Thrifty Thursday: Hand-Me-Downs for Teens Are Trendy
Thursday November 5, 2009
Hand-me-downs are the to-do thing among frugal teens these days. Does your teen have an older sister or cousin? See what they no longer want in their closet or drawers. My college student went through her closet while packing to go to the dorms and her young teen sister was right there 'helping' her clean out some hoodies, t-shirts and more. Not everything fit her right now, but they will as she grows.
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We have a store that sells used teen clothes, nice ones. I’ll admit that my husband likes to go after Christmas when the kids take all the nice “adult” clothes in…
My second granddaughter always got lots of clothes from her older sister. Then the older girl stopped growing, and the second one didn’t! But I have three more granddaughters, so there is still a lot of handing down going on. My two grandsons aren’t so lucky.