Shopping at the Outlets!

This past weekend my mom and I did what has become a tradition over the past 4 years – we went to the outlets to buy my kids their clothes for the upcoming season.  We started this when my daughter was just a couple months old…we headed to the outlets which, fortunately for us, are only 1 hour away, and got tons of clothes for much cheaper than I would have paid in the mall. We always have a great time, even if it turns into a very exhausting day!  We go twice a year – once in the spring for the summer clothes and once in the fall for the winter clothes.  I usually don’t buy any other clothes during the year because I get everything I need during these trips. 

I want to make sure I do this with my kids when they have their kids!  My mom bought a lot of my kids’ clothes when they were first born, and I would like to do the same for my grandchildren because let’s face it, clothes aren’t cheap!  The thing I would do differently from my mom is I would probably give my kids a Visa gift card or something before we go.  My mom and I have different tastes in clothes, so she would tend to pick out clothes that I might not like as well, but since she was paying for them I felt guilty saying “no.”  So if I gave my kids a prepaid card, they could buy whatever they wanted without feeling guilty!

I look forward to these shopping trips and I hope we get many, many more!