less you spend on clothes for you and your family, the more money you have to save or use for bills! Buying clothing doesn't have to be expensive if you're smart about how you're doing it. Here are several ways to save money on clothing purchases for you and your family:
1. Host a Clothing Swap: Get a group of friends together and have everyone bring clothes that they don't need or want anymore and let your friends (and you choose) from the clothes. There's a great tutorial located here.
2. Sign-up for Stores' Email: Some stores send out credit or high value coupons through their email. I would suggest signing up for your favorite stores' email program. Be sure also to list your birthday, if the company asks for it. For example, over J. Crew Factory sent me a $10 off coupon to use for my half-birthday, I was able to use it and get a cardigan sweater for under $3. That's pretty cheap!
3. Sign-up for Stores' Reward Programs: I am signed up for a couple of stores' reward programs with stores I like. They will often send high-value coupons for birthdays, and you never know when your purchases will accumulate enough to earn you rewards that you can in turn use to purchase clothing. Reward programs will often send "rewards" or coupons out for your birthdays too.
4. Sell/Get Credit for Clothes at Consignment Store: I've gone to consignment stores in the past year and sold excess clothes that my kids didn't wear or outgrew. The store credit can then be used to purchase clothing for your kids in the next size! My favorite online one to use is Thredup. It makes selling adult clothes easy. For kids clothes, I use the local stores.
5. Shop Yard Sales: Yard sales are a great way to get cheap clothing!
6. Shop in the Off Season: Shop for what your kids need for the next year at the end of a season. Stores will sell off end of the season items for a discounted rate and it's best to get it at the end of the season rather than at the beginning and prices are high.
7. Shop Used: Shop at consignment and resell stores for clothing. This option is better for the environment and creating less waste. Just be careful. Just because an item is sell used doesn't mean it's being sold at a lesser cost than what you can find a discount on a clearance rack. Shop around and figure out what price points you're willing to spend.
8. Use Promo Codes and Online Cash Back Programs: When shopping online, I use promo codes and online cash back programs to help me save. My favorite online cash back programs are Ibotta and Rakuten. I get a percentage or coupons back from my purchases and those savings accumulate.
9. Know Price Points: I've heard from friends and family that discount superstores are the cheapest for clothing and malls are expensive, but that's not necessarily the case. I've gotten jeans for $15 from JcPenney on sale that beats out the $30 jeans at a discount superstore. It's really important that you establish price points and watch sales when you need to add something to your closet. Have a limit for what you're willing to spend on a t-shirt, jeans, pants, etc.
10. Buy What You Wear and Not What Sits in Your Closet: No matter how cheap something is or how good of a deal something is, it's a waste of money if it's not something that you will actually wear often and use. Buy what you will wear over and over again. You have to know your personality and understand what you like and your family likes. My son loves zip up hoodies, buying him windbreakers or light jackets is a waste of money even if it's less than a dollar because he won't wear them. Great deals doesn't necessarily mean that it's worth the money if it's not something you would use.
11. Buy Gift Cards: If you know you're going to spend money at a certain clothing store over the course of the year, buy gift cards during the holiday season when they're discounted or buy it at your local grocery store where you can accumulate perks for groceries or gas rewards. Every little bit helps.
12. Only Shop When You Know You're Going to Need Something: If you have enough clothes in your closet and you don't need anything for a certain season, then don't shop. You don't need to shop for new clothes if you don't need it. Buy what you need, and not what you want.
What are some of your tips?
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