Growing up in the 1980's, my mother was the only one with full-time employment. We didn't have all of these discount stores that we have now such as Wal*Mart, Kohl's, Value City, Big Lots, TJ Maxx, or similar. We had the standard mall with Sears, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, Sears, Hills, Ames, Sears. Then, because we were so poor, we had the various Goodwill Stores. Guess where I got my Kingdom Hall clothes, AND school clothes? Yeah, Goodwill. The humiliation I felt at school and the KH was enough to make me vow even as a child, that I would do better with my life, have a good job, be able to afford to get NEW clothes that were in style, fit properly, etc. My son has NEVER had to even enter a Goodwill, much less have clothes from one. But don't get me wrong, with so many "value" options out there, I can now make out like a bandit! I would have KILLED to have a TJ Maxx, Gabriel Bros, or a Kohl's while I was growing up. The deals there are incredible! Anyone living in the Northeast USA knows what I'm talking about. And Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Brooks Brothers, etc? I didn't enter those stores until I was 20 years old and own my own visiting King of Prussia in Philadelphia. What a shopping Mecca! Then I went to NYC, and Chicago, and Hong Kong. Wow.