I’m doing a story on back to school shopping in Sanford. Anybody have a creative way to save money as you buy your kids all the new shoes and jeans and crayons?

Coming from a family of four, we always wait for the big sales at Walmart and then buy an entire years worth of paper and notebooks (that’s an incredible amount, as, in addition to being in school, we’re all writers and artists of sorts).

The tax-free holiday is this weekend. I, for one, am avoiding the chaotic shopping event. I might, just maybe, buy my computer this weekend… But I think it might be worth 100 dollars to avoid the drive to the Apple Store in Raleigh.

Anyone else’s thoughts?