The Good Life For Less: Back To School Deals Already?
The "holiday" of the fall -- back-to-school time -- is already invading our stores and newspaper ads.
It seems like every year Christmas sales are the ones that start earliest, but I'm seeing school sales creep into the mid-summer months earlier and earlier each year.
Turns out it's not just me who's noticing it, consumers are too. But, that doesn't mean their biting ... yet.
If you've just got to have a nibble of some of those early door-buster sales, I won't leave you hanging.
But take this advice before you shop: check to see what you've got first. Do you really need to buy all those pencils, pens and notebooks or do you have some stashed away from last year?
Staples
Click here to find a location near you and see ad pricing.
And you can save and extra $5 when you spend $25 with this coupon.
Sale Highlights
•Free - 5 Pack Bic highlighters (after $4 rebate)
•$0.25 - 2 pack of Bic white-out; 2-pack Sharpie markers
•$0.50 - Staples 1-hole punch, duel pencil sharpener, translucent pencil box
OfficeMax
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Sale Highlights
•$24.99 gets you a box worth of $50 in school supplies all pre-packaged. It includes most everything you need to get ready to hit the books.
Target
Click here to find a location near you and see ad pricing.
Right now their store is very college-centered online (since start date for most colleges are earlier than elementary and high schools.) But you can bet there best deals will come later in the season.
Sale Highlights
•$0.50 - Sterilite pencil box
•$0.99 - Mead notebooks, folders; Crayola colored pencils (12-pack); USA Gold pencils (12-pack)
Walmart
Click here to find a location near you and see ad pricing.
Since this is another big department store, most really great sales will likely happen (or continue) closer to school time.
Sale Highlights
•$0.40 - Elmer's school glue; Crayola 24ct. crayons; Composition notebook
•$9.00 - Eastsport backpacks
Know of any other deals, share them with other 'Good Lifers' in the comment section. You can also read more money-saving blog posts here and text WCCODEALS to 84816 for a 'deals of the week' reminder.
