Save Money: How I saved $216 at Macy’s

June 30, 2009 by Vikki C
Filed under: Budgeting 

For the past two years, I have been doing the bulk of my summer shopping for the children, especially the older boys, at Macy’s. When my boys were babies and toddlers, I would shop at Once Upon A Child, a thrift store for children’s items only. I love this store and cannot say enough good things about them. But anyone who has boys knows that they are rough on their clothes, therefore, I could no longer find good, quality clothes and had to explore other options.

I used to shop Old Navy until they put a Macy’s up the street from me and I discovered how much I could save when they have a BIG sale. But, of course, that is not enough, I also have to utilize coupons. So I patiently waited for Macy’s One Day Sale AND they had a $10 off coupon for every $25 spend; I printed out six coupons!!! The catch was the coupon did not apply to all items and the sale and the coupon ended at 1pm. But that was OK, because I knew that the only way I could buy good clothes within my budget was to wait for a sale and use coupons (rules everyone, especially frugal shoppers, must follow).

I packed up the twins and the boys, because my husband had to work that day, and got to the store at 10am. I did not even feed the twins at home; I had my oldest son feed them when we got to the store.

I loaded up the cart with clearance items and sale items for my oldest boys, tried them on and headed for the register. Because I knew it was going to take some time at the register, I let several people go ahead of me in line. Finally, it was my turn at the register; the cashier was very patient with me in dividing up the clothes into the items that could be used with the $10 off coupon and those that could not be used with the coupon. Thirty minutes later, I had 3 transactions that totaled $250 and I purchased 29 items, which came to $8.62 per item. My receipts indicated that I saved $216…AMAZING!!!

But as my friend at www.frugalchick.net stated, it does not stop there. She has the same plan as I do to sell the clothes when they become too small. Since I am done having children and no longer have to save clothes for the next baby, I can start selling the twins clothes.  Now, I separate their clothes into what I will sell and what I will give away. I usually don’t get that much money, about $20 for clothes only. But, every penny counts, right?

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    2. Awesome savings! $216 is no chump change. Thanks for the mention.

  2. Kim J. Fleet on Fri, 14th Aug 2009 10:17

    3. Worked great. You have to use your Macy’s card and put the code in the promo section at the very end of the checkout process right when you select your Macy’s card as the form of payment.

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