My mother made many of our clothes and preferred to present them
when they were ready instead of saving them for Christmas.

At least one of my sisters did the same for her children.

On 12/20/2011 6:17 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>> it seems my mom did this but i didn't realise it until i thought about
>> it, Lee
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> Mine got things on a store account, cheap dept store. If we wanted
> clothes that didn't come from the op shops we had to choose from the
> store Mum had an account with.
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>> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
>> m...
>>> We call them Lay-aways here. My kids would never had gotten toys if I
>>> couldn't do Lay-away.Sure helped a lot