Reader Tips — Clothes

I took my daughter to Big 5 Sporting Goods (http://www.Big5SportingGoods.com) to look at tennis shoes. The shoes on the table were marked $20 each. Then the manager told me that their special sale that week was buy the first pair for $20 and get the second pair for $10. We searched through a large number of shoe boxes. Many of them were marked with a retail price of $50 or more depending on the brands. We found a pair of Vision Street Wear and LA Gear shoes. We purchased two pairs for $31.45 (tax included). They have great sales all year long.

Buy one top-quality, all-purpose purse and use it until it wears out.

I know many people shop at thrift stores like Goodwill or

My kids are 7-and 9-years-old and are growing like weeds and I have

Here is a way we save money around the house. We consider paper towels a luxury, so to save money and clean up spills, I use lots of rags and just rewash them.

My teenage daughter loves shopping at Plato's Closet. It is a teen resale shop that only carries name brand clothes like Hollister, Abercrombie and Aeropostle. They are located in many states. They are a bit more expensive than a regular resale shop or garage sales, but it is full of clothes all teens would love to wear. My daughter has bought $80 jeans for $12. Let someone else pay full price! Another great thing is they will buy name brand stuff on the spot from you which means cash in your pocket. We checked out Plato's Closet web site. It looks good.