thredUP

I buy way too much for Sasha, I am aware of it, and it's a problem......but it is so hard to resist all of the cute stuff out there!!! Regardless of what your financial situation is, you are probably overspending on children's clothing and toys.  And then once your child wears the clothes, they don't fit into them within a couple of months.  I already have a couple of 50 gallon bins filled with clothes that Sasha has grown out of wasting space in my basement.....  Well now there is a solution! 

thredUp.com is a website that lets you trade a box of your gently used clothing for someone else's box.  There are descriptions of what comes in each box and the "sellers" are rated, which is wonderful!  It's super easy and reliable.....and all you pay is a $5 fee and for the shipping of the box (approximately $10.95).  Any box that you send ships free because the "buyer" pays for the shipping. Here are the step-by-step instructions from the site:

Very simply put, it works like this: pick a box you like, pay $5 plus shipping, prepare a box of items that no longer fit your child, when someone picks your box, send it for free. Here is the step-by-step version:

PICK - Browse boxes listed in the thredUP community and select one you'd like to receive. Hopefully, by now, you have your friends on thredUP so you can just pick their boxes. If you're busy, tell us your clothing preferences and the experts at thredUP can choose a box for you.
PAY - Once you've picked your box, all you pay is $5 plus shipping to have it delivered.
PREPARE - As part of this process, you are required (this is a swap after all!) to list a box of clothes that your child no longer wears. We'll ask for basic details such as types of clothing, number of items, colors, brands, season and sizes. Don't worry, the USPS will mail you empty boxes for your gently used clothes.
SEND - When someone picks your box, thredUP will alert you and ask you to send this box. It is free to send boxes on thredUP because the recipient pays the shipping. You'll be able to print the shipping label and schedule the pickup all in one click. Would you rather drop it off at the Post Office? No problem! Just cancel the pickup and leave a note for your postal carrier. As soon as your box is tracked by the USPS, you will see your box status has been changed to "shipped" in your thredUP closet.

Happy swapping!!!!!