We seldom got new clothes, but we wore hand-me-downs, unless my mother would buy materials and make our clothes. |
Their father sometimes buys clothes and shoes as well, the rest is hand-me-downs. |
Barbara tended to wear her elder sister's hand-me-downs, the skirts turned inside out to get the best use out of them. |
With no money coming in, the girls wore hand-me-downs from their Milford Haven cousins and Philip grew up learning the value of economizing. |
The day of the hand-me-downs among family and friends is truly gone with parents opting to buy new baby equipment. |
We don't even have that many hand-me-downs, as we gave most of them away because we didn't expect another baby. |