Dressing in the Recession Era

kelly over at posted yesterday about how to dress for cheap. so i thought i would do a post to. i absoultly love clothes and shoes, and love to shop. The bad thing is my daughter is addicted to shoes too. When i shop i try to stay cheap as much as i can (1) because there is only one of us working (2) i love to spend money on clothes not only for myself but love to buy clothes for my kids.
One place i buy my clothes at is American Eagle, and i usually go online to find the things i like. You can find jeans like the real flare and orginal 77 jeans for just $19.95. You can also find tops for just $10
Another place i love to go is walmart. although i do not like there jeans because they don't fit right on me i do like several of there shirts. I love to dress in dark colors like dark blue, black and gray. i have always been that way although i am not gothic. i love to dress different but also be concervative because i am a mother of two.
Now when i go to buy clothes for the kids, walmart-gap kids-oldnavy is the places to go. When i went to buy my son school clothes for the year i went to oldnavy and corral west (he likes tight jean-wranglers) and spent $100 dollars and got 2 pairs of jeans at oldnavy and 2 pairs of wranglers at corral west. 5 tshirts and 2 sweatshirts at oldnavy which were all on clearance and a pair of vans shoes at shoe carnival all which i remind you were under $100 total.
I shop clearance racks heavy and i also love to go to consignment shops like goodwill. If you have the time, you can go through each of them racks and find you some nice stuff and some stuff is 50% off.
Now when i go looking for stuff for my daughter i love to go to walmart. they have such cute stuff for little girls. my daughter is so small and doesn't grow very fast so most of the stuff she wore the year before she can wear again the next summer/fall season. Recently i started getting on ebay after going through her stuff and realized she has hit a small growth spirt. I ordered 11 pieces of the summer clothing for $1.99 with like $5 shipping and handling. If you go through there you can find all sorts of stuff like that.