Summer Closeouts

With new lines of fall and "back to school" clothing due to hit the shelves in a couple weeks, many stores will be marking down their summer apparel in an attempt to make room for the new goods. Take full advantage of these markdowns, and use them to stock up for next year!

It's a pretty reasonable rule of thumb to assume that your kids are going to be at the next size up for the following year. So, if your child is in a 4T right now, I would gather together size 5T's for next summer.

Here's an example of how I made out last week on some of those "Summer Closeouts" at Kohls.com (just to name a few samples):

• JumpingBeans CottonShorts: Original($12.00); MY COST ($3.24)
• JumpingBeans CargoShorts: Original($12.00); MY COST ($2.16)
• JumpingBeans Tees: Original($12.00); MY COST($2.16)
• UrbanPipeline Polos: Original($20.00); MY COST ($5.10)
• MUDD Jeans Co. Tee: Original($22.00); MY COST ($3.74)

I did purchase multiples of these items whenever a different color option was offered. Some of the tops will be worn this fall for back-to-school, and some are the next size up so that the kids can wear them next summer. ALL of these items were found in the "Clearance" section!

In addition to the markdowns, I put in a coupon code (sorry, didn't write it down!) which discounted my shopping cart by an additional 15% -- this discount is reflected in "MY COST" above.

TOTAL SAVINGS: 82%!!

And of course, through the Bank of America Add-it-Up program I received an additional 4% cash back from this transaction!

Tomorrow morning the Sunday ads come out, and I'm sure a few more stores will be starting their summer blow-out sales! Check the circulars, and rummage through those clearance sections!