Update Your Wardrobe for Free at a Swap Party

​Hi, as one of your silent readers I would like to share my experience of going to a swap party. Each person brought clothes in two categories, either adult or children's clothes that were arranged in 2 separate areas of our friends house. After tea and coffee and homemade goodies (some people baked and the host made a quiche!) we chatted until everyone arrived. Then we could choose items, try things on etc. At first we were going to use tokens, but in the end we decided to wait until the end and if two people wanted the same item, we would play scissors, paper, rock. I even brought along a kids game which someone was very happy with. This swap style event can also be extended to toys (or be just for toys). The swap party brought people together, it cost nothing, encouraged us to declutter and it helped us to recycle. 
Contributed by Naomi Pionus