Stopping the backsliding… a family of four no longer living beyond their means

fionaandphil

Have you tried M & S for uniforms? I've had to order from there over the last few years as DS is so tall its the only place I could find trousers long enough.  They have a 20 - 25% discount about this time of year usually but I think with the cyber attack its in store only.  The quality is excellent and they wash really well, not sure how they compare to the prices in Asda though.

Bluegreen143

I have bought from M&S before but when I started to do the order this time they didn’t have a few key items eg shirts in my little girl’s size etc and I preferred to get it all in one go. But it was definitely starting to be more expensive than the Asda order, I don’t have a full comparison because 2-3 things were out of stock. Everyone else must be more organised than me and got there first!

QueenJess

debtfreewannabe321 said:

That's a big difference and kids either grow too quickly or trash their clothes meaning cheap is better in most cases I think as you need to buy more often. My son was forever losing his uniform too so I never bought expensive for him. It's only as they've gotten older that I now buy more expensive things because DD has stopped growing and DS had finally stopped losing items of clothes 🤣.

Well I'm glad to hear the constant losing of their property ends at some point.  I make DS replace things with his own money and now magically these things are properly looked for and found at school!

DS also destroys clothes, although he's getting better.  I couldn't get on with ASDA white polo shirts as they got destroyed within weeks (no idea what he does with them).  M&S are the only ones I can get to last a whole year!  I also struggle to find trousers for DS that fit as he's so skinny and am stuck with the M&S adjustable ones that I can pull as tight as possible.  Anything with a logo on we get second hand from the school.

At least DD isn't of the same ilk dirt wise and she wants to wear dresses, so hopefully her uniform will be a lot easier.

Bluegreen143

I do agree with the M&S trousers. We didn’t need trousers this time as Monkey’s still fit. Bambi wears pinafores or the school tartan skirt (or the gingham summer uniform) and all of these thankfully still fit too. She’s growing like a weed though so odds are that I’ll need pinafores again soon, but hoping it’s after the first few weeks so we are done with the summer gingham dresses for the year! 

In her case she is just as grubby as her brother 😂