| It's almost time for school to start
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| | good sales. My daughter knows her
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| again, and time for one of my most
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| | clothing budget is limited, so we
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| unfavorite activities...school shopping
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| | compromise on getting a couple of good
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| with my teenage daughter.Don't get me
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| | pairs of jeans (on sale), and then
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| wrong, I love my daughter, and we have a
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| | spending less on tops and other
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| lot of fun hanging out together. But I
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| | accessories. And while we're on the
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| hate shopping. I avoid it whenever
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| | subject of jeans, I always have my
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| possible. If you have a teenage daughter
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| | daughter show me how her jeans fit before
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| in middle school or the first couple
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| | we buy them. No jeans that are so
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| years of high school, then you understand
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| | low-waisted you can't bend over in
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| that it's not quite yet time to let them
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| | them.We also have a hard time finding
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| shop alone.I'm sure I'm not the only mom
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| | shirts that fit. My daughter is a little
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| unhappy about fashion styles these days,
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| | larger in the chest than other girls her
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| especially the fashions being advertised
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| | age, and she has a hard time finding
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| to young teen girls. Shopping for them is
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| | shirts that fit her. We have found that
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| truly a challenge. I think for now,
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| | at the mall, in general, all of the
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| however, we have managed to somehow get
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| | shirts, even size "large", don't even
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| my daughter ready for school.Every year
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| | come close to fitting her! What they're
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| before we go school shopping, we go
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| | calling large looks like "small" to me.
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| through my daughter's bedroom. We go
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| | Once in awhile we hit the jackpot,
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| through all of her clothes, both in her
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| | though, and this year it was at Target.
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| dresser and in her closet. Anything she
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| | We found 4 or 5 tops (this time the large
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| knows she's not going to wear goes into a
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| | was really "large"), and she loved them.
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| pile. Old underwear gets thrown away, and
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| | After the 100% cotton "large" is washed,
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| holey socks are discarded. It's time to
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| | it will fit her perfectly, and we're both
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| start making a list of what she needs for
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| | happy.We accessorized her outfits with a
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| the new school year.The next pile we go
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| | couple of belts, and now she's all set.
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| through is her shoes. Some get thrown
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| | When we got home and I started washing
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| away, some get put in the pile to give
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| | the clothes, I realized her room still
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| away, and some can be polished up with a
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| | wasn't off to a fresh start for school.
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| bit of shoe polish and a soft cloth.After
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| | Out came all the throw blankets, pillow
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| we finish going through the clothes, we
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| | cases, and everything else in her room
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| put them into bags to give them to a
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| | that is washable. Tomorrow we'll put it
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| women's or teen shelter, or give them to
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| | all back and she'll get her clothes all
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| a friend who doesn't mind
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| | organized for school, trying to decide
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| hand-me-down's.Then we head off to the
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| | what she'll wear on the first day of her
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| store. I hate shopping at the mall. I
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| | sophomore year of high school.Rachel
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| avoid it whenever possible because of the
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| | Paxton is a freelance writer and mom of
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| high prices. I forget sometimes, however,
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| | four.
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| that they do actually occasionally have
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