Clearance Shopping

I love to go clearance shopping. Not the kind where you buy things you don't need just because it is on clearance just buying the stuff you know you will need and getting it while it is cheaper. I don't buy anything that isn't on sale. I buy all of Addi's clothes a season ahead so I have been getting all the very cute winter clothes that are on clearance. I may not get all the cute stuff before they are gone, but I still find cute things and don't pay more than $2. Right now Addi is wearing a pair of jeans that I paid 75 cents for this time last year at K-Mart. I bought several sizes since they were only 75 cents. She has the same pj is several sizes as well because they were only 99 cents and who cares the are pjs. Another favorite of mine is thrift shopping. Especially for baby clothes. People spend so much money on clothes for their baby and they hardly get to wear them. Addi's whole outfit she is wearing today cost me $5 and that includes jeans, shirt, sweater,and shoes (which I bought today at target for $2). I don't think I have bought Addi anything clothes wise that was more than $5 I even got her coats at kids works for $5 last year. I think that even when we actually have money I am going to keep buying used and clearance items. It is in my blood. My mom goes DI shopping at least once a week. It is a thrill to find such great deals. I am such a bargain shopper that I don't even pay full price at stuff (local consignment store) I go straight to the clearance rack where I buy things for anywhere from 20 cents to $2. Sometimes they still have new tags on them. Books for your kids are another thing I find dumb to pay full price for. The can get destroyed so easily. I love to go to crowded closet (a local thrift shop) and by board books. I have picked up several little books for Addi for 25 cents a piece.Plus why spend so much money when you can go to the library and get new books every week. You can even check out toys and videos from the library. Jared sometimes thinks it is funny that I am already getting things for Christmas when we don't have much money now and we will be getting a pay check by Christmas, but he will thank me when Christmas comes around and we don't have to pay 4 times as much to get the presents that I already have.