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Are you forever buying clothing, toys, books, educational things for your children, but don't always have the money to buy all these at once, and can't always do layby's? Well i'm here to hopefully put away those miserable times, and to help you out with a few hints, and i've
also done a few of these things in the past.
I've always in the past taken my children's clothing to the local op shop, and bought clothing there for the children also. Then there was one day i was in there and over heard this woman saying that she is always struggling to buy clothing all the time and to buy what i mentioned earlier. She was with someone who i found out to be her cousin.
I made a suggestion that we all gather up as many people as we can and meet at the local park one weekend for a picnic, and before this day, that everyone sorts out what their child doesn't need anymore like either grown out of the clothing, or too old for toys, books etc, and bring these items with them, and what we do, is put everything in the middle, and let everyone pick and choose what they want to take home with them, and it's all free.
What ever is left over, goes to an op shop. I have done this so many times, that i've saved packet loads of money. We did this like once every 2 to 3 months and everyone thought it was a fantastic idea. More people came every time, and this woman was happy and found it very usefull.
Also what you can do, is find a local op shop aswell as they usually sell childrens clothing for really cheap, and if you go in there regularly, they usually give you discounts or add a few extra things in the shop for you for free.
Give this a go. Op Shops are great, and need your support.
(October 2008) (
