they are... went to JC Penney last weekend and bought summer clothes for my boys... shorts were $4.99 and shirts were $4-6 bucks... i bought two $65 dresses for $14.99 each... that's less than what i would pay at Wal-Mart for a cheaply-made dress... plus i got $15 off the total with my coupon...
i also like to hit the clearance racks at Kohls... a lot of times i see something i like at regular price, usually $20-$40 range, but i'll wait a couple of weeks when it goes on clearance... i often buy the items for $4-7 bucks...
I got a great dress on clearance at Kohl’s in January - kind of a sun dress for $5.90. I will wear it next month to my son’s wedding rehearsal dinner. But I also love to sew and currently have 7 pair of slacks/jeans to shorten for my kids, and shorten hem/shorten the halter strap of a bridesmaid dress.... Guess I better get busy. I made several sets of scrub outfits for my daughter, 2 nice robes (one “winter”, one lighter weight)for my husband. When my daughter was on the upper bunk in dorm room, she needed someplace to put her glasses and cell phone, so I made up a little pocket flap thing that tucked under her mattress and hung down, also made pockets for the TV remote, a few kleenex in it. I used to sew all the time, some years ago. Soon I will have a place where I can leave the machine set up all of the time, which might inspire me more.