by Stacy Mannion on March 13, 2009
As my launch week approaches I wanted to share with you some of the topics that you can expect to read on this blog:
Blog News-General Updates and News
Community-Parent Profiles highlighting interesting parents
Eating Well-Tips for creating healthy meals
Education & Safety-Ideas to enhance learning and keep your child safe
Family-A variety of issues that affect the family
Freebies-Periodic Giveaways
Get Organized-Creative ideas to get organized
Home is Where the Heart Is-Tips for making your house a home
Money Matters-Budgeting and ways to save money
Parenting-From discipline to Bedtiime routines, parenting tips to keep you sane.
Reviews-Books, Music, Movies and More, I will review something new weekly
Self Care-Tips for taking better care of yourself, so you can take care of your family
by Stacy Mannion on March 8, 2009
The economic crunch should not mean huge sacrifices in clothing and fashion. Take today’s example for instance. I wondered into the Payless Shoe Source in the mall last night looking for a pair of cute and comfortable shoes I could wear to a trade show I will be attending this weekend. I wanted something something close toed and black and I wanted to showcase my hand knit socks as well. Enter these cute Mary Janes. They were priced on sale at $19.99, regular price was $24.99. They had size 7 but they were a little loose on me so I asked the if they had a 6 1/2. The nice sales clerk checked inventory and found that while they didn’t have my size on site, they did have it at another local store. She called the other store and put them on hold for me and gave me a coupon for $3.00 off these shoes. I went in today and they fit perfectly! Yay, it is a good shoe day.
I had Sean with me and it just so happened that he was in dire need of a new pair of shoes himself. After measuring his ever growing feet, I found a nice looking canvas tennis shoe with velcro tabs by Airwalk. They were priced at $17.99.
Those that are doing the math in their heads have come up with an approximate subtotal of $35.00 ($19.99 + $17.99 - $3.00). That isn’t unreasonable for two pair of shoes at any stretch. But right now Payless is doing their BOGO promotion, where you buy 1 pair and get the second pair at 1/2 off. This made the Airwalks a whopping $8.99! Let’s redo the math. $19.99 + $17.99 $8.99 - $3.00 = $25.98 (before taxes). Not bad for 2 pair of shoes.
Saving money on simple things isn’t hard. Retailers are anxious to make sales in these troubling times and sales like these happen frequently. The key thing is to look around a little for the deals by reading weekly sales flyers and selectively listening to tv and radio advertisements, paying attention only to sales by businesses you regularly shop. For more information on the BOGO promotion, go to Payless ShoeSource Website. The promotion ends 3/02/2009 has ended.
