Items you’ll find on clearance in August:
- Gardening supplies
- Seeds for planting (they’ll last about 2 yrs)
- Summer apparel and summer toys & outdoor furnishing start to go on sale towards months end
Things to do to Save Money
- Sign up for newsletters & emails from your favorite restaurants and businesses using a separate new email address you create just for deals & savings
- Keep coupons for dining out in your purse or wallet.
- Build up a 6 month stockpile;
- Buy enough food & toiletries when on sale at their rock bottom sale price for each person in your family so you don’t run out (when you “need” a product you’ll be wiling to pay full price – don’t let that happen)
- •Many states offer a tax free holiday for back to school shopping – check with your local Dept of taxation for your state
- •Close blinds during direct sun hours to conserve on cooling costs
- •Shop with a specific grocery list based on sales & start meal planning for a busy back to school schedule (quick meals for busy nights, easy breakfast foods etc)
FREE Things to do In August
- Museums on Us Bank of America
- Saturdays at Lakeshore FREE workshop for kids
- Pottery Barn Tuesday Story Times
- Saturdays Michaels FREE workshops (Scrap In small fee)
- Saturdays Lowes Build and Grow workshop for kids
- Wednesday Sept 18th (plan ahead there is no free night in August) FREE Entrance into the Philadelphia Franklin Institute (Science center)
- Weekends in August FREE workshops with Home Depots
- National Night Out (August 6th)
- The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) FREE shows every day at 6pm
- Kids Skate FREE
What to buy in August:
- School supplies ( on sale)
- Office supplies (on sale)
- Juice boxes & pouches, lunch items like sandwich meats, lunch snacks, cereals bars, pudding cups, granola bars, fruit snacks, canned fruit, sandwich cheese slices
- Breakfast foods like cereals, oatmeal etc
- Tissues, disinfectants, hand sanitizers, sanitizing wipes
- Ice cream, popsicles
Fruits and Veggies in Season in August
- watermelon, plums
- strawberries, kiwi, plum
- blueberries, apricots
- raspberries, radish
- cantaloupe, apples
- asparagus, avocados
- basil, beets, cabbage
- carrots, peppers, okra
- lemons, grapefruits
- oranges, collards, pears
- grapes, kale, onion
- nectarines, passion fruit
- peaches, potatoes
- cucumbers, tomatoes squash
- corn, beans eggplant, lettuce, figs
Thanks Family Frugal Fun
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