These are the 6 tips I use to save money on back to school shopping:
1) Set a number of outfits that your child needs.
as I grew I respected there financial lessons.
2) Shop on your state’s tax free days.
3) Plan ahead to buy sale items.
can work to look for the next size up (if you are shopping for the kids) and grab it so that you save and have the item ready months before the back to school shopping rush even begins.
4) Spend money where it matters most-on
staples.
5)Use Cash Back and discount coupons.
Sears has a few deals running for back to school season that help us save money and earn cash back in return:
Save an extra 20% off $50 purchase.
weigh heavy on me now. In fact, I appreciate the thrifty lesson it taught me.
translates into a few less items since this probably works for the scissors, pencil box, and erasers too! Less waste, and that is a big deal these days.
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This is a great post. Many of us here on the west coast haven’t started school (some have) and this is a great tool for gearing up for the upoming year. Sharing!
Great, Rebecca! The start dates must be all over the place out here on the west coast. We are in SoCal and have started already. Glad this is still early enough that the countdown can be used.