August Money Saving Guide

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