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Stuck Inside? Get a Head start on Your Summer Clothing Saving Plan

Stay ahead of the game and you will be a winner. If you are stuck inside this winter due to inclement weather, make the best of it and start your summer savings plan. Many individuals wait until the last minute to buy items such as sunscreen or a bathing suit and wind up paying triple for those items. If you plan ahead, take stock, and organize your home, you will know exactly what you need and not waste a single penny on buying these items in-season.
 
Take Stock
 
If the children are outside playing football, now is your chance to get into their rooms and take a quick inventory. Start off slowly so that you will not become overwhelmed. Set a goal, for example, of getting wardrobes cleaned out for starters.
 
Make different piles of items, which you will keep, ones that you will toss, and others that you will donate. Take a good hard look at sandals and thongs to see if a quick clean up will save them or if you need to replace them. Sometimes a little bottle of shoe cleaner can clean up several pair of summer sandals. If the shoe still fits, then wear it!
 
Make a List and Check it Twice
 
Once you have taken inventory make a list, and check it twice. Just because the bathing suit you bought on sale at the end of last season is still in perfect condition, check to see if it fits properly. Children have a habit of growing at rapid speeds. Even if you bought it on sale and it does not fit, it is not a bargain if it still does not fit. Make a game out your organising and tell the children that it is fashion show time. They will be none the wiser that you are cleaning and it will give them something to do while stuck indoors. It is a win-win situation.
 
When you have tried everything on and have a clear idea of what fits, what is good for keeping, and what needs replacing, you can then go on to your next step.
 
Time to Start Surfing
 
While the children are playing, you can now begin surfing – the web that is, for all the best deals on summer wear. While everyone else is surfing the web buying winter wear because they waited until the last minute, you are well on your way to summer saving.
 
Sign up for the many coupon companies and specifically check summer items on their websites. You will begin to immediately receive percentage off coupons from many vendors. Many of those vendors are major chain stores that you would find yourself in anyhow so why not have them delivered straight to your inbox.
 
Keep your eyes open for free shipping offers as well. A major bonus of signing on with these coupon companies is that they will be more than happy to send their first time customers an extra-special coupon in order to make those customers become repeat customers.
 
With a little organization and some fashion show fun you are sure to get a head start on summer savings.

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