Wednesday Bargain Hunting

Well, the kids and I had been going through our closets recently. As you may have guessed it, they had outgrown most of their winter clothes from last year. Of course, our budget for clothes is nearly non existent at this time. What's a dime savin' diva to do?

You get together with a bunch of other families and have a clothing swap!!

You find a place to have it, put up some tables for different categories such as infants, 2T, 3T, boys/girls, accessories, shoes, coats, you get the idea. Then you have people bring their gently used, outgrown clothing. They in turn, get "bucks" to spend at this "store". We had priced each item as $1 and .50 for shoes, and $5 for coats just to make it easier. After people bring their things in, you determine a fair price and hand them their bucks. And you let people shop. We had also accepted cash if people didn't have enough "bucks" or they had brought other people in to shop.
My darling son wound up with 7 pairs of pants, my daughter found "the dress of all dresses"(it has a lot of twirl factor), and I found a coat for my 3 year old.

At the end of the store day, we gave things away to whomever needed them and the money went towards a missionary. Good bargain hunting, I'd say! Stay tuned for more ideas you can use to save $$$$$!