Tis the season to stock up!

Ah yes, the back to school sales, the time for all us thrifty shoppers to stock up on supplies.

We all pick up the school supplies we need for a while, but might I add a couple small items for you to be watching for? Items I have picked up and stashed away?

Cold and Flu Season Supplies

- Gatorade is the best price it will be during the summer, and doctors recommend it for flus. When I was outragously sick with the worst stomach flu I have ever had, my doctor recommended half Gatorade, half water. Miss Pear's pediatrician recommended this same combination when she had a violent virus and refused the pedialite (but who could blame her!)

- Headache remedies - I just picked up Motrin at CVS with extra bucks and coupons to roll more extra bucks, and will be picking up Tylenol too. While these will go on sale during cold and flu season, I prefer to not have to run to the store and take my chances when were are sick! (By the way, if you are not doing ECB's at CVS and would like to, this week is a great time to start, or start again!)

- I am keeping my eye out for other stuff too as I am certain there will be more sales, but these are the two I know that I have to scoop up!

Christmas Shopping

Yup, you read that right, as part of my Fall stock up, I am doing Christmas shopping. If you have little ones on your list, this is the time to pick up crayons, pencil crayons and markers for Christmas gifts, and paper! I have the start of the gift for our goddaughter and her sister started, each will get a 64 box of Crayolas with sharpener and 4 Disney Princess crayons which cost me $2.50 total for each girl so far. I will add a picture book for the youngest, and a couple chapter books for the oldest, and will come in at about $15 each.

With the college sales happening I have picked up sheets for Christmas presents to! 450 thread count top sheet, fitted sheet and 4 pillow cases for $40 at Target a couple weeks ago. I know, I should have mentioned this then! But the point is, if you have people on your lists who would like linens or house items, now is the time to shop for them!

Bible Study Supplies

Okay, this one may sound weird. But we are often so focused on getting school supplies that we forget about our own needs! If you like to take notes while you study (which I highly recommend), now is the time to pick up note books, pens and pencils!

If you will be joining us in one of the wonderful Bible studies available in the fall (we love BSF as it is excellent, and for the whole family) think about what you need and pick it up too!

Clothes

There are some excellent deals to be had on clothing right now! We were at a local outlet mall this past weekend, and the sales were phenominal! We picked up a BabyGap long sleeved, just out in all the stores, dinosaur long sleeved shirt for our nephew for $5 (for Christmas) and some stuff for Miss Pear too!


Happy Shopping - as long as it is on sale :-)

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