Does your family have a summer uniform. An outfit totally thrifty that they wear everyday during the summer. Maybe they wouldn't get caught dead in it during the rest of the year?
Hubby: jeans and black or dark blue t-shirts (He wears his all of the time.)
Me: Capris/shorts or white t-shirt
Girl: cut off shorts and t shirts
Boy: cut off shorts and t shirts
Hubby and I get shirts from discount stores. The kids get shirts from TS and discount stores. We try to keep the cost of shirts down to under a $1 each. If they become stained, they become nightwear or they get dyed. I just bought an orange dye at the discount grocery store for .99. I get black there on a regular basis.
I figure at $.99 a box the average box of dye resurrects about 5 shirts. The hubby wears his shirts forever because black doesn't stain and any fading gets dyed black again.
After that they are rags or rugs. I have a rag rug in my bathroom. I cut t shirts into strips and crochet with a rug hook. The rest of the t shirt is used to clean. I use these for anything I used to use paper towels for: washing the car, cleaning the sink, cleaning the bath, wiping up messes.
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