What I wore Wednesday 8

Welcome to another version of What I Wore Wednesday-Garage sale edition. This week, I will be throwing in some tips on how to find your own treasures at garage sales and decrease your clothing budget.

To score your own garage sale finds, it seems obvious, but you have to actually GO to garage sales. I've had lots of people say to me, that they never get any good deals at garage sales, problem is, they never go. I love garage sales, so I don't mind hitting them on Friday (with the kids) and Saturdays (by myself when I can).

Just this week I found this brand new t-shirt for me for $1. I also picked up several items that I knew had good resale value and have sold them on craigslist. Sort of like my own consignment shop. If I can buy someones trash for $2 and sell it for $50, why not? That cash from the sales is what continues to pay for my weekly trips garage saleing.

Let me start with what I wore this week:

Green gap shirt: $2

Seven Jeans: $10

(yep, designer jeans at a fraction of the cost!)

total: $12

Mustard t-shirt-Forever 21: 50 cents

Self Esteem sweatshirt blazer: 50 cents

Joes Jeans: $10

Purse: $2

Old Navy peep toe shoes: $1

Total: $14

Nordstrom brand shirt: $2

Pants-The Limited: $1

Total: $3

If you notice, especially in past posts (check it out on my side bar), I wear the same pants more often than the same shirts. Actually, you would be hard pressed to find me wearing the same outfit twice if you look at past posts. I think it happened once...go look, I dare you! In the past, I will buy more expensive jeans/pants (for me that's usually around $40 from the store, or in the case of the super garage sale I found this summer $10 for two pairs of designer jeans) because I know I will get more wear out of them, than say a more expensive shirt.

More than 90% of our whole families wardrobe is from garage sales. There are some things that you just need to buy from the store. Underwear being one of them. Workout gear or speciality sports clothing is another. If you stop me on any given day, you will usually find the whole family wearing at least one thing from a garage sale.

Case in point: this past Saturday. We were all in the backyard playing, and I stopped myself because I realized from head to toe, EVERYONE was in garage sale clothing.

Here's my Owen. He picked out his own outfit, and I wasn't digging the shirt so I only photographed the bottom half of him.

brown pants: 50 cents

Gap shoes: $1

Shirt (not shown): 25 cents

Total: $1.75

My sweet middle child, Isabella, was out sun bathing....it might have hit 68 degrees...a true Pacific North westerner!

Target brand bathing suit: $1

My hubby was even dressed in garage sale duds. He's the hardest of the bunch to find things for.

Aeropostale shirt: $1

INC jeans: $3

Total: $4

And for as long as I can, I will continue to buy my middle schoolers clothes at garage sales. I think I get some pretty cool and trendy stuff. I can usually find the brands he likes and thankfully he's got a uniform at school so he doesn't need too much.

aeropostale shirt: $1

jeans: $1

Check out these Converse shoes (yep, real converse) for 50 cents!

Total: $2.50

Not bad for a back to school outfit.

So the first step to finding great deals, stop wishing and start shopping...at garage sales!