$100 Back to School Clothes Challenge from WalMart !

I can't believe summer we be over in a little less than 3 weeks. It's seems like we just sat down and planned out our summer activities and now it's time to begin a new school year. Where does time go?

Of course with the beginning of a new school year, new school supplies and clothes are needed. When it comes to back to school shopping this year I only have two kids to shop for. My daughter is going in the 7Th grade and wears uniforms, so she's pretty easy.

Carson on the other hand can wear regular clothes, so it's always fun picking out new items. When it comes to back to school clothes Walmart usually isn't my first choice.

I do shop at Walmart for school supplies, undergarments, socks, backpacks, coats and my daughters school uniforms, because they're so affordable.

Mackenzie prefers the School Uniforms from Walmart. I like them because the George brand is the only brand that I have found that holds up really well and doesn't shrink.

In store usually only has select items, so I always purchase her uniforms online. Another perk that I love is that Walmart carries school uniforms (online) year-round and most stores don't.

Recently I was challenged by WalMart to see how much back-to-school clothes and accessories I could buy for $100 in their Apparel Department.

Since Carson still needed school clothes I jumped right in. I hadn't really shopped at Walmart for school clothes, so I was pretty excited to get started.

Carson and I spent time going through the boys department just to get a feel of what they had. I let Carson picked out most of his own outfits since he recently told me he's 9 now. To him I guess that means he's all grown up LOL.

He immediately went to the graphic tee's and picked out a few angry birds t-shirts for under $7 each. They had a few others that had funny and cool saying for under $5. When it comes to school clothes for Carson he doesn't like anything that feels uncomfortable or has tags.

Right away we spotted some athletic shorts from NBA and Starter, so we grabbed 4 pairs. Here Texas it's still pretty hot until late October, so we concentrated mainly on shorts and tee's. The NBA shorts were priced under $8 each and the starter brand shorts were $4.97.

Located next to the shorts were the Hanes pre washed tag less tee's for $3.97. They had a good selection in a variety of colors. We chose a few to match with each of his athletic shorts. I did notice that a few of the tee's are interchangeable so that worked out perfectly.

Walmart had a whole wall of jeans Wrangler, Faded Glory, Rustler and Signature Levi's. I prefer to get the Faded Glory brand because they have a great selection of slim sizes.

Carson wears a size 8 for length, but he defiantly needs slim because he has no waist. I love the adjustable waist, because they're so helpful if the waistline is too big. I grabbed one pair of Faded Glory Jean for $8.92.

I only bought one pair because he still had a few pairs that he hadn't grown out of. I also snagged a black and white polo shirt for under $6. I wanted to get more but they were limited on sizes, so I was lucky to just get the one.

WalMart had a huge selection of School Backpacks to choose from. Of course we left with a Angry Birds backpack priced under $10. We still had plenty of socks and briefs, so I only purchased one package of no show socks for $3.97.

We finally headed to check out and got our final total of $99.36 (after Tax). Not bad at all for 16 items and I stayed below the $100 limit. In the end I was very pleased with everything that I purchased.

The only thing I didn't like was the boys apparel department doesn't have quite as much to choose from as the girls department. If you need to shop for girls you will find everything you need in tons of different styles and colors.

Have you started on your back-to-school clothes shopping yet? If not I think you will be pleasantly surprised with what WalMart has to offer. Their selection, brands, quality and durability have really improved over the years.