Buying School Uniforms

Evelyn starts school for the very first time this year!

All the elementary schools in our close area wear uniforms.  For Evelyn she needs maroon polos and khaki bottoms.  I searched online for the best prices and also that they had the needed color.  Only half the stores that we could visit had the appropriate color.  Academy had the best prices for bottoms and tops.  I also found a maroon cardigan at Old Navy. 

We went to Academy and found not a single maroon polo in her size.   It went from size 4 youth to size medium juniors.  So we thought that we would just order them at the store.  I wasn't sure about the color.   It wasn't really maroon.  It was more plum than maroon.  So we didn't order them.  

We found a few pants her size.  A few in a regular straight leg and one in a skinny.  Evelyn looks much better in a skinny than a straight.  So we ordered five more skinny khakis in her size. 

After that we went to Old Navy and bought Evelyn the maroon cardigan.  She was able to button it easily on her own.  Something she learned to do just after turning two.  So happy to find it!   It was the only place that had a maroon cardigan that we could go to try on which was very important to me!

I enjoyed getting Evelyn's uniforms!   I love August!   School supplies!  New books!   New clothes!   Even if they are uniforms!   Yay for school time!   I am a school lover for sure!   Call me a geek but that only means I'm cool!  ;D   Geek is in!

Tips On School Uniforms

• Wait until you get an "acceptance letter" before you purchase anything
• Compare prices online before going out
• Buy enough for one week *plus one, it will save you on laundry days
• If you have a child still growing, if you can, buy a week's set of clothes one size up
• Get a color matching, and I mean the exact color, cardigan for the fall
• Remember that pants are easy to tailor in length and in the waist, it okay to go up a size and hem them
• Get elastic, if possible, for your kids 2nd grade and under
• Not the greatest in fashion but get a double sided belt, black and brown, to help save money
• Take tags off only one uniform set and wash for first day of school, if your child is going to a new school, to be sure that you purchased the right colors, styles required and to know if the clothes shrinks too much and you need to go up a size
• When you know you have them right, wash them all as directed
• #Purchase iron on sheets (you can get them at fabric stores or even Wal-Mart), and print labels with your child's name and a number to call and put them inside the clothes

I hope this was helpful!

Happy New School Year!

*This is a just incaser. This is the one you put in your younger kids' back pack and the older kids can leave it in a locker.  Older kids may not feel they need extra clothes like younger kids but you never know what chemistry experiment may ruin a shirt or even a busted pen.

#You can use Avery templets.  They are free!