We have been sharing back to school deals for the past month, but school is starting in the next few weeks so school shopping is really ramping up! We know that back to school shopping can be tough on the family budget, so we are starting 2 weeks of a Back to School Shopping on a Budget Series here at Thrifty NW Mom.
We wanted to feature a variety of ways to save on school supplies, clothing, shoes & much more! We’ll be sharing our own shopping trips to give you ideas of ways to save in the stores, as well as finding the best deals online. We also have a lot of fun giveaways planned to help ease the burden of back to school shopping for families.
Giveaway –$50 Staples Gift Card
Staples is giving 1 Thrifty NW Mom reader the chance to save on some back to school deals with a $50 Staples gift card for our giveaway! They have had some awesome back to school sales going on this month & this week is no exception, so a $50 gift card could definitely make a good dent in your school shopping lists. Composition books are just 10 cents/each, a 7 pack of Zebra ballpoint pens are free after rebate and there are a number of great deals for copy paper, photo paper & more after Easy Rebates. Make sure to check out all the back to school deals available at Staples this week.
This giveaway will end on Tuesday August 21st at 9pm pst.
The winners will be drawn using “And the Winner Is” plugin and announced on the blog. I will also email the winners. The winners will have 48 hours to contact me, otherwise a new winner will be drawn. US residents only & you must be 18 yrs or older to enter the giveaway. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook in any way.
Here’s how to enter this giveaway::
1st Entry (required entry): Tell us your favorite tip for saving money on back to school shopping
Extra Entries : (make sure these are all separate comments, with a comment for each entry)
2) Subscribe to the Thrifty NW Mom feed via a reader of your choice or email (must be verified)
Disclosure: A $50 Staples gift card will be given to a Thrifty NW Mom winner randomly chosen. No compensation was given to us. All opinions are 100% ours. See our disclosure policy for more details.
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Buy stuff on sales before school starts and buy a lot of them for the school year. So that I can have some for extra projects during the year.
I shop for my business so I buy stuff early and stock up. I also get enough if a kid comes that doesn’t have the supplies (ie. crayons, markers, pens) I just give them to them after class since we are a non profit that works with low income kids from our community.
I also get enough if a kid comes that doesn’t have the supplies (ie. crayons, markers, pens) I just give them to them after class since we are a non profit that works with low income kids from our community.
Always check to see if the store will allow teachers to buy a classroom set! Teachers love when parents donate supplies!
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To save money I definitely check out all the office supply sales and try my best to keep to the list. I also shop at thrift stores for uniforms & shoes. Thanks!
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I buy all the school supplies 1 year in advance… I wait until after the Back to School sales, and buy whatever’s leftover on clearance.
If I need an item that I don’t currently have stashed away, I buy it at the current price at Target. Then, I wait for it to go on sale, buy it again, and return the new item with the old receipt. If it doesn’t go on sale for 80 days, I repurchase & return it, and get another 90 days to wait for a sale.
I watch the sales and start early! Also, I keep a stockpile of stuff to use throughout the year and usually have some left for the next school year.
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I love to start shopping early to get the best deals.
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I try to keep to the list of school supplies but buy more than what is needed that way I have it for later in the year when they ask for more. I only buy items that are on sale. That usually means going to multiple stores but for the month before school they all seem to have these sales at different times with different items so it works well.
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i only use coupons on back to school items that are on sale
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I use coupons, and look around the house to see if I have what is needed before buying!
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I watch the BTS sales and buy what I’ll need for the year when it’s on loss leader sale.
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Shop the sales, especially the super sales at the office supply stores.
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My favorite tip is to buy when its on sale and utilize coupons at the same time.
My favorite way to save on school supplies is to really stock up when they have the great sales this time of year so that we don’t have to go out and pay full price when things get lost throughout the school year.
I subscribe via Google Reader and via email so I make sure I don’t miss anything!
I buy several items at a time and use for the following school year
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Watch for sales and price match at Walmart.
Use as many coupon as you can and always take adantage of deals and discounts
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I do a little with btw sales but do most of it at the beginning of Oct when we really needed fall items.
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Look for coupons in newspapers and online coupons too. I make sure to bring my coupons with me whenever we go out just in case I find any great deals :)
The best Back-To-School shopping tip is to shop sales while stacking coupons (when available)!
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My favorite money saving tip is start early, make a list and stick to it. And shop clearance sales :)
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I keep a close eye on the sales.With six kids I have gotten pretty good at stocking up.
My favorite tip is buying all year long and stocking up during the big before schools sale using coupons and sales.
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I try to shop all summer and take advantage of the free deals at office supply retailers.
Look @ ads, use coupons, and read ThriftyNWMom emails and alerts on facebook!!
Having three kids, five years apart, makes it easy to anticipate what you’re going to need as the kids go through grades you’ve already done with the oldest. I keep a year round supply buying things I know I’ll need & need to restock (like Crayola 24′s) and pick them up for the stash when I see really good deals. Also bought the Staples discount card this summer- that helped me wrap up year end and start with back to school.
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Buy the best deal each week and by the time school starts you paid the best price for everything.
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Currently my children’s school purchases supplies with our registration fee. But for the bigger things like backpacks I like to shop at Ross.
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Shopping at home first and checking to see if they can use anything from last year.
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