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Growing a Family on One Income: 7 Tips for Clothing Kids, Cheaply, in All Seasons

August 27, 2013 By Haley 11 Comments

Give a warm welcome to Molly W of Molly Makes Do with this guest post in the  "Growing a Family on One Income" series with some suggestions on how to keep the costs of clothing your family down when you have to deal with multiple seasons. Be sure to start by reading the first part of this series on spending less on clothes. In Iowa most people will tell you that we have Five Seasons.  Summer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Finances Tagged With: clothes, finances, frugality, growing a family on one income

Growing a Family on One Income: Ideas for Spending Less on Clothes

August 20, 2013 By Haley 39 Comments

(Growing a Family on One Income is an ongoing series at Carrots. Previous posts are about being a one-car family and fitting three car seats in a Camry.) New clothes are fun. If I had the cash to spare, I would spend way too much on clothes. But when you’re on a budget, this is a great area to make some sacrifices. When you’re expecting, it’s hugely tempting to go hog wild buying new baby clothes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Children, Family & Homesteading, Finances Tagged With: budget, clothes, finances, frugality, growing a family on one income

Choosing Maternity Items You Can Use for Your Post-Partum Wardrobe

August 2, 2012 By Haley 3 Comments

And now for more thrifty and versatile maternity wear! Earlier this week, Katherine shared some of her favorite non-maternity items that can do double duty as maternity and today I want to share some of my favorite maternity essentials that can help carry you through the post-partum days. The post-partum days are tricky wardrobe-wise. And since I usually gain half my pre-pregnancy weight during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Breastfeeding, Fashion, Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: breastfeeding, clothes, Maternity, nursing, post-partum, style

The Best Maternity Clothes that Aren’t (Actually Maternity)

July 30, 2012 By Haley Leave a Comment

While my family is escaping the Florida heat by escaping to the mountains of NC with                      all of their beauty and unreliable internet access, the lovely and gloriously pregnant          Katherine is here to share some maternity clothes wisdom... Great Maternity Clothes that Aren't (Actually Maternity) by katherinebowers It’s topping out in the upper-90s here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Fashion, Guest Posts, Pregnancy, Style Tagged With: clothes, fashion, katherine bowers, Maternity, style

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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