Sales Tax Holiday?

[Charles]

I don't worry about sales tax....I shop (really) at G and W Clothiers and House of SA Clothiers

Goodwill Industries International - Shop

The Salvation Army: Thrift Stores

Seriously, you want to make your kids happy and teach them about money? Give them $5 and let them run around one of these thrift shops and let them buy anything they want. It's a novel birthday party idea too.

[ionlife]

K-I did the whole shopping thing by default today--seriously--did I save money? Not sure. But I do believe that I've worked toward singlehandedly saving the economy during this move LOL--BTW--that whole GW/SA thing works well till the girls get older. They'll babysit--they'll go where they want--they will -- and it will be okay as long as they know about saving, planning and more--

A little designer is okay too--

[zenjenn]

I saved $10 dance shoes/apparel for my two girls. Yes, tap and ballet shoes and leotards are covered! If I had purchased all my school supplies this weekend I could have probably saved another $10. (Though I don't regret buying those supplies earlier - we have a teacher-meet-and-greet today to drop off supplies, and I wouldn't have enjoyed running around last minute with the crowds worrying that I wouldn't be able to find everything on the list.

[ionlife]

Originally Posted by zenjenn

I saved $10 dance shoes/apparel for my two girls. Yes, tap and ballet shoes and leotards are covered! If I had purchased all my school supplies this weekend I could have probably saved another $10. (Though I don't regret buying those supplies earlier - we have a teacher-meet-and-greet today to drop off supplies, and I wouldn't have enjoyed running around last minute with the crowds worrying that I wouldn't be able to find everything on the list.

Time is money--we don't get our supply list till Wed.--welcome to HS! I'll be in those lines AGAIN with a bunch of other moms/dads/guardians fighting for what's left of the supplies.

I was wondering--where did you get the leotards/shoes? My daughter needs new everything (yikes! talk about a money drain) due to her feet growing again. Her dance studio will have fittings on the 13th but might want to compare prices beforehand.

Thx ZennJenn

[vakinderegg]

We bought our ballet shoes/tap/ leotard/and tights at Blooms. 820 Regal Drive Huntsville 256-533-2623. They have a combo pack for tap/ ballet/ tights/ and leotard for 49.95. Not sure how much I saved.Maybe $25.00 with this package. The salesgals were great. They were very patient with my 4 year old. They seemed to have a big selection and know what I should get for my 4 year old. Our daughter's ballet school gave us their information.

I forgot about no sales tax days. On Friday I went to the Park Place mall, I think that is the name, at 10:00. I got a front spot. went straight to Stride Rite. The sales gal helped us right away. within minutes there was a long waiting list to be seen by a sales gals. The store was packed by 10:30. I probably save $8 dollars in sales tax. I guess I was one step ahead of the rush. Were the stores overly crowded this entire weekend? Friday morning I did see lots of kids with moms at the mall. By 11:30 the parking lot was packed.

[bbfan]

I went out also, only bought stuff that was at least 50% off. JCPenney had a Doorbuster sale so I got fall clothes 50% off, plus an additional 10% before 1PM and then no sales tax. I was pleasantly surprised when all of the books I got for myself at Books A Million were tax free, plus 10% off. I thought it would apply to text books, notebooks, etc...but it was all of them.

[ionlife]

I'll check out that store--thanks Valkinderegg!

[zenjenn]

Yup, Bloom is where we shop too. It's always a real treat for my girls to go there.