Budgeting for school shopping ~ A Teen Girl’s Perspective

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In this recession, asking our parents for money to shop for new school clothes can be very challenging.

Our families are spending more wisely and more carefully.

This means they may not give us the same amount of money they used to give us to shop for new clothes at the start of every school year.

Especially when things like college may be right around the corner.

We cannot forget we will still need to buy the usual school supplies for the different classes we are scheduled to take every year.

This school year, maybe we can start by asking our parents for a little less money than we usually ask for when thinking about buying any new school clothes items.

We can also take a careful look in our closets to see what still fits and would work well to wear to school.

Looking for the best school supply sales and staying away from the more expensive supplies with fancy designs can save lots of cash. The simple designs work just as well.

If we do these simple things, we teens show that we want to do our part to help our families save money and spend less, and spend more wisely.

Written by Danielle M. Biggs
High School Senior & Future College Student
Administrative Assistant & Trustee -- Lifeline Foundation, Inc.

Sharon M. Biggs, M.A., is a wife, mother, and 21st Century educational leader & school district administrator who serves as Co-Chair & President of Lifeline Foundation, Inc.  This 24-year educator is also Founder, Editor, and Chief Writer of LifelineExtensions.blog.  View other published works at http://www.examiner.com/.  Contact Sharon directly for more information: smbiggs@mylifelinefoundation.org.

"Children are the globe's most precious commodity." (Terence H. Biggs, Jr. ~ 2009)