Seasonal Saving: A Shopping Trick We Love

Reading shopping blog Consumerist, I found my head nodding in agreement as I scanned their list of "10 Shopping Tricks That Stores Hate". Number 9 is a strategy near and dear to the hearts of all OrganizedChristmas.com members:

Buying Seasonal Items at Clearance Prices (For Next Year): Seasonal items are a big deal for retailers and once the holiday is gone they need to make room for the next one. Their haste makes waste and you can take advantage of it. Buy now for next year. Another good idea is to buy "seasonal" candy after the season is over. So what if your M&Ms are brown and orange or red and green. Still tastes like awesome.

Why They Hate It: Stores want you to buy their seasonal crap at full price, when its most profitable, not during clearance when they sell it at cost or below."

Now, all they need is a Christmas notebook to remind them of the seasonal stash next fall, and the Consumerist kids'll be honorary OH Elves! (Catch the full article here.)