If there's one thing I've learnt from living 6 hours from your nearest shopping centre it's to always be prepared!
We don't have the luxury of popping into Kmart every time there's a birthday party, or when the kids have a growth spurt or when the weather suddenly turns from weeks of freezing cold to 30degree days.
So I keep a lot of stuff stored in our house.
We have a birthday box full of presents, cards and wrapping paper (because Kmart sell cards and wrapping paper cheaper than up here) and every time the kids are invited to a party we go 'shopping' in that box.
Today it was a beautiful 28 degrees here. It's been getting warmer over the last week or so. Our 'winter' is over and it's warming up.
While the kids were at school I went through their wardrobes to see what summer clothes they had and what they might need.
As usual they have plenty of tops and undies and Pajamas and bathers etc. but they both need new shorts! Almost every single pair of their shorts has a red dirt bum-if I scrubbed them any harder to get the stains out they would have no shorts at all.
So off to the cupboard I went to see what clothes I had stored away for them.
I buy clothes at the end of each season when they are on clearance, I buy the next size up and store them until the kids grow into them.
I had a few pairs of shorts for Kaitlyn and nice new tops for them both.
The shorts went straight into Kaitlyns drawers but the tshirts can wait a couple more months until they are needed.
I also had a swimming rashie for Bradley that I scored for $4 on clearance!!
Unfortunately for miss Isla all the summer clothes I have for her are size 1 a mix between things I've brought, things handed down and things we've been given. Due to the fact that my 13 month old weighs as much as some 6month olds she doesn't fit the size 1's yet so she will need a few size 0 summer things.
Another couple weeks and I'll be in shopping heaven-sort of.
We are making the trip west for a big rodeo weekend and while there we will drive the extra 2 hours into their nearest town to do a few hours shopping.
Yes, yes I know I could do all my shopping my online. And sometimes I do.
But I find online shopping leads to lots of impulse buying. I prefer to wait a couple months until I have a big list of things and do a big shop (to save me postage on 10 small packages I pay postage on one larger parcel which is cheaper). And if I know I have a trip to a town coming up I'll save up my shopping for 3-4 months!
Kaitlyn and Bradley loved going 'clothes shopping' today and trying on their new clothes. They love 'shopping' from our birthday box for kids parties.
It's a bit of fun and actually saves me a lot of money by always being prepared :-)
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