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Clothing

Monday Q&A | What is “doubled in size”? Plus, clothing for older kids.

February 8, 2010

Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in a future Q&A post, just leave me a comment here or email me (thefrugalgirl [at] gmail [dot] com) and put Q&A in the subject line. I look forward to hearing [...]

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Especially for Katy | What I really look like when I hang laundry (and bake).

November 19, 2009

When I put the picture of me in my black $5 Goodwill dress up on Facebook, Katy left me a compliment, and I responded by telling her that of course, I always look like that when I hang laundry and bake bread. Then it occurred to me that, without meaning to, I’ve only really posted [...]

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Little Black Dress, Nothin’!

October 13, 2009

I don’t think there’s a little black dress that could give this white dress a run for its money when it comes to usefulness. I bought it way back in 2002 at a Gap outlet store for Lisey, who was then a year old, to wear. I think I paid about $15 for it, which [...]

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Remember the pants that wouldn’t quit? I think they did.

September 1, 2009

My readers who have been with me for a while (since last October, to be specific) will remember the pants I posted about last fall. If you’re the sort that won’t click on links, the Cliff’s notes version is that I got a pair of mildewed khaki pants for free, bleached them, Sonia wore them [...]

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What $9.50 will buy you.

August 18, 2009

That is, if you happen to be shopping at Goodwill. New in package necklace: $3 Ruby Rox dress: $6.50 It’s such a pity, isn’t it? The way that frugal people can never have nice things. A crying shame, really. (large thanks to my son for once again exercising his photography skills so that I could [...]

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On letting the other person go first

June 23, 2009

(Note: The following post, which was in the works a while before my less-than-satisfactory Goodwill experience, may help to explain my surprise at the firm price on the buttonless shorts) I wrote a while ago about how I was slowly learning the art of haggling, which is not something I’m naturally good at. Well, I [...]

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