Target Clearance Alert-90% off Back to School Items

So, one of the things I love is the Target Clearance sales.   I'm not talking about 30-50% off.  I'm talking about the 90% off sales, which they have several times a year.   Most of the regular clearance never goes beyond 70% off, but Target will mark things 90% off on the following dates:

1)  Holiday/Christmas--first week of January;

2)  Valentine's Day--5-7 days after February 14th;

3)  Easter/Spring--5-7 days after Easter;

4)  Summer--mid-July;

5)  Back to School-mid-September;

6)  Halloween-5-7 days after the holiday.


So, I did get my children all types of things for their lists, but when things go 90% off, I start to buy for two reasons.   One, I buy things for me to use for my kids in the future, and I put them in a big bin downstairs, and two, to donate to other schools.  Schools in the Philadelphia area are desperate for school supplies.   If I can buy a Mead notebook for .06,  Paper-mate red pens for .09 for a pack of 10,  scissors for .30, and post-it notes for .10, I will buy a ton,  and drop them off at one of the several school collection sites nearby.    I bought $10 worth of items, saved $90, dropped them off, and felt great.


Another idea is to buy them for your nursery or preschool.  Our nursery school is church-run, so if they can save money on office supplies, that really helps.  One year I dropped off paper, scissors, tons of scotch tape....you never know what will be on clearance, which is one of the thing that makes it interesting each year.

So, if you can head over to Target, check out the Back to school sections...they are probably condensed, and picked over, but you might be able to save yourself some money!

                These were .10 each--I don't care what color they are, and I saw that 5-packs of this same size and amount are 6.79 each at Target--this is a great deal (and you never have to worry about post-it notes!!).