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Ask my husband if we should get it. He says no every time

He's much more cheap/practical then I am!

I unsubscribed from nearly every shopping related email sender. Gap, Hanna, zulily etc. Total deletion. That helped a ton. All of the daily deal sites were driving me nuts anyhow (gilt, zulily etc). They aren't great deals for the most part, I find.
I also make an effort as often as I can to really go through LO's drawers and closet. Rearrange stuff and pull the bottom dwellers to the top and re-sort the closet front to back. It makes me take a hard look at what she has (which is too much) and I'm like "oh I forgot about this it's cute". 9 times out of 10 it makes me kill a later purchase because I have it fresh in my mind that she actually already owns item X

I do most shopping online and usually I can control myself better that way. For example, this weekend I realized my son needed pants, so I went to the store and guess what, I came out with shirts. I am more targeted online.

For the kids, I pretty much only shop sales. I have a separate "shopping" email account, so all the deals and promotions go there, and I only really go looking through it if I know I need something, so I look to see if there have been any recent sale emails. I also only buy on an as needed basis. I've stopped buying cuter (and usually pricier) items because they only wear the good stuff on the weekend. I don't send them to daycare in nicer clothes because I know they will get wrecked.

I only shop sales, never full retail price. I also try to only use the money I make from re-selling her clothes to buy new ones, so no "new" money is going into her closet.

@PinkElephant: It has been great! I also use it to sign up for sites that offer a discount, or sites like zulilly. Then I don't have to constantly get sale reminders in my main account, but I still get the discounts.

This might be easier for me because I have a boy, lol. But all the store email I get skip the inbox in gmail, so I don't see them but the coupons are there for when I do go shopping. I also tend to just buy once for the season/size. So I bought a ton of clothes in the fall that I expect to last until I need to get spring/summer stuff in a couple months.

It was worse for me before he was born. Now that I see how short the lifespan of an outfit is (sometimes only 1-2 wears ) I stop myself from getting extras....

I have all my non important email filtered into promotions. So I have to actively click on a different link.

I primarily online shop and will often let stuff sit in my cart for days to weeks. I also have a very strict price point on what I'm willing to spend on certain items. That REALLY cuts down on unnecessary spending because my dollar amount is ridiculous. Then if the sales actually match it, I buy to stock up.

I usually just put stuff in the shopping cart and sit on it too. I have been bad with all these great clearance deals this month!