As I mentioned last week, we have been doing a lot of shuffling around of clothing at my house, in preparation of the beginning of the new school year. The clothing shuffle is never easy with four growing girls who all have different likes and body types. I am a firm believer in hand-me-downs though so I make it work the best I can.
This year I have a new way of clothes sharing that I am really excited about:
ThredUP!
I first heard of ThredUP a few weeks ago at BlogHer10. They had a booth on the Expo floor asking parents to be more environmentally friendly this school year and trading clothing was one of their suggestions.
I soon plugged into the ThredUP site and was happy with how easy it was to manage my account. The first box I chose arrived in two days with clothing items my kids liked and could wear.
I quickly listed five boxes of our clothes that where in nice condition, but we didn’t need anymore and four boxes were picked the very next day giving me credits in my account since they were sizes the site needed at that time.
The basic membership is FREE and the pro membership is $29.99 a year/or $19.99 for six months. With the pro service, meaning you get all the bells and whistles that the site offers. With my link you can have pro service free for one month! This way you can feel out the site, list some boxes, maybe earn some credits and soon be a trading maven yourself.
Remember the site does not offer pictures of the clothes, just brief descriptions. I think it is important to remember that you are not shopping for Homecoming dresses and suits here. You are trading hand-me-downs to help out the budget!
Also, until August 30th, ThredUP will donate $1 to Cradles to Crayons for each transaction on the site. Good deeds, good clothes equals good for everyone! The site is easy to understand and I encourage you all to go there and see for yourself.
One lucky reader will receive a years pro membership for free! This is a $29.99 service for twelve months to use and keep your kids in jeans for a while. This contest runs from August 23 through August 31st at midnight. (2010!) The winner will be drawn via Random.org.
There are several ways to win:
1) Leave a comment below about your favorite back to school moment. It can be about your children or from your own childhood.
2) Leave a comment below describing your child’s favorite outfit this year that you hate!
3) Follow me on Twitter @FourAgainstTwo and leave me a comment that you are now following me.
4) Follow ThredUP on Twitter @ThredUP and leave a comment here that you did so.
5) Tweet the following tweet (once a day only) and leave a link to your tweet:
Win a membership to ThredUp with @FourAgainstTwo http://fouragainsttwo.com/index.php/2010/08/23/thredup-is-my-new-place-to-trade-give-away/
Good luck!
(Disclosure: I have not received any compensation for this post. I just thought a giveaway would be fun! I do get a month of Pro status when you sign up through me with ThredUP .)
I remember my kid’s back to school day’s! They looked so cute in their new back to school clothes standing at the bus stop! Some of the best memories of my life!! Happy back to school to all you kids out there and the parents!! enjoy these day’s , they go by so fast!!
My favorite back to school moment just happened this week. My mother-in-law recently cleaned out her attic in it she found an old t-shirt of my husband’s from when he played mini-football. She passed this on to our son. He was so excited about being able to wear one of his dad’s old t-shirts that he wore it to school the first day. The grin on his face as he walked out the door was priceless!
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I remember loving kindergarten because I only went half-days, and it was great to have my older sister still be at school while I got to have my mom mostly to myself all afternoon. That’s what I thought was great about going to school!
My favorite back to school memory was the year I wore a fantastic blue and white dress. My mother hated it which means that I adored it.
Both my kids have an “interesting fashion sense” meaning that colors or styles don’t often go together – but they are happy with what they pick and proud to do it themselves so what can I say!!!
This summer we tie-dyed T-shirts at Cub Scout camp. Julian did a super job, using colors from Bakugan and saturating the T-shirt with the dye. He got a gorgeous purple and black sunburst pattern – however its on the back of the shirt. The front is also brilliantly dyed and has an interesting pattern, but he prefers the one on the back. So he wears his shirt backward – all the time. Minor in the way of awful things that kids wear but a little irritating just the same!
One of my favorite back-to-school memories was of Mom taking the three of us girls to this adorable little children’s clothing store in Coshocton. I don’t remember what it was called, but all the clothes were totally cute and somewhat pricey for the time. I felt so special when I wore an outfit from that store!! I think we even have some old pics of me in an outfit or two. Off course today the styles would make our girls cringe! Even to this day I get all excited when I wear a new outfit that I feel great in. Unfortunately, Mommy is usually the last person on the back-to-school list or anytime-of-the-year list.
YEAH! You won! I’m not joking! This is not a set up!
Congrats! I’ll be sending you the info!