even if you have to buy your own shit, if you are in high school and have a job you are makin money and have virutally no expenses, so it isn't that hard to save up enough for some nice shit. I usually buy most of my shit at like tjmaxx or marshalls or ns, then occaisonally buy somethin real purty, still from here not for like retail price, but something real nice like these! at the beginning of the season I dropped $160 on my links, they're mad warm and waterproof and super comfy, dont really regret it. plus my jacket was like 35 bucks so it balances out.