January is the Best Month to Buy These 10 Things

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January is the Best Month to Buy These 10 Things

It is a totally new year, and I can’t think of one person around the entire globe who is upset to say goodbye to 2020!

I could practically hear the whole world cheer as 2020 made its exit at midnight!

Are you happy to be rid of 2020?

Are you ready to start a new year?

What do you plan on buying in 2021?

10 Things You Should Buy in the Month of January?

Before you make that shopping list, you need to know that one of the largest parts of Strategic Shopping is knowing there’s a time and a season to buy everything.

Buying at the wrong time literally costs people hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

That’s why I came up with this list of 10 things you and I should buy in the month of January.

#1 – January is the Best Month to Buy Christmas Stuff

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 2021 is going to be different.

Choose to apply Strategic Shopping to your 2021 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.

#2 – January is the Best Month to Buy Gift Cards

A lot of people were buying and giving gift cards throughout Christmastime.

After all, Christmas was a really great time to find great deals on gift cards!

That is why so many people got a gift card as a Christmas present.

But that is also why you can find so many discounted gift cards for sale on places like Raise.com right now.

A lot of people are anxious to sell the gift cards they received for Christmas in exchange for some quick cash.

#3 – 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.

#4 – January is the Best Month to Buy Diet Foods

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 sales!

#5 – January is the Best Month to Buy 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.

#6 – 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.

#7 – Medicine

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!

#8 – Vitamins

Again, since it is cold and flu season, the stores will have some great deals on vitamins.

Stock up for the year!

Always use coupons along with the great sales in order to get rock-bottom prices.

And, again, make sure you are using rebate apps.

#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 – January is the Best Month to Buy Anything to do with the 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 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 7th this year.

January is the Best Month to Buy . . .

Do you plan on buying any of these 10 things in January 2021?

What kind of deals do you love to get in the month of January?

Leave a comment letting me know how many of these deals you plan on taking advantage of in January 2021!