I used to buy my kids’ clothes a year in advance, on clearance. Then they both hit huge growth spurts and started skipping sizes. So this year I found myself needing to buy winter clothing for both kids…right before winter.
I wasn’t too hopeful that I’d find a great deal, but I did. For my son, I hit The Children’s Place Online. Looking in the clearance section, I was able to buy 7 shirts, 4 pairs of pants, and a nice, heavy hoodie for $82. Then I applied a $20 off $80 code. Add $5 for shipping, and I spent $67. In addition, I shopped through Ebates, so I’ll receive 3% back.
But could I find that kind of deal for my daughter, since she’s right between children’s and junior sizes?
I logged into Swagbucks, and realized I had enough for a $100 JCPenney gift card. So I redeemed my bucks for a giftcard. As soon as the gift card hit my account, I hit the sale section at JCPenney, logging in through Ebates. I was able to buy 4 shirts, 2 pairs of jeans, and a hoodie for $111 shipped. But then I used a coupon to take $15 off, to bring the total down to $96. So I paid nothing out of pocket, and I’m getting 3% back from Ebates. Not bad, huh?
If you’ve never used Ebates or Swagbucks, make sure you sign up! It’s definitely worth it!
News of Note
Next week I’m going to be writing more about budgeting, and I have a fantastic giveaway to go with the theme! So be watching for that.
And I don’t usually beg for votes, but the daughter of some very good friends of mine is entered in a Halloween costume contest. She’s doing very well, but there’s some stiff competition. If you could vote for her, I would appreciate it! You can vote 3 times, and voting ends today! Let’s help the princess win!
The Roundup
If you’re looking for more great reading, make sure you check out these articles:
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- Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Christmas – Investing Made Simple Book – Four Pillars
- 10 Simple Steps to Buying a Car or Truck on Ebay – The Dough Roller
- The Great Big List of 75 Budgeting Tools, Finance Softwares, and iPhone Money Apps – Bible Money Matters
- How I Paid off $15,000 in 9 Months by Selling my “Stuff” on eBay – Man vs. Debt
Have a great weekend!
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Sounds like you got some great deals! My children are younger and for me the trick has been a huge consignment sale that they have twice a year here. I sell of clothes that my children have outgrown making some money and then more importantly buying clothes are reduced prices for my children. It is a win-win. I have done some “splurging” this year – meaning I bought clothes new – through similar types of things to what you mentioned. There are deals to be had out there. My daughter is 4 and most of the time will only wear a dress, which has limited my choices, but if you look you can usually find great deals. It can be SO hard though to resist those super cute clothes (or at least until I see the price tag at full price).
That’s fantastic! Thanks for the tip.
This tip rocks! I only hope I can get my wife doing some stuff like this. Keep it coming girl!
Thanks so much for the mention – have a great weekend!
Have you tried Justice for you dd? They have 40% off now, that makes it a pretty good deal. I find I need for my dd to try things on though, as sizes can be all over the place.
Fab deal! I recently posted about some dumb luck I ran into when I was taking advantage of a sale — I kept getting $25 off of one item on each of my four transactions, instead of just the one time. So I got a couple of items I couldn’t otherwise have afforded to replace and I got a Christmas gift for my mom (normally $32) for $6.30 and I’ll get $.063 cents back from Ebates.
Like you, I love Swagbucks! I’m getting Tim his $200 PSP bundle this year through Swagbucks. 45 SB per $5 Amazon gift card adds up quite quickly. (And for Target lovers, you can get Target gift cards through Amazon cheaper than using Swagbucks to get the GCs directly.)
Glad to see you made such a great deal — even made money by my count — on your Swagbucks/JC Penney deal.
I stumbled upon your blog this morning, and am glad that I did. I just signed up with SwagBucks too! I’ve been forgetting to actually use it, but I have accumulated 30-something Swagbucks so far. Thank you for the reminder!