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Facebook got me started on Back to School Shopping

July 20th, 2010 at 03:32 pm

The day after my rummage sale a friend posted on facebook that they were going through their daughters closets and about 85% of the clothing was too small.

They were talking about starting School shopping. This year they have two children in school and so she has started school shopping for things like shoes, lunch boxes, and backpacks.

Well this got me thinking. DS is with his father until Thursday so I went to Wal-Mart and while there I started School shopping for his clothes. I had purchased over the summer four pairs of pants that where on clearnace for $7. Those pants are now back in the department for $12; so I saved $5 each by picking them up this summer. I also have the last two pairs of pants that I picked up a few years ago at BIG LOTS when they had a deal on jeans for $5. I had one pair of Nearly New jeans that I purchased off of EBAY for $5.50. This is seven pairs of jeans.

Now I live in the Upper Midwest so my son wears Jeans year round. With my Work schedule I like to be able to have at a miniumum 10 pairs of jeans so that on the weekends that I work I dont have to worry about washing his jeans I can do it Monday. So I purchased two pairs of Jeans for $8 each and two pairs that were $10 each. He has to have adjustable waist pants so finding deals on jeans is getting more and more difficult as his size gets larger but the price I got was good since He moved into the larger size Boy Jeans that cost more.

Those last 4 pairs brings his Jeans Total to 11 and he is set for school. I purchased him 6 new short sleeve t shirts, six were $7 each and one was $5. I think he will like them but before I take any tags off he will give me the yes no vote. I will not buy anymore short sleeve T shirts for him, he has a few Newer Ts from this summer that he can wear this fall.
Because when school starts the weather will be hot he will have about two weeks of shorts and short sleeve tops. I found a pair of shorts on clearance that are put away and he had another pair similiar that are newer. I purchased him three or four short sets for summer and they are in very good nearly new condition that he can wear for the first two weeks.

I will need to buy him some long sleeve shirts for school but that will need to wait for about two weeks when the fall clothing hits the stores.

I purchased him two packs of New Socks....I have a thing for new socks. I purchased his backpack and lunchbox last fall on clearance from CVS. I have tons of School supplies thanks to CVS and School sales from last year.

So I believe the only things I have left to buy are:
8 Long Sleeve Shirts
1 Pair of Shoes
** The special request classroom supplies that vary by teacher and by grade etc.***

3 Responses to “Facebook got me started on Back to School Shopping”

  1. north georgia gal Says:
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    Good for you!! I wish I had alrady started!

  2. boomeyers Says:
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    Probably saved you LOTS of money by going by yourself! I know when my kids go to the store with me, I end up spending way more than I needed to!!

  3. LittleMsMom Says:
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    Sadly he does get a little something ($5-$10 price range) Everytime we go to the store plus whatever he convinces me WE need, so Yes shopping without him probubly saved a ton of money.

    I also bought his one birthday present. It is a $15 set of like 5 puzzles. I have a few other things I would like to buy him for his birthday and would like to do it while he is not around BUT if I have to buy him a new computer then that will be his gift.

    My XH is going to see if he can fix it, I also have a friend that is the IT guy for a Hospital about 100 miles away and he offered to fix it also. I just think that it is going to be a bunch of little things that when all is done will cost more than getting a new one with warrenty.

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