OK, so here’s a topic that I am obsessed with: Baby clothes.  Although I shouldn’t just say ‘baby clothes’ because I really do love all children’s clothes.  I could walk around the kids clothing department for hours, but people would think I’m weird, so I don’t do that so much. There are basically three price levels for children’s clothing; low, medium and high.  In my opinion, I would probably throw Target and Kohl’s into the ‘low’ price level.  In the ‘medium’ price level I would probably go with Baby Gap, Children’s Place, Gymboree, and stores of that nature.  Then we have the ‘high’ price stores.  I would classify boutique clothing in this ‘high’ price category.  For example, here on Long Island, a popular children’s boutique is Denny’s.  Denny’s carries brand name clothing such as Ooh LaLa Couture, Haute Baby and Pickle Juice just to name a few. 

I don’t yet have kids, although that’s probably pretty flippin’ obvious for those of you reading this blog, isn’t it.  But I can say that when I do have kids, I’m pretty sure I’m going to want them dressed as cute as is humanly possible.    I can say with a lot of certainty that I will be shopping at Target, Kohl’s, and Old Navy for my children’s clothes, because they are affordable, and since they will grow out of them in oooohhh I don’t know, say 3 wears…I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay $200 for a dress for my little girl. 

That being said, the clothes you find at these adorable little boutiques are to die for!  I mean, so unbelievably precious, and they are usually of much better quality.  So, would I like to dress my children in these clothes?  Sure!  IF I could buy them much cheaper.  So I searched around on ebay.  I found that you can find all the high end, name brand, boutique- style clothing that you would spend top dollar for in the stores, but for a fraction of the price.  There’s just one catch….They’re used.  Or as I like to say, “gently worn”. 

Now, I’m all for kids clothing hand-me downs from family and friends, given they are in good shape; no stains or tears.  And even though they come from family and friends, I’m sure I would wash everything anyway, just because I’m anal and that’s how I roll. 

So here’s a question for all my awesome bloggy friends:

Do you think it’s weird to buy “gently worn” designer children’s clothes from people you do not know?  Would you and/ or do you buy “gently worn” clothing?  If it’s in great shape and you’re going to wash it anyway, why wouldn’t you spend the same money you would spend on clothes at Target or Old Navy, but on brand name high quality clothes?  I think it would be kind of silly not to, no? 

You see, I’ve discussed this with a bunch of my girlfriends and we have a little debate going on.  So please do me a favor and contribute to this post.  Leave your thoughts on the subject for me to dive in and wade through.  I’m extremely interested in hearing your opinions and /or experiences.  Has anyone ever bought “gently used” clothing from a yard sale or ebay or any other similar method?

I’m looking forward to reading your responses!

I was just over at JoggingInCircles, Kim’s Blog, and I thought I would join in on the Scrolling Saturday Meme created by  Melissa at SuchSimplePleasures and Coleen at MannersandMoxie.  

Make sure to stop by those three blogs if you haven’t already…guaranteed you will be a regular once you do! 

So here it is: 

Just a thought- 

I was doing some Christmas shopping on Amazon and was looking for traction spikes to buy for my brother.  For those of you that don’t know what these are, they are spikes that you strap onto your shoes when you’re fishing out on the rocks at the beach; to avoid slipping and falling.  In my search for these spikes, the following item turned up:

 Is it just me, or does this look like it could do more harm that good?  Just a thought.

I was doing some Christmas shopping on Amazon and was looking for traction spikes to buy for my brother.  For those of you that don’t know what these are, they are spikes that you strap onto your shoes when you’re fishing out on the rocks at the beach; to avoid slipping and falling.  In my search for these spikes, the following item turned up:

 Is it just me, or does this look like it could do more harm that good?  Just a thought.