With fall and the new school year just around the corner, chances are pretty good your upcoming plans include a shopping trip or two for new clothes. Before you go shopping, take a few minutes to figure out what and how much you really need. When you do you’ll save time and money. Here’s how to do it.
- Step 1. Pull fall and winter clothing out of storage. Then, go through them and weed out anything that no longer fits in terms of size, taste and lifestyle. Try things on and have your kids do the same, so you really know what works and what doesn’t.
- Step 2. Inventory what remains using this handy wardrobe inventory printable
- Step 3. Consider how much of each type of clothing you need using the steps outlined in this post
- Step 4. Create a wardrobe shopping list using this wardrobe shopping list printable
When you follow these simple steps before shopping, you’ll save money because you’ll avoid buying clothing you don’t really need. What’s more, fewer clothes means you’ll spend less time dealing with clothing and it will be easier to keep closets and dressers organized. This all adds up to more money, more time and less stress. That sounds like the perfect way to kick of the school year and fall season, don’t you think?
Do you love back to school clothes shopping or dread it? Do you have any tips to share? I’d love to hear from you!
Happy organizing!
So thankful for school uniforms here in Australia – ALL schools wear them…so there is still some shopping but just at one place (usually at the school itself) and with little decisions to make other than what sizes are needed !!
Oh that does sound nice! 🙂
I am from Australia so I fully remember the ease of not having to think about what to wear. We live here in the US now so the whole ‘new Fall wardrobe’ thing has been fun. I really enjoy it. I love getting new outfits for the kids to start the new year in. My daughter just naturally gravitates to creating her own kind of uniform – usually pants, cute shirts and hoodies and then she accessorises differently with shoes and scarves. It works for her and I have given up suggesting dresses and skirts! This year I am giving her the allotted budget money and she has to make the buying decisions herself. She is much more frugal with her own money than mine so I think it will work well. My son is too young to do that with (he already asked if he could spend any leftover budget money on Lego – umm, that means he would buy one shirt and a whole bunch of Lego!). I still buy his because he hates shopping. Which is great because then I can still dress him how I like! Gotta take it while I can…