So, this weekend is tax free weekend in VA. No tax on anything

[Midlodemocrat]

related to school supplies. Some stores are paying the tax on big ticket items, like plasma tvs to bring in the traffic, but I digress.

I bring the 10yo, who is hopping up and down with excitement because she 'loves buying school supplies'. :eyes: We go to Target, fill the cart with supplies for her as well as a few things we need, and some generic supplies for the two high schoolers.

$314.20. So Collin, my neighbor's son and a doll starts telling me that I could save $31.42 if I got a Target card. I tell him "thanks, but no thanks, I don't want another card". He starts telling Eddie, another one of my daughter's friends working the cash register at the next booth, that "Mrs. G could save $31.42 if she got a Target card".

Suddenly, all eyes are on me. I have to tell Collin, who has now gone from my friend's precious son to yet another annoying teenager, that if I use my AMEX, I get points, and they pay for trips for us. Collin is still yelling to Eddie that I could save $31.42 if I got a Target card.

I think I am going to have to start shopping elsewhere.

[deadparrot]

1. Tax-free here in MO, too.

Did a lot of school/clothes shopping.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. As I use my Visa card to get miles....

which next month will take me to a family reunion.

Additionally, the more cards you have (and use), the more damn bills you have to pay.

[Midlodemocrat]

9. No kidding. We have one card, AMEX and our debits.

We do have two other visa/mastercards that are for emergencies only which we don't use.

This summer, with Mike recuperating and on 70% of his salary, we have spent only with cash or the debit card and it is quite an eye opener. We waste a lot of money, especially on the kids.

[Hippo_Tron]

3. I loved buying school supplies at that age

I'd make my parents buy me the really expensive pens and pencils, notebooks, etc. Then when I got older I realized that I'd lose half of it in a week, so now I just buy the cheap pens that come 24 in a pack.

[sbj405]

4. I spent $2.50 there yesterday and was asked if I wanted to open a card

My mom works at a dept store and they get $1 per card and there are also quotas that they need to meet. Of course, there is no bonus for providing excellent customer service.

[jmowreader]

7. I get asked if I want to open a card there all the time

In Fayettenam, Target is right next to Home Depot and they sell canned goods, so if I don't feel like eating sandwiches for lunch I'll go get a can of chili or something and heat it up in the breakroom microwave.

Chili is $1.05.

"Would you like to open a Target card and save ten percent on your purchase?" Let's see...open a Target card and pay 21 percent interest so I can save a dime on a can of chili? What's 21 percent on a can of chili?

[Zomby Woof]

5. You didn't buy me a plasma TV???

Harumph. x(

[Midlodemocrat]

8. I did. But that was from Best Buy.

:bounce:

[MoseyWalker]

6. tax free NM too

but I only bought beer, so...........

[fudge stripe cookays]

10. Yep, here in TX too.

In all the years they'd been doing it I never had the money or the inclination to enjoy it. This year, I needed some new pants and some more little white T-shirts.

Went to Coldwater Creek and found just what I needed AND some little black cowboy boots. I love boots! My last pair got destroyed when our rental house sprung a leak from the bathroom and it seeped into my old closet. All my shoes reeked of mildew.

Now I can walk around with attitude again. :D