Quoted from powerslave

Incredible that we talk about school furniture from Zellers, Walmart, ... for our kids and we buy for us toys around 1,000 to $4,000!!

On that note, it really makes no sense in paying ridiculous prices for  something that our kids will wear out (cloths) or lose (pencils and stuff) within the next few months.

Quoted from ALJO

I guess I'm lucky, My kids love Croteau, they even beg me to bring them there, yes, Croteau still exists here in Quebec city. But I must say that the clothes there is not at all what it was when I was a kid, my wife use to call it "Croteau guenille", but they improved a lot on the clothes they sell now a days.

We find that waiting for the specials at  the Gap and other like places give you far better value. We stopped  going to l'aubainerie over 3 years ago. While it may look decent it just does not hold up to my son's abuse and it just seems to fall apart for no real reason. I find paying a little more (not a lot more) makes a big difference and like Sparky I was subjected to the Croteau shame not to mention hand me downs.

But if your still liking l'aubainerie then you should know there are outlets as well. There is one here in Saint Therese.