What to buy in January
January 1, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Monthly Savings
I hope everyone had a safe and calm New Year’s Eve. Now it’s time to think about saving money in the upcoming year; starting of course, with January…
Winter textile and fashion goods – think items like winter coats, sweaters, electric blankets, and long johns. Not that I think you’re all rushing out to buy long johns, but you get the idea. End of winter goods are going on sale right now to pave the way for spring fashion and textiles.
Furniture – Most of the big time money research guides note that January is the best time ever to purchase furniture. Post-winter holiday season is the slowest furniture buying time, so stores, especially small chains and local furniture stores are likely to offer discounts and even haggle with you.
Christmas clearance – Holiday clearance in stores used to be a good deal in January, but I think over the years, item supply has gone faster and faster. Here, we were totally snowed in for the week before, and a couple of days after Christmas. Almost no one could get to the shops. In fact, I hadn’t even finished getting stocking stuffers for my son. When I got out finally (three days after X-mas) the stores were really void of excess holiday clearance. The news isn’t all bad though. Online shops do have great clearance sales. Since they don’t need to clear their shelves (virtual items take up no space) they tend to have good deals for a while on holiday wrap, ornaments, candles, and so on.
Consumer Reports notes that the following are great January buys:
Got any January saving tips to share?
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