Jenna is so hard on clothes – not to mention that she grows like a weed. And Jenna’s lack of caring about her appearance only adds fuel to the fire.
I don’t enjoy spending money on clothes that just don’t seem to last. I don’t think it would bother me so much if Jenna would actually take care of her clothes. But hanging them up or putting them away is definitely NOT a priority.
Occasionally Jenna has received hand-me-downs from various family friends or neighbors – usually something that hasn’t fit right away, but perhaps two or three years later. And there are still some things in the shed that she still has yet to grow into. But right now she’s at a stage where everything is either too big or too small or should just be thrown out so that social services doesn’t get on my case for dressing her like a waif.
Savers is one such thrift store that has color coded tags. Never having worked there, I don’t know if the items that are put out are marked with a different color on a daily basis, weekly basis, bi-weekly or whatever. Savers offers their 99 cent specials on Mondays. They allow the customers to pick clean the old items by advertizing that certain color at either 99 cents or half price.
Yesterday they had blue tag items marked for 99 cents. I suspect next week will be grey (or silver?) and the week after that will be purple. I did not see any red, orange or green during my blue tag search. Most of the garments I fingered through were marked with yellow tags – I suspect they were the most recent items that were put out. So maybe by the first or second week of April they will have yellow tagged items on Monday’s special.
I’m grateful for the opportunities that I have to donate my own clothing when I no longer have a need for them. I am grateful to all of those that have donated and continue to donate to our cause. And I am most grateful for 99 cent Mondays.
