Saving Money at the End of the Season
The end of the summer is approaching and that means all the left over summer clothes will go on clearance. When that happens, it’s the perfect time to make purchases for next summer. Children grow so fast and there is no point in spending a large amount of money on clothes that they’ll only wear for a few short months and then outgrow.
You’ll need to be careful about the sizes you buy because it would be a waste of money to buy ones that won’t fit. That’s hard to do because you just never know how much they’ll grow from year to year, but a good rule of thumb is one to two sizes larger than what they are currently wearing; course if your children grow faster than that, you’ll need to purchase larger sizes than that.
The other thing you need to remember is there is no point in spending this money if you’re going to forget where you store them or if you forget you have them. It’s best to store them in a place where you’ll remember and then add a reminder to your calendar or cell phone. You’ll want to put this reminder in around April or May so you have time to get them out and give them to your child to wear when the warmer weather hits.
Living frugally is important for many reasons. It doesn’t matter if you must save money so you can continue to be a work at home mom or if you’re saving money so you can take a vacation, living frugally is the way to go. When you buy clothes on clearance you’ll save money and have what you need when you need it.
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