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Your Back to School Savings Strategy

The average parent spends $600 to get just one child ready for school in the fall. You can greatly reduce this cost if you follow our step-by-step back to school savings strategy. 1. Make a list Most schools post their school supply lists online to make it easy for parents to shop ahead. If yours doesn’t contact other parents to get an idea of what your child will need to bring to school in terms of pencils, notebooks, crayons, etc. Do the same with clothing. How many shirts, dresses, pants, socks, shoes and other clothing items will your child need … Continue reading →

3 Ways to Save Money on Best Sellers

Want to read the latest best seller or the book series that everyone is talking about but don’t want to actually pay the ridiculous cover prices on books? Here are three ways that you can still enjoy the latest books and still save money. Have a Personal Book Exchange Thanks to a friend of mine, I am now enjoying several books in a popular series. She lends me three or four of the books at a time. She is also welcome to borrow books from my personal collection as well. When borrowing books from a friend, especially well-loved books, it … Continue reading →

Free After School Games

Your kids can have fun after school or on the weekends without the expense of organized activities. In fact these games will nurture creativity and build social skills. Use toys and objects that you already have, so you won’t have any additional expense. The best part is that these driveway games can be changed and adapted according to the number of kids available and their ages, as well as the time that you have available. While the weather is still nice, I find that homework goes much easier if the kids get a chance to run off some energy before … Continue reading →

Organizing the Kids Clothes to Save

When the drawers won’t close in the kids rooms, then I know that the clothes have gotten out of hand. I try hard to keep their clothes organized and to a minimum as much as possible, because in the long run, it really does save money. It is just during this transition time in between seasons, when the mornings are cool and the days are warm that the drawers and closets get disorganized. The changing season and back to school wreck havoc. Between needing new things that fit the size and the weather, and the busyness that comes before settling … Continue reading →

Four Ways to Save Money on Children’s Clothing

According to cost of living tables, a family can spend anywhere between $50 and $90 per month per child to cloth him or her. I don’t think my family spends much more than that per year, or at least we try not to. The numbers go up from there for teens and adults. The one exception may be shoes, since the kids tend to go through several pairs in a year, and although I can get the cost of shoes down quite a bit, they have less pricing wiggle room than do other types of clothing. Outlet Pricing Yesterday we … Continue reading →

School Shopping On a Budget

It’s back to school time for most of us. I remember how worried I was that first year I was divorced. Where was the money going to come from for school clothes? There seemed to be so many expenses. I was fortunate that first summer, my niece and nephew were old enough to stay home alone and Hailey stayed with them so I didn’t have to pay for daycare, when school started it was a different story. There were so many things to worry about, Hailey was going to be a latch key kid for the first time, she would … Continue reading →

Does Your Child Need a New Backpack Each Year?

Well, we have pretty much gotten all of our back to school shopping done for this upcoming school year, with the exception of one spiral sketch book, which seems to be an endangered species in my part of Pennsylvania. My oldest is entering sixth grade, which in my school district is middle school (junior high). With this transition comes another one I wasn’t ready for–lots and lots of supplies. This list pretty much takes up an entire page, and even with careful shopping, it cost quite a bit. One of the big items we purchased was a new backpack. Unlike … Continue reading →

Road Trip? How to Save Money on Gasoline

Getting there may be half the fun, but it is probably also half the cost. Gas prices these days make up a big chunk of the vacation budget when you plan a road trip. Here are some ways that you can save money on gasoline and stretch your dollars. Get Your Car in Shape A well-running car can save you money because it tends to use less gas to go the same milages as a car that is not optimized. Some areas to check on your car include oil level, proper tire inflation, working spark plugs and good quality tires … Continue reading →

Back to School Deals – Week of August 18, 2011

As we get closer to the start of a brand new school year, you might find your bank account singing the “Back to School Blues”. Between the mountain of school supplies and the necessary new school clothes, things can quickly get expensive. Here are some deals that could save you from going completely broke this school year. Expo Markers has a $2.00 coupon for any 2 packs of Expo Markers. You have to click “like” on their Facebook page in order to get access to the coupon. Expo Markers are the ones that are designed to be used on dry … Continue reading →

School Pictures

Sometimes it seems like my child’s school is a money pit. From school clothes and supplies to pictures and field trips, there is always something that will dent your budget. I am always looking for ways to stretch my dollar just a little bit farther, living on one income can mean lots of sacrifices but you don’t have to sacrifice everything, you just have to get a little creative. Take school pictures, those packages are such a waste of money. You always wind up with more pictures than you need in sizes you don’t want, and to make matters worse, … Continue reading →