Tip Time: Save Smart with Tanya

So this week I have my sweet and amazing friend Tanya, who I call "T" sharing with us her smart tips! She is a wonderful mother who makes life memorable with her girls. She hosts some fun, creative, and simply killer parties, and she's great about sharing ideas! The picture below is of her most recent party. She's truly talented!I know you will enjoy this one! Tanya does not have a blog, but she is my co-host over at Little Joyful Moments were we share craft ideas and more to do with your kidos, so come follow along there for more of her creative ideas. If you would like to share a tip with us please email me at jewelscprice@gmail.com. Enjoy your tip from Tanya below! 

Hi everyone- I am a stay at home mom to 2 awesome girls and living on a my husband's teachers salary for a little more than 5 years has taught me to be creative and frugal when it comes to celebrating birthdays, holidays, and anything fun with our girls. We also decorate my husbands classroom (he teaches 3rd grade) for most holidays too. I always buy decorations the week after the holiday occurs. I have enough decorations to decorate our home and my hubby's classroom for next year for under $10. If you wait 2 or 3 days almost all stores will mark down to 90% off. The picture of the stuff I've gotten this week totals less than $8. I do this for each holiday. I have a shelf full of holiday decor waiting for next year! I will also buy party supplies when they go on sale. This helps if I want to do fun things with my girls or we do goody bags at their birthday parties. Target puts their party supplies on sale quite frequently and you can get great deals on plates, tablecloths, balloons, goody bags, and goody bag fillers. I also do this with kids clothes. At the end of the season I buy next years clothes for great discounts. It's easy for me because my girls haven't skipped a size yet and they are little so it's pretty easy to follow. If you have toddlers or younger kids I highly suggest waiting till the end of a season and stocking up on the clearance racks. Every store does this. Target, Gap, Old Navy, Gymboree, etc. I'm sure some of you already do this but I am always surprised by how many people don't think to check out the great deals you can get on these things. Happy Shopping!!!
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