Namebrands

[Merika]

Jackson and I spent alot of time at the Mall, the EVIL place I avoid the rest of the year, getting school clothes. It was AMAZING to me how fast he was willing to spend his hard earned money, including my allowance towards the cause, on name brand clothes. They look just like all the other stuff. He paid $32 for a stupid tshirt with Southpole written on it and $35 on a Drunkmonkey shirt. I thought it was the dumbest waste of good money. I could've went to Walmart and tripled the amount of shirts purchased.

[Star]

what i do with kass (and i did this with krystal too) is i tell her that if she wants name brand things and if they're expensive, then she has to come up with at least 1/2 the money to help pay for it. last year she wanted a pair of phat running shoes. these shoes were well over 100.00. i told her she better save her money cause she'll be paying at least 50.00 of that price. she did. I find tht she took extra care of those shoes since she had some of her money invested into it.

this year she needs uniforms for school. i'll be going shopping for those at the end of the week. i'll be spending about 400.00 for sure. a quilt is almost 100.00!! that's i won't make her pay for any of it except if she wants expensive shoes.

[Luba]

With everything so expensive these days, I honestly don't know how parents manage! It costs SO much to get children ready for school; plus everything else that's required by schools now.. :?