They have taken over my Store

In the 13 years that I have had my boys, it is very rare that I have bought them anything from T.J. Maxx, except for when they were babies I used to buy those chunky books such as Good Night Moon, Carl the Dog, Brown Bear Brown Bear, and more. And maybe the occasional item once or twice. No, it was my store where I would score anything from housewares to shoes to bras, to lotion, clothes, and the purses! and more.

Well this past spring we were in Famous Footwear shopping for boy shoes and told them since we were right next door to TJ Maxx we were going in so I could look for shoes for me and they moaned and groaned. They went to look at boy clothes and the next thing I knew they had found a bunch of t-shirt brands they liked, previously only found at skate shops and I feel bad for the retail stores because they were so much less expensive. We bought some.

So with school starting on Monday we went to TJ Maxx last week and they are all set: T-shirts, Polo shirts, plaid shorts, and socks. And plenty of variety which is good because the oldest two, who are spaced by 20 months, wear the same size as they differ only by 3 pounds of weight, one quarter inch in height and just a smidge at the waist. A few pairs of jeans for the oldest two will be needed by October, and new shoes for all and that's it. How easy is that? My eight year old youngest son was happy with a smaller loot of just two pairs of shorts and two shirts and a hooded zippered sweat jacket for later (his drawers are stuffed at home with khaki and jean shorts the other two wore).

So, nothing for me from TJ Maxx this summer but I'll go back this fall for some alone time. But it is for sure that I have converted these boys to the joys of scoring cool stuff at the TJ Maxx.