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10 Things to Buy in January
Remember: Strategic Shopping means there’s a time and a season to buy everything. Buying at the wrong time could literally cost you hundreds of dollars.
Candy will be the cheapest right after holidays, like Easter, Halloween, and Christmas. American flags get marked at rock-bottom prices just after the Fourth of July. Many other items have a specific rock-bottom price time period.
Here are a few things you should watch for in the month of January. Shop with the goal of filling up your pantry and gift closet.
I have put together a list of ten things you should be buying in the month of January.
#1 - All Things Christmas
I know! I can hear you cringe from here!
Not many people want to even hear the word Christmas, let alone start shopping for it.
Before you quickly X out of this page, hear me out.
Remember how chaotic Christmas was last month?
Remember how you swore up and down that next year wasn’t going to be that way?
But, remember how that is the exact same conversation that you have with yourself every single Christmas???
Now is the time!
Decide right now that Christmas 2022 is going to be different.
Choose to apply Strategic Shopping to your 2022 New Year!
Every store is ready to purge all of their Christmas stuff.
Stores that are anxious to purge are the very ones who offer all of those lovely, rock-bottom prices.
Watch for the many, many Christmas clearance deals that we will see throughout the month of January.
If it has a Christmas theme, or even just a red or green package, then you will most likely find it in the Christmas clearance section.
One year, I saw a meme on FB showing red, green, and silver Hershey Kisses. It suggested saving the red and silver ones for Valentine’s Day, and the green ones for St. Patrick’s Day.
What a brilliant idea!
I have seen Christmas cups, decorations, candy, wrapping paper, bows, ribbons, and more marked down at 50% off starting the day after Christmas.
Dates vary, but we typically start to see stores go from 50% off to 70% off in December and early January.
We should see 80 to 90% off by the middle of January.
I like to have my Christmas list all made out and ready to go.
It is usually pretty easy to make a Christmas list of things I would like to give my friends and family since the holiday time is so fresh in my mind in January.
I keep a running list of the things I typically buy for my family at Christmas anyway.
Then, I just try and get those things at rock-bottom prices.
For example, I always buy my crew Christmas cups. With 12 kids, their spouses, and lots of awesome grandchildren, that’s a lot of cups!
Even buying them at regular price at the Dollar Tree can quickly add up to a small fortune!
That is why I have always kept my eye out for Christmas cups on the clearance racks every January.
I could already find them at half price on December 26th.
As you can imagine, my favorite price is 90% off!
Don’t forget to stock up on wrapping paper while it is at its rock-bottom prices too!
Years ago, I took an old jean dress, sewed up the bottom, and hung it in my closet to store a bunch of wrapping paper.
It worked perfectly to keep the wrapping paper in good shape and out of the way throughout the year.
Christmas with Strategic Shopping the Twelve Months of Christmas
Christmas with Strategic Shopping the Twelve Months of Christmas is my month-by-month guide on exactly what to buy in order to score the absolute best deals!
Written by a mother of twelve who learned how to be frugal out of sheer necessity.
As a bonus, each chapter has a peek inside a mega family’s Christmas!
#2 - New Year's Decor
You will be finding 2022 everything in the stores right now!
I like to buy up anything on the clearance racks with the new year written on it to use as graduation decor or gifts.
#3 - National Oatmeal Month
Have you ever noticed that it is always national something or other day and month?
Strategic Shoppers use these little celebrations to get the deals and stock their pantries.
Watch for all things oatmeal to go on sale this month.
This includes instant oatmeal, One-minute oatmeal, Old-fashioned oatmeal, and even oatmeal granola bars.
Try and find coupons to match up to all of these oatmeal sales to make for an even sweeter deal.
#4 - White Sales
January always equals White Sales.
Look for deep discounts on linens, towels, comforters, and more!
#5 - Exercise Equipment/Gym Memberships
With New Year’s comes New Year’s resolutions.
Many people are hopeful that a new year will bring an entirely new life.
Exercise always makes the top of the list for New Year’s resolutions, and the stores all know this.
These stores are smart enough to mark exercise equipment down in order to meet what their customers are searching for.
Many gyms will be offering deals on memberships too.
#6 - Diet Food
Here is another big New Year’s resolution deal.
The stores know that a lot of people have made the New Year’s resolution to eat better and lose weight too.
That is why January is a great time to find deals on diet food.
#7 - Organization Products
It seems like everybody wants to solve all of their problems at the turn of a new year.
Another one of the top resolutions is to finally get organized.
Are you in this group?
I feel like I am always in this group!
The search for the perfect way to organize is a continuous battle, isn’t it?!?
Thanks to that, we will see all kinds of products along those lines on sale in the month of January.
#8 - Medicine & Vitamins
January is the middle of cold and flu season. Blah!
The good news is the stores will be offering their best deals on medications this month.
Don’t forget to use coupons and rebate apps!
Again, since it is cold and flu season, the stores will have some great deals on vitamins too.
Stock up for the year!
Always use coupons along with the great sales in order to get rock-bottom prices.
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#9 - Office/School Supplies
The first semester of school is ending and the second one is beginning, so we will see some office and school supplies go on sale.
This sale can’t be compared to the amazing deals we find in July, August, and September, but there will still be some great deals to be found.
#10 - Super Bowl
My daughter, Judy, absolutely loves Super Bowl season. She doesn’t care whether or not she watches the Super Bowl though.
Judy just wants to score all of the pizza and snacky food deals that come with the Super Bowl!
All of those football fans want to eat pizza, chicken wings, chips, soda, and more while watching football games.
Did you know that more people buy large screen televisions during Super Bowl season than any other time of year?
Watch for television deals in January since the Super Bowl is on February 13th this year.
10 Things to Buy in January
Here are 10 things that I like to buy in January.
What types of deals do you find in January?
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