm of my toddler towards green vegetables, I’ve been getting my summer clothes out of their boxes.
This is my first summer where I’ve been able to get proper summer clothes out, and most of my summer gear is from pre-baby days. I’m [...]
Tags: clothes, fashion, self-esteem
Posted in: News
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