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Tips for Finding and Buying Children’s Clothes Without Breaking the Bank

As your children move through each stage of childhood, you’ll want to make sure that they’re dressed well and always look the part, no matter the situation. For many parents, this can lead to massive spending on expensive clothing items that their children might not even wear very often. It’s a common problem, but there are ways to find affordable clothing if you know where to look.

If you’ve got no idea of how to buy children’s clothes affordably but you want to start doing it, we’re going to give you the guidance and help you need in order to make that happen. Each of the ideas and tips below will be easy to implement in your life as you search for the new clothes that your children seem to constantly need. So read on now to find out more.

Supermarket Fashion Shop for a Photoshoot

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Supermarket Fashion is not only affordable and good quality, they are also very trendy and stylish. Now with more supermarkets bringing in their own stylish fashion clothing line, it opens a new way of shopping under one roof. We are no strangers to supermarket fashion as we often get them for reviews and photoshoots.

Nutmeg – Morrisons Holiday Shop Range

Morrisons have unveiled their own brand Nutmeg summer holiday shop clothing range which is available to buy in store now. Have you seen it yet? Did you know that they have even launched their first ever women’s collection, and prices start from just £3?

Sportswear Outfits from Jacamo

Badminton is one of Mr C’s favourite sports. He plays regularly and so he often has to replace his sportswear. Mr C had a quick browse of the Jacamo website and they have a good selection of men’s sportswear with accessories, tops, bottoms and footwear. He finds the website easy to navigate and there is a lot of information for him to make an informed choice. Do note that some items are dispatch by Jacamo and some are dispatched directly from the supplier.

He quickly picked up these three sportswear items and he was pleased that they have his size in stock. Mr C has a small frame but sometimes he prefers to wear a slightly bigger size for a loose fit.

boohoo Children Fashion Review

Shopping online couldn’t be easier with boohoo as they have everything under the roof! There are lady’s, men’s and children’s fashion! I do like to do a big shop in one go as it saves time in hopping to another website and delivery charges.

As both my children are growing up fast, they need more new clothing than Mr C and I. Looking through their range of children’s fashion, I decided to pick them a set of clothing for Christmas!

Mr K is not into Christmas jumpers or anything that is too festive. He prefers freestyle, so I opted for this white freestyle tee for him. The size is for age 9 to 10 years old which suits him well and very comfortable. The materials are soft to touch and after the first wash, it still looks great.

Shopping at Lyst

Recently, I discovered an easy to use fashion shopping website – Lyst. They are a fashion tech company based in London and New York. Their website is a shopping experience unique to every user. The more you use the platform, the more it learns about you and your shopping habits so you start to only see things you love! In addition to making a tailored shopping experience, users can also lyst items to plan their wardrobes and wish lists and also be alerted when anything they lyst goes on sale or comes back in stock.

Bored Sport T-Shirt Review

Looking for organic clothing? Look no further! Bored Sport is a North-East based start-up casual sportswear clothing company who specialize in high quality branded products for the modern active lifestyle.

Their manufacturing and production policy adheres to ethical standards and they maintain a high level of quality across the entire range of products. Their clothes ranges from children’s wear to adult clothes. All of their products are made from organic cotton that feel incurably soft and come with eye catching designs.

Birthday Gifts Ideas Vintage Clothing Review

Recently, I came across this men’s fashion range of Birthday Gifts Ideas’ vintage clothing which is great if you need to buy a gift to mark a special birthday!

Birthday Gifts Ideas have this range of vintage t-shirts that are made from 100% pre-shrunk soft cotton with short sleeve and crew neck t-shirts.

They are available in four different sizes: Small (34-36″), Medium (38-40″), Large (42-44″), XL (46-48″), XXL (50-52″). Mr C is generally a medium size and this t-shirt size is true to his size.

We have received six different designs of t-shirts and they have a good quality professional silk screen printed design that gives a smooth, soft and long lasting finish on the front.

These items of clothing are suitable for machine wash at 40°C and I have washed them all. It survived the machine wash and tumble dry! They should be tumble dried at a medium heat. The printed designs are still intact with no crack or peel off after washing and wearing it.

As this t-shirt is made from cotton and Mr C finds them very comfortable to wear. The only annoying thing is the labels behind the neck area. I had to cut them all off as it irritates Mr C’s neck. It would be great if the labels were printed instead. Otherwise there is no fault at all. I think these are great products that you can buy it for your male family member or friends as a birthday gift.

This is Mr C modelling the clothing. If you are interested in the clothing, simply click the link which will bring you to the seller’s Amazon page. The links are not affiliated.

Mr C wearing large size – 18th Vintage Premium Light Blue

Fireworks with Saltrock

This is our second year attending the fireworks at Tamworth castle grounds and once again it was a brilliant display. What more could you ask for when the event is free! Last year, we were lucky to not receive a parking fine, so this year, we parked at Ventura carpark and took a 15 minute walk to the location.

It was chilly but not too windy and it had stopped raining! We were all getting warm and cosy with our new Saltrock clothing. Did you know that Saltrock have recently grown, opening a number of new stores around the coastal parts of the UK and are up to lots of exciting new things?

International Walk To School with Hi-Gear

Every October is the International Walk To School month where primary school pupils from across the UK join forces with children in more than 40 countries worldwide to celebrate the benefits of walking to school.

Even though we have to drive to another village, I park at the local pub car park and walk to school. Some of the parents do that and we often chat while walking together to school.

As autumn is here and the weather is getting colder, my family were thrilled to try out Hi-Gear jackets from Go Outdoors. These jackets are lightweight and comfortable to wear which will keep you warm at the right temperature. There is no more sweating inside a thick layer of coats. These jackets are just perfect for this weather!

Ms C is wearing this cute reversible Hi-Gear Transformer Girl’s insulated jacket and Mr K is wearing this cosy Hi-Gear Transformer Boy’s insulated jacket.

Getting into Frozen Character, Elsa

The popularity of the Frozen movie has been phenomenal from the moment it graced the cinemas in 2013. All the little girls wanted to be like Elsa, the Snow Queen! My daughter, Ms C is the same too! She loves the movie and is mad for all things Frozen including of the dress, plush toys, dolls, wallpaper etc.!

She was so thrilled when she saw this 2 in 1 Frozen Magic Snow Sleeve from Flair and gorgeous Frozen Elsa Deluxe dress from Rubies.

Barbour Hawk Shirt Review

The key trend this SS15 in menswear is going to be bold patterns and dressed-down. House of Fraser is currently working on a number campaigns with focus on Armani and Barbour brands. Both brands are leading the market with their bold choices of menswear.

My husband loves casual clothing and at the same time simple yet bold in colour. So he chose this Barbour Paisley print hawk shirt to go along with his black trouser and black lace up boots.

Malcolm & Gerald Personalised Clothing Boutique

Recently, I was put in touch with the lovely lady from Malcolm & Gerald (M&G). They have recently launched their online kid’s personalised clothing boutique. It was named after Malcolm the monkey and Gerald the giraffe, the beloved companions of Alex (aged 6) and Charlie (aged 2). They (the boys not the toys!) were the inspiration for the M&G clothing line. Their boys liked nothing more than clothes and accessories with their names on. Everyone who saw their boys wearing the M&G designs seemed to love them too. That is why they started the line to design more outfits for children that incorporate their names.

I ordered the clothing and they arrived very quickly. When I opened it up, they were packaged in a nicely wrapped cardboard tube with their logo printed on the tub. I love the idea of clothing coming in a tube as it gift-ready and saves you from wrapping it!

JORD Wood Watches

Natural wood versus smartwatch. Natural wood wins! Not long ago, we came across JORD who are a wooden watches company and we fell in love with the notion of a timepiece that uses natural materials. Their watches look very unique and has proved to be quite the talking point.

JORD Wood Watches are based in the USA and they ship international. We received the watch very quickly with registered mail. Mr C went for the Fieldcrest Series black wood watch. This is a classic midsize watch. The monochromatic wood face, bezel, and strap serve to showcase the intricacy of the wood grain. It has a stainless steel deployment buckle with push button. In fact, it is very easy to push and release the buckle but at the same is very secure on your wrist. The watch is very lightweight and has scratch resistant mineral. Out of the box, the straps were too long for Mr K. So we used a small screwdriver (for spectacles) to push the Individual links out and shorten it. It can be a bit fiddly to do so you can always take it to a watch shop to do it for you.

Argentina World Fashion

It is disappointing that England are out of the World Cup. Nevertheless, we still can have fun watching the other countries play. Recently, I was invited along with 7 bloggers to join in the #duckworldcup sweepstake and I have been randomly allocation Group F which are Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran and Nigeria. Inspired by my football team, I have chosen these two dresses from JD Williams to represent my winning team – Argentina for JD Williams World Fashion theme. I think they’ve got a good chance of winning this year!

As many will know, the Argentine Tango is a dance where the dancers embrace and have a really close connection. Their chosen colour is often red hot as to show the passion between the dancers. Hence I had chosen these two beautiful dresses.

The first one is the Joe Browns Summer picnic tunic dress. This vibrant colourful red dress comes with a beautiful floral pattern. There is elastic around the waist which emphasizes your curves. If you prefer, you can also use a thick belt. The sleeveless dress sits just above my knee.