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Hand Me Ups

July 2nd, 2010

Almost every day I pass by this small store called Hand Me Up and was always curious about it. I finally went into the store the other day. It was really nothing special, about two rows of men’s clothes, maybe a foot and half of the rack in the children’s section would have fit my children, and they have about five rows of women clothing.

The women’s section was a few rows including pants, shirts, dresses, junior and misses sizes. There really were not very great clothes. I dug through the women’s dresses but most of them were full suit dresses that the women in church would wear when I was a little child.

They had a small selection of over sized jewelry behind the glass counter. If anyone knows me they could tell you that I love long and thick jewelry; but there was nothing very fashionable about huge blue rocks tied together. They had a pretty big selection of purses, most leather and had those ugly strings of leather hanging off of them. Lastly they had a pretty descent selection of shoes and that probably was the best thing about the whole store.

I glanced over the men’s section, but the outfit on the manikin in the window was tight pants and a pink collared shirt. If that was the best outfit I was curious what else they offered. There were about two rows of men’s clothes most were odd sizes and extremely out of style.

Lastly I checked out the children’s selection. Probably they most annoying thing was the fact that all the clothes were on miss labeled hangers. Eighteen month clothes were on three month hangers. It was so difficult to find the right size of each outfit. They had a cute selection of shoes. They were organized so I could see each pair of shoe and their sizes.

Hand Me Up is a consignment store. All clothing is pre-owned and way over priced! I did not want to spend twenty dollars on used clothes, I do not care if they are brand names or not. If you are interested in selling clothing in the store, they take consignments, such as clothing and accessories, Tuesdays thru Saturday. You get 50% of the sold price of every item you bring in.

All clothes have to be designer labels and not from Wal-Mart or Target. I do not really understand why they do not sell items from Target, some of my kid’s cutest clothes are from Target.

You have to make sure all clothing is clean, pressed and on hangers. Also all the clothes that you bring up there has to be in season, right now they are looking for summer clothing. Every four weeks the store will write you a check of the money earned of the items you sold. If the clothing that you brought in is not sold after 90 days, they will donate all clothing to local charities.

It was not worth it to go up there when I went shopping, but you never know, they are constantly getting new clothes. You might be able to find something that you will like. None of the employees seemed like they wanted to help anyone in the store. The business seemed poorly ran and the products were over priced used clothes.

Ross Clothing Store in Tyler

October 14th, 2009

If you are walking into an over crowded store with woman digging elbow deep into material and throwing clothes across the room and onto the floor, most likely you just walked into Tyler’s Ross store.

Row after row of over crowded racks of clothes. I do a lot of shopping at Ross. I love to find a cute outfit for a great price. It does get really frustrating stepping over half the clothes in the store and shirts getting stuck in the wheels of the shopping cart. They have cute clothes woman of all sizes, misses to juniors. Woman’s clothes over runs the store and pushes the men’s section into a small corner. You might have to dig for the perfect outfit that you are looking for, but the price will make it completely worth it. Find the cutest prom dress for $40 or a cute summer dress for $10. But make sure that there are no holes and stains, or a shoe print. Even find cute shoes but they are never on the right shelf (if on a shelf) or even with the matching shoe.

I can rarely find a cute outfit in the kids section that does not have a rip or stain. The toys’ boxes are always taped back together and the shoes are never in the right sizes. They have all different toys, blankets and all other baby necessities. If you find something that is cute in good shape you are going to find it with a great price.

The men’s selection is pushed into the small front corner of the store and most of the clothes are odd or odd sizes. It is really hard to find a nice outfit there for men. But every once in awhile you might find a decent shirt, or jeans, or even a pair of unmentionables.

Ross has all different things to clothe your house. Find a great gift for a friend. Find great dishes sets or fun picture frames. Also you can find fun candles and beautiful candle holders. Flavor up your living room by decorating your plain couch with fancy pillows and cushions. The pillow aisle is pretty much impossible to stroll the cart down because there are usually more pillows on the floor than there are pillows on the shelf. Find a cute blanket to bring your furniture and house together.

Finish off the perfect outfit with a fun scarf, or hand bag. Keep coming back to Ross to see what is new and on sale. If it is cold out find a cute hat and gloves, and if it’s a sunny summer day find a great pair of sunglasses. So find a great deal and have fun digging. Ross in Tyler Texas really is the best place to “dress for less”.