Back-To-School Bargain Tips

August 21, 2007 · Filed Under , · 2 Comments 

school.jpgIt was a proud day for me yesterday, I took my 5 year old to his first day of Kindergarten. He clenched my hand with all his might as we parked and walked across the parking lot to his new classroom. You could tell it was a hard morning for him and he would have been happy to run to the hills to escape his new environment. He held it together and had a great first day and met a lot of new friends. I think the hardest part for him will be getting use to going every single day where his pre-school was just 3 days a week.

My wife and I learned some new back-to school shopping tips that I want to share. I know this post may be a month late but perhaps there are still some back-to-school procrastinators out there. So here are the 3 big shopping tips we learned:

1-Make a List. If you make a list of what your children needs for back-to-school it prevents a lot of frivolous spending on things that your kids really don’t need. Also, if shopping for clothes make a note on your list of all the kids sizes. My wife and I found this to be especially crucial if you have more than one kid, (like us) as it can get kinda confusing trying to keep clothing sizes straight and what items each kid needs for school.

2- Shop Summer Clearance Sales. This tip was given to my wife by a friend who shopped at the Old Navy.com summer clearance sale for her 4 kids. She was able to score some great deals on clothes for the fall. Old Navy clearance sale in particular, often sells at close to 75% off the regular price on kids clothing. She was also able to take advantage of their $5 flat rate shipping and could shop from the convenience of her home which is almost priceless when you have 4 kids. Other retailers that offer excellent summer clearance sales include American Eagle Outfitters.com, JCPenney.com, and Children’s Place.com. Another tip that worked well was keeping an eye on circular ads and only go to that particular store when they have what you need at a sale price.

3- Use Discount Stores.This may be met with resistance if you have teenagers but they will get over it. Go to stores like Big Lots and The Dollar Store for school supplies like pens, pencils, notebooks, backpacks, and file folders. They have some major bargains on back-to-school stuff starting in early July and usually runs until September. I have noticed that they typically have better deals on school supplies than Wal-Mart and Target and a lot better than stores like Office Depot and Office Max.

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2 Responses to “Back-To-School Bargain Tips”

  1.   The 89th Edition of the Festival of Frugality by FILAM Personal Finance on August 28th, 2007 5:44 am

    [...] presents Back-to-school Shopping Tips posted at Rather Be Shopping. School is just around the corner and to all the back-to school [...]

  2. Carnival of Shopping #21 on April 3rd, 2009 2:46 pm

    [...] Kyle at Rather Be Shopping is heading back to school and giving bargain tips [...]

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