Tune in all week for hot Back-To-School Giveaways. I’ve got some great prizes for the kids, with a couple of special prizes to pamper mom!!! Look for a new 48-hour giveaway each morning and each afternoon, and be sure to check out all of the current giveaways for other great prizes!
This post wasn’t included in the email that went out to subscribers today, so I’m republishing it and extending the giveaway for 12 hours to make sure everyone has a chance to enter!
Walmart wants to help you stretch your back-to-school clothing budget. With basics priced at just $10 or less, you can dress your student for an entire week for under $50!
Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . I was a little skeptical too, but Walmart provided me with a $50 gift card to check it out for myself, and I’m happy to report that it’s absolutely true. I got all of the items pictured below for just $53!
Yeah, so I exceeded my budget just a tad, but my oldest boys are thrilled at the additions to their back-to-school wardrobe! We don’t have hand-me-downs since they’ve worn the same size for as long as I can remember (they’re 12 months apart), so I’m thrilled at how these savings have stretched our clothing budget.
Would you like to take the $50 Walmart Back-To-School Challenge?
Walmart wants to challenge one of my readers to dress your student for $50 or less by providing you with a $50 Walmart Gift Card.
Options for boys include:
- Starter Dazzle Shorts, $3
- Faded Glory Short-Sleeved Crew Shirt (stripes or solids), $3.50
- Faded Glory Polo Shirt (stripes or solids), $5
- Starter Screened T-Shirt, $5
- Faded Glory Jeans, $6
- Starter Breakaway Pants, $7
Options for girls include:
- Faded Glory Tank Top, $2.50
- Faded Glory Shorts, $2.50
- Faded Glory Crew Tee, $3.50
- Faded Glory Mix and Match Top, $5
- Faded Glory Mix and Match Scooter, $5
- Faded Glory Leggings, $5
- Faded Glory Fashion Scarf Top, $9
- Faded Glory Jeans, $10
- Faded Glory Cargo Pants, $10
To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment sharing your favorite back-to-school savings tip. How have you cut your back-to-school shopping budget the most this year?
Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!
Methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment. Tell me your best back-to-school savings strategy. Share your tips for saving on supplies, lunches, clothing and more!
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Prize:
$50 Walmart Gift Card
This giveaway ends at noon EST on Wednesday, August 18. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email on and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!
While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!
stacey
Thrift and re-sale stores! I buy a lot of my daughters uniforms at thrift and resale stores. You can find a lot of stuff still with tags on them! There’s a great store in California called Once Upon a Child that is a resale store that also has a great selection of clothes and gear. You can take in your old stuff for resale and they have a frequent buyers program. We do get some new stuff if I snag a coupon on oldnavyweekly.com or something like that, but I figure why buy new when at her age she’s just gonna get it all stained and ruined anyway, LOL
Whitney
I always try to buy clothes on clearance, for the next season.
Larena
I subscribe via google reader!
jessica
I STOCKPILE! Paper never goes bad, so all those 1cent deals on notebooks and filler paper that have been going around? I go every day and get my limit. I currently have reams (and reams, and reams) on hand, for a max of 35cents a week.
Larena
I like to buy clearance clothes for the next year and also use coupons whenever possible.
jessica
I’m signed up for your email digest.
Sheila Hickmon
I’m a saver! I’m always putting money away for something or another! I also like to buy things on clearance the year before for the following year. It helps out, espically with clothes.
Sheila Hickmon
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Sheila Hickmon
I subscribe via email!!
Deb
I buy a season ahead during the end of summer/winter clearence and then I hit up the consignment sales.
A. Stone
I subscribe
Deb
I subscribe!
A. Stone
I always buy for the next year when it’s on clearance! Wal-mart has some cute summer dresses for $3 for my baby for next year! Also good shirts for my son for school!
Juli
I buy things on sale throughout the summer so I’m not scrambling for clothes/shoes at the last minute and paying too much. Pls enter me for the gift card!!!
Julie
I added you to my blogroll.
Julie
i’m already subscribed via rss. i read you all the time on my google reader!
Alison Scudder
We are going to pack lunches this year. I have 4 children in school and they are in the upper grades so their lunches are at least $2 a day each. If we pack, I can get each lunch down under $1.00 each. We are also shopping for the cheap school supplies that have been advertised.
Nyla Miller
I subscribe to your RSS feed and read it everyday. Here is a tip Gymboree clothes has a 20% off coupon in several magazines right now. I used the coupon, gym bucks I recieved from previous purchases at the gymboree outlet and shopped the regular store clearence rack I got my daughter 7 mix and match outfits for $42.
Cat
I send out requests for hand me downs… People will give them to you if they know you’re interested!
Jennifer Miller
My best before school savings tip is to shop for clothes throughout the summer and look for the best deals, but I also take a lot of time to scour through racks upon racks of clothing at various stores. If there are 3 Wal-Marts equidistant to your house (like there is with mine) I check to see who might have something that the others don’t or something that may be on sale at the one but not the others. It definitely helps!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kate
Wal-mart definitely helps the savings. If something is outside of WalMart boundaries be looking throughout the summer for sales.
Linda Lansford
My best tip is to buy the shirts at walmart and go to a thrift store for pants.
Rachael J.
I always take advantage for back to school parties locally and also I like to buy sensible pants like basic colored legging so my daughter can mix and match tons of different looks with different tops. I also get a free lunch bag with the backpack purchase. Hope to win thank you
Julie
I tend to shop a lot online with free shipping and % off codes.
allyson ayala
MY KIDS ARE OLDER, BUT SCHOOL BOOKS FOR COLLEGE ARE OUTRAGOUES. I THINK I WOULD RATHER BY CLOTHES
Mary Ward
One way to save is to find a store with layaway. Some stores will even let you come in and change the regular price to the sale price if it changes while on layaway.
April
Another Mom and I went in together and bought some of our kid’s school supplies. Target had a great deal on notebooks and folders that we bought and split the pack between the two kids. We also bought some stuff at BJ’s. This works great for parents of only children.
April
I make sure each set of pants goes with two or more tops!
Diana
Awesome- a $50 gift card? That would certainly help us out a lot!
GENEVIEVE
CLEARANCE, CLEARANCE!!!!!!!!THAT IS THE WORD! ALSO SPEC IAL DISCOUNTS, SPECIAL SEASONAL OFFERS….ETC THINK , COMPARE, AND RE-THINK FOR THE ABSOLUTE NEEDS!
GENEVIEVE