June Savings Guide

June Savings Guide

Here’s this months savings guide to what on clearance, what to buy this month and more. You can really save money if you know what the best buys for the month are. This savings guide also includes what’s in season. Because as you know produce is always cheaper to buy when it is in season.

Items you’ll find on clearance in June:

• Graduation party supplies (consider purchasing now for a graduation next year)
• Gifts for mothers after Father’s Day ( Cologne gift set, Father’s Day themed items (after June 16th) ties, men’s shirts, socks, mens shoes, hand tools, power cordless tools etc)
• Exercise items & some equipment

A good time to buy in June:

• Graduation supplies (signs, napkins, party goods etc) buy toward end of month into June and tuck away for next year (if applies)
• Cookout-barbecue supplies: Hot dogs, hamburger meat, rolls & buns, cheese, charcoal
• Watermelon (on sale most of the summer but best prices week of holidays)
• Father’s Day gifts (Power tools, sanders, drills, hand tools, grills & supplies)
• Gift Card mall gift cards from grocery stores that offer perks for purchase (Example a $20 Catalina coupon back when you purchase $100 in Home Depot gift cards)
• Cheese, butter, milk, cream cheese, ice cream, yogurt, popsicles (for National Dairy Month) Buy on sale & freeze extra (stock up when you find a great deal!)
• Gardening items
• Charcoal
• Picnic, barbecue, cookout supplies (cheapest toward the week of the holidays but on sale many times over the summer)

Here’s a list of what’s in season in June:

• corn
• lettuce
• apricots
• watermelon
• peas
• strawberries
• onions
• cantaloupe
• blueberries
• peaches
• honey dew melons
• berries
• tomatoes

Consider “pick your own” farms to stock up on inexpensive fruit and vegetables for summer canning & freezing

Things to Do This Month

•  Discuss an emergency preparedness plan with your family. Write down your plan. Keep a list of the items you still need & make efforts to find them on sale & purchase over the next 1 to 3 months (hurricane season is from June 1st to November 30th)
• Remember to schedule your little ones for free events like the Lowes Build and Grow or Home Depot
• Harvest buttons and shoe laces off of shirts and shoes that are unusable and can’t be donated (save for another use, pair of shoes etc)
• Close blinds and curtains to keep sun out on hot days to reduce cooling costs
• Consider going to yard sales to pick up camping supplies & summer clothes
• If possible dry clothes on a clothes line outside during summer months

• Challenge your family to a weekend of “no spending”
• Start summer meal planning. Plan light meals that are frequently cooked outside (so as not to heat up your house while cooking)
• Discuss what is working in your frugal plan & what needs improvements. Make adjustments as needed for  your family

Holidays This Month

• Aquarium Month (check for ticket deals at your local Aquarium)
• Candy Month
• Dairy Month (this is a GREAT time to buy extra on sale and freeze)
• National Adopt a Cat Month
• National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month (most fruit & veggies are on sale because they’re in season)
• Rose Month (most are in bloom so lower price at florist & sale on rose bushes)
• Turkey Lovers Month (you may find sales on deli turkey meat but whole turkey are cheapest before Thanksgiving)

Free Stuff

• Tuesday June 4th FREE Lego Mini Build at select stores all over the U.S. (check your local store)
• Saturday June 8th Lowes Build and Grow workshop for kids (a Monster’s University Build ☺)
• Wednesday June 19th FREE Entrance into the Philadelphia Franklin Institute (Science center)
• Weekends in June, various FREE workshops with Home Depots
• The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC)  FREE shows every day at 6pm

Thanks, Frugal Family Fun

Photo Credit: Basket With Strawberries by Petra Bubníková