Comments on: School Clothes Shopping That’s Easy on Your Pocketbook

By: School Supplies – How to Get the Best Prices

School Supplies – How to Get the Best Prices — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:54:23 +0000

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By: Saving a Little Helps A Lot

Saving a Little Helps A Lot — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:20:19 +0000

[...] school slowly creeping up we start the process of careful clothes shopping. We have been watching the sales for school supplies and I think my kids are mostly [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:56:17 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I have only been to Plato’s Closet one time. We don’t have one close to us. But we might need to make a trip over to one.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:37:58 +0000

Good advice, Amy! With 3 girls, back-to-school could be expensive for us, but we tell the girls upfront the amount they have to spend, and then let them figure out how they want to allot the money (because they are old enough; this probably wouldn’t work with younger kids). The girls have discovered their money goes a lot further at resale, Goodwill, etc. then shopping the mall.

We just made our first run to Plato’s Closet (teen resale) the other day. One tip about shopping at Plato’s is to bring something in to sell. Even if they don’t take it, you will still get a 10% discount on any purchase you make at the store that day. If they do take your stuff, you’ll get $$ and a bigger discount!