How much do you spend on your children's clothes?

lifebegins

Thanks for sharing your ideas, it certainly gives me some idea of what I should be aiming for.

Unfortunately I'm always the one handing things down to my sis or SIL as my nieces and nephews are all younger than my lot, worst luck!

Just spent a grand total of £67.00 (!!!!) on school shoes today, so not the best start to my moneysaving but I agree that decent school shoes are needed for growing feet. Shame they can't just change sizes once a year!

Nikki

Not sure how much I spend on kids clothes. Only really have to fork out for DS1 as he is the oldest child on both sides of the family. Tend to pick up stuff for him in the sales. He's starting secondary school soon and is costing me a small fortune in uniform and bits he needs. DD and DS2 have enough clothes for the entire street and most of them are hand me downs, only really have to buy new underwear and shoes for them. Shoes are Clarks as I too am funny about shoes(my mum was too, must have rubbed off on me), DD has very narrow feet and I have great difficuty getting clarks shoes to fit her, I'd have no hope getting them anywhere else.

Nikki

lifebegins wrote:

Just spent a grand total of £67.00 (!!!!) on school shoes today, so not the best start to my moneysaving but I agree that decent school shoes are needed for growing feet. Shame they can't just change sizes once a year!

That is the bit I'm not loooking forward too, DS1 needs shoes, trainers, football boots and plimsolls for school and then DD and DS2 will probably need new shoes too!! I reckon I'm looking at well over £100:(

nearlyrich

I can remember that sinking feeling in late August not just the cost but the hassle, my DS has wide feet and DD has narrow feet, if I was lucky enough to have a choice of styles it was always a miracle, more likely I would have to trail round the surrounding towns trying to find a pair that fit.

Sarahsaver

I have the child benefit in a separate account, the kids clothes money comes out of that. It also pays for £20 of the food a week, plus school milk, school this that and the other.... but I would say clothing is less than £40, probably £30 tops for the kids. Luckily I get a lot from a friend for DS1, who then passes it on to ds2, then it goes to a friends son. THey like to reuse, and they think it's coll to have an older boys' clothes;)
DD is the WORST for shoes. She does cross country, and scuffs like mad the rest of the time, so it's primark trainers for her! except black leather shoes for Badgers.
Luckily they have a school uniform which I actually find really economical.
5 shirts, 2-3 jumpers and 3 trousers each, IF they need new!

ajr

My sons high school has a second hand shop for uniform,might be worth asking.Also can get some good bargains at car boots.

ooobedoo

I think I must be very stingy, I can't bring myself to buy anything at all that isn't on sale, or at an outlet(my dream is a sale at the outlet!!).

I buy from Asda, M&S(parental influence gets you when least expect it), H&M, Next(good for baby clothes less than perfect for older).

It really upset me to have to buy full price maternity clothes, tops from H&M, and I spent £30 on a pair of maternity trousers from M&S. I was gutted, it's the most apart from my wedding dress I have ever spent.

Sarahsaver

I borrowed maternity clothes from a friend or wore men's t-shirts and jumpers.
One exception was the C&A maternity trousers I got - fantastic fake leather, and managed to sell them for a tidy sum on ebay too.
The most comfy clothes I wore when pregnant were definitely not 'proper' maternity ones. Men's pj's were great (with the fly stitched up), really comfy after the birth when your belly is a bit tender, and good for feeding because of the button shirt;) and only men's briefs are really big enough to fit a maternity pad in!

ooobedoo

My problem is that I was size 20ish and I am now 23weeks and am feeling like a baby rhino...only a baby rhino is prob smaller than me at the moment........

I will be having c-section, and am intending on buying the cheapest knickers possible from asda right afterwards.........those paper ones..what is all that about??????

ajr

Paper knickers - best post natal invention! Saves a lot of hassle and I think worth the money