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Not any more. I did before he was born and during the first 6 or so months. He is almost 10m now and my spending is WAY controlled. I have to remind myself "the mall will always be there...it isn't going to shut down..."
So, I buy as needed now. It isn't as fun, but it makes me less stressed because when I see tons of shipping bags and clothing with tags on them, it makes me feel pretty shitty. I hate wasting money. Granted, we can reuse the clothing for #2, but AGAIN, I need to stop thinking like that. I need to think in the NOW , not the "down the road"..
We went on vacation and the shopping was AWESOME, but I didn't allow myself to go into any baby stores or sections. I just have to keep away or else i'll buy stuff.

No, I just take whatever my mom buys so I hardly ever shop!

I tend to overbuy for my DD and underbuy for my DS! He is never having enough bottoms to wear and then I have to go out and buy new stuff for him. Whereas DD has a million choices but is picky and will only wear certain ones. So I've been trying to cut down on the girl buying even though it's so fun.

I was kind of bad this summer, but so far I have really kept myself in check and haven't bought any fall stuff yet. Like @TurtleDoves: I keep reminding myself that the clothes will still be in stores in a few months and will probably be on sale. I also try to delete my emails from baby gap without opening them! It really makes me annoyed when he has clothes that he's only worn once, so I really want to try to avoid that.

@HLK208: haha I have totally done the same thing before

The first 9 months C had enough hand-me-downs that I never had to buy anything. Then I bought mostly staples as needed so they are all mix and match. I feel like my kid is seen in the same clothes over and over and over again but I'd rather have just enough instead of too much. Now, if I had a daughter, I would definitely over buy.

I try not too! She's still pretty young and we don't spend a whole lot of time outside with others.....so I don't feel like she has to be "best dressed" all the time. Lol. And since it's summer and hot, nothing's cuter (or cooler) than chilling with mom at home in a diaper.

@MamaMoose: haha you're too funny.. I actually sold a lot of her stuff to ThredUp before the classifieds feature was created. So I might not have a whole lot to offer for a while

My DD wears all hand-me-down sleepers from my nephew... I figure that it doesn't matter if she's wearing boy colors in her sleep! So no issue there... However, I have a feeling that I overbuy the rest of her clothes. Most things I buy 2nd hand for .25-$3 per item, so it's not that much, but I probably buy a little more than I need, in general. I don't think I'd overbuy if I was paying more, but when an adorable like-new dress is $1, it's hard to resist! It drives me husband crazy!

Oh, I think I overbuy swim suits and hats... my LO has 3 suits and about 5 hats. 2 of the suits are bigger though, so they should last awhile. They were also $2-3 each.

ETA: I did just spend $$ at Janie & Jack for next Spring, but I will probably take half of it back!

@T-Mom: noooooooooo

@mediagirl: This is my problem too! We get a lot of hand me downs, plus I shop at consignment stores. So its not a ton out of pocket but there is a LOT of stuff!

I have a TON of clothing. I only bought her maybe 5 things and she still has not worn all of them. My mother in law spoils her and buys her everything under the golden sun.

Well this season is the first I will be buying clothes for her, the last year I've had clothes from my sister's daugther, plus gifts. I bought very little. I do have some stuff from my sister, but my LO is very petite and her's was a chunk so they are starting to get off on sizes. I've been doing my best at shopping sales for pants/leggings, and will stock up at Carter's when they have their next big sale.

@bunnylove08: lol my MIL too! I guess at the Costco near my MIL they sell Carter's stuff so every time MIL goes to Costco to get a hotdog or pizza, she pops in and gets LO something!

Yes again. For example, today I met up with a mom from Facebook and she sold me 9 pairs of shoes in my daughters size for $15. My daughter has plenty of shoes to last her until winter boot season but these were so cute! I will resell them when we are done with them for a reasonable price for someone else.

YES! I just cleaned out my closet and found 4 long sleeved shirts I forgot I even bought for DS (still in the bag.. ugh).
I've gotta get a hold of the spending...

Nope... Not any more. We cut off any clothes buying when Mr jacks got laid off and we really haven't missed having extra stuff. It's very liberating!

@78h2o: I buy them all used as well .50-$1.50 depending on the book.

@hilsy85: Every time I go on a shopping binge I tell myself to unsubscribe from Baby Gap emails--I just can't ever bring myself to actually do it!