Where are we going?…Crazy…Want to come?

As I have said, I have three kids, two girls and one boy, the boy being the oldest, the girls being middle and youngest, okay, ya figured that out all by yourself, LOL, anyway, I am always giving Lexie Amanda’s hand me downs, the girls do wear the same sizes in somethings but there are items that are just way to big for Lexie and way to small for Amanda, thus creating hand me downs.

The new school year is approaching and approaching fast, I still need to get my kids everything from the basics, underwear,socks to the not so basics, pants, shirts, shoes…..Matt will get everything new, Amanda will get everything new, Lexie, well Lexie will NOT get everything new, and this makes me wonder how this will affect her self-esteem/self confidence thru out her life. Yes, I tend to worry about ten years from now as well as right now! 

Am I being cheap by giving her hand me downs from her sister?  We do get hand me downs from other people outside our family so it isn’t like the other two don’t get hand me downs as some point. My point is that when Lexie starts school all she will really need to get is underwear/undershirts and socks the rest will come down from Amanda.  So when Lexie goes to school thinking she is looking like queen bee and someone comes up to her and says “wasn’t that your sisters” or “you are wearing your sisters cloths” what is she to do?  How is that going to make her feel?  This is a child that has more self confidence and self esteem then any child I know or any girl friend that I have and I DO NOT want to ruin that part of her character! But I also don’t see the need to go out and blow 100.00 on cloths for her when at home she has cloths that are plenty good enough for school.

Any ass-vice on this subject out there?  Please feel free to give me any ass-vice! And yes I am cheap um on a budget!!