Too good for hand me downs

I'm letting something that shouldn't bother me, bother me so I just need to vent.

My mom told me about a comment my aunt said yesterday about how we are too good for hand me downs all because I didn't have the chance to call my cousin back.

It just irritates me so much, not only is it far from being true, but my husband and I only have the life we do now because he works his ass off for it. He has a damn good job, and we are just being smart about life. We are working hard toward our goals. It's like they are shaming something that should be making us proud?

They have made comments about how my son is always in name brand stuff, but what they fail to see is that most of it comes from Ross, tj maxx, or me simply watching sales. I've told my cousin several times how carters, old navy, osh gosh, etc always have great sales where you can get stuff cheaper than what you can at Walmart. Especially if you have rewards with them. They fail to realize that some stuff does actually come from Walmart and target.

Before my son was born we shopped at the consignment sales for kids A LOT! That's where got most stuff, some even brand new.

My cousin recently gave us shit for having our son's 2nd birthday at chuck e cheese. She made the comment of "wow that's pretty extreme for a 2nd birthday" 🙄 I flat out told her that no, we went there for a birthday and my son loved it! Plus either way I wasn't going to be hosting anything at our house because I simply hate being a hostess and having to worry about so much. At his first birthday I could barely enjoy anything because I was having to do so much.

I just can't believe the pettiness people will have towards you because what? We're succeeding in life? Like damn, I never knew doing something so good makes people hateful towards you.

** Just to be clear, I'm NOT actually too good for hand me downs. If someone offered I would take them in a split second.