Well, I don't know who wins the pool, but we measured Joe yesterday and he is 6'.75" at 13 years old. We had a bet whether or not he would hit it by his birthday last month or by the first of July. Not quite, but this week I went out to buy pants for school. Noted his current pants size and brought home some slim fit jeans - too short and too tight. That puzzled us, how can the same size jeans be too short. Don't know but they are. Cleaned out all of his drawers and rooted out clothing and shoes that no longer fit, so our local Goodwill is going to have some good finds unless Joe decides to photo the items and put them on Craigslist. Our whole main level of our home came from Craigs list over time.The clothes in this photo no longer fit and he hits the top of the panel above his head now... new photo due, I'll add later. He thinks he wants to do cross-country running team at the new school so running shoes are next on the agenda for him. $$$ I made him a deal on school clothes, I buy pants and shoes and he buys t-shirts since he's picky about which ones he will wear. We had an economics lesson on Friday night - $15 buys one to two shirts at Fred Meyer, but 7 at Value Village, I may have a newly-minted follower. Recent articles in the newspaper are signing the praises of thrifty spending and recycling for housewares and clothing, nothing new to me, I've been a VV faithful for YEARS. The thing that cracked us up in a recent Parade article was that the family looks forward to a big tax return for home improvements and scrimps and saves all year - the money they "loan" to Uncle Sam would be better used to pad their budget and they would get more investing in their own savings. How is that a benefit?
Peace and Blessings,
Michelle ;-P
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