It’s time to buy Halloween costumes – now! Seriously, most of them are on sale and running low on inventory. Sure, if you wait until the last minute you might get a great deal, but you also are taking a big risk that you won’t get what you want (or, more specifically, what your adorable children want ! 
In addition to the regular sales, here are some early savings already in progress on Halloween styles:
- Now save 25% – 60% at Hanna Andersson
- “2 for” deals at BabyGap
- Save up to 40% on select costumes at Gymboree and pair with Gymbucks Redemption Oct 2 – 12
- Save 25% and more at Old Navy Baby on costumes.
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Ready for the Holidays? Holiday styles are out everywhere and, though not on sale, we received a wave of coupons in the mail 15% – 20% off your entire order, such as from Pumpkin Patch, Children’s Place, Mini Boden, Crazy 8, and Justice. Definitely be a smart shopper and don’t pay full price!
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Current Sales
- American Girl
- October’s Monthy Specials are, so far, the same as September (which is unusual!)
- New items added to the sale for both Girls and dolls.
- UPCOMING: I recommend saving your purchases for early November when American Girl typically offers pre-holiday Free Shipping.
- Abercrombie Kids
- Fall sale items for boys and girls are 20 – 40% off.
- Some remaining Summer items are marked at 50 – 70% off.
- Note: We’ve pointed this out before — Abercrombie has the slowest moving sales on-line. And, we think they could step it up a notch with their creativity too. The on-line photos literally haven’t changed in 4-5 months.
- BabyGap & GapKids
- GapKids sleepwear is back! On-line they say “by popular demand”, and we can believe it. Nothing on sale yet, but watch prices to come down before the holidays.
- Free shipping on orders over $150. Enter code “Oct150″ at checkout. Offer ends October 16.
- Summer sale items are now 60 – 78% off! And, further markdowns have been taken on Fall Transition – most of which is now at least 50% off.
- Register for the Gap Casting Call – and receive a special offer from Gap and Snapfish.
- Crazy 8
- All Fall transition for babies, girls and boys is now on sale – 30 – 40% off. Plus there are Summer clearance tops and bottoms as low as $2.99.
- Mailers are available for 20% off your entire order – now through November 16.
- We think “Crazy Cash” is coming (similar to Gymbucks) — if you know anything about it, please leave us a comment. We’d love to share it with our readers.
- TIP: If you aren’t getting Crazy 8 coupons in the mail, subscribe here. As a new subscriber you will receive a coupon for 20% off your first order.
- CrewCuts
- Free shipping on orders over $100. 3 Days only. Enter “ACORN” at checkout.
- Sign up for J.Crew email to receive the ‘Welcome Offer”. Free Shipping on orders of $150 or more through October 9. You will receive a unique code via Email.
- There are some phenomenal deals in the Kids sale section. You can find Summer Clearance items for 70-85% off (although there is no easy way to Search). It should be easy to pull together an order over $100 and get free shipping!
- TIP: Shop carefully, all items on Sale are now final – no exchanges or refunds. If you love crewcut’s high-end “Collection” for kids, now is the time to buy!
- Automatically get a 1 year’s subscription to Cookie Magazine with any purchase over $100.
- TIP: Crewcuts receives their store markdowns each Tuesday after closing. So, Wednesdays are typically the best days to shop.
- Garnet Hill
- Friends & Family Sale through Oct. 8 only! There is a click-thru email circulating. And our friend Megan in Public Relations provided us with a Source Code — just use “20Off” at checkout to get the same discount. Thanks Megan!
- There is a wide range of items are on Clearance: Save 25 – 75% on Kids Swimwear and Summer apparel. Save 25% on a few Fall Transition items too.
- Sale of the Day: French Terry jumper for Toddler Girls ($18, %50 off).
- Gymboree
- Gymbucks redemption icontinues through October 12. Learn more tips on how to spend your Gymbucks wisely in this previous post: Using Gymbucks Part 4: The Rewards
- Save 50% on Fall Fashions for kids, toddlers, and babies.Register to win a $500 Gymboree gift card – just visit gymboree.com/sweeps.
- UPCOMING: Spend $75 now through Oct. 19 and receive a Rise and Shine coupon to use Oct. 24 – 26 on upcoming Rise and Shine sleepwear line.
- Coupons available:
- Plum Magazine – good through November 30th. Click here to get Plum? Save 20%
- Cookie Magazine – October issue. Good through Dec. 2. Save 20% or $15 off $50
- Hanna Andersson
- There is still good availability at the Harvest Clearance Sale this week. Save 50% and up.
- Further reductions taken on Halloween-themed tops, pajamas, and coordinating accessories. Now save up to 60%!
- TIP: If you love Hanna Andersson, it pays to watch the sight on Sundays and Mondays. Sales are often loaded and/or announced on-line before emails are distributed on Tuesdays.
- TIP: Have favorites from last season? They are possibly still available on the website, even if they don’t display. Just type in the catalog SKU’s to search.
- Janie and Jack
- Autumn Sale – save up to 50% on children’s clothing lines for Fall.
- Save 15%-20% on Halloween-themed lines.
- $500 Gift Card Sweepstakes. Enter to win.
- Justice – Just for Girls
- If you’re on the “1st 2 Know” mailing list, you’ve received two 20% off Super Saver cards. Hurry in – they expire October 13. The promotion is good good for both sale and regularly priced items.
- Fall clearance – save 20 – 45 % on most Back to School wear. There are some good $9.99 deals –pair with earning J-Bucks and/or redeeming Fun Cards for the best deals.
- Redeem Fun Cards on-line and in stores through October 13.
- Get free shipping on orders over$125.
- NOTE: I just have to say… typing the url: www.justicejustforgirls.com – is one of the most difficult ones to type I have ever encountered! I hope Tween Brands considered this in their decision to eliminate Limited Too (easy to type) in favor of Justice!
- Lands End Kids
- Free Shipping for 5 days only – No minimum. You must have a click-thru email with code and pin number. TIP: Lands End frequently offers short-term free shipping offers to email subscribers, e.g. good for just 1 – 3 days. These are the best times to shop Overstocks to double-up on your savings.
- Buy More Save More with a 5 pages of “2 for” offers for Girls and 2 pages of “2 for” offers for Boys.
- Save $10 on select Girls and Boys pants when you buy 2 (pair this offer with free shipping for a great deal).
- Check out the various Overstocks sections for savings of up to 65%, e.g. the Blow Out Event has deals from past seasons, On the Counter is worth checking daily, and some of the best deals can be found in Not Quite Perfect. A new Kids Great Deals section pulls all the sales together for Kids.
- Limited Too
- Check the Sales & Sweet Deals section of the site for quick glance at this week’s promotions — many of which are ongoing.
- There’s quite a lot in the Clearance section now. If you’re luck, you can pick up some things left over from summer for under $5.
- LL Bean Kids
- There are some excellent Sales on select items from last winter’s season. If you’re lucky, you’ll find just what you need for Outerwear for your kids at 50-60% off.
- TIP: Watch for the Thursday Morning Markdown – there is occasionally a great deal for kids.
- Mini Boden
- Current catalogs have 15% off Orders of $100 or more (plus free returns). This is a pretty good no-nonsense sale — especially if you purchase well over $100 (flat rate shipping is $10).
- New Winter and Party wear just added. Take advantage of ongoing promotions for 10 – 15% off. Or, wait until the end of season sale in December to purchase.
- There is still quite a bit of Summer inventory left — prices are now marked down to 50 – 62% off too. You might get lucky on sizes and be able to stock up for next year. TIP: Johnnie never offers Free Shipping during the End of Season sales. But, if you pair sale merchandise with regularly priced deals now, you can get the Free Shipping on your sale merchandise.
- Retail Me Not has currently has coupon codes for 10% off plus free shipping and free returns.
- TIP: Did you know you can earn up to $20 per month by referring new customers to Boden? For each new customer, they will credit your account $5 — up to 4 referrals per month.
- Naartjie
- Save an additional 15% off all girls dress through October 8.
- Save an additional 25% on Fall Transition lines – On-Line only! Sizes are going fast… not much left if you’re trying to coordinate pieces.
- Nordstrom
- Lots of Sale items on-line now from 33 – 55% off. Get Fall Transition items from famous designers like Lucky, 7 for All Mankind, Secret Charm, Paper Doll, Juicy Couture, and Splendid.
- Old Navy
- Free Shipping on purchases over $75 through October 16. Use promotion code SHIP2YOU at checkout. TIP: Or, you can shop across all 4 sites, including GapKids and GapBaby and get Free Shipping on purchases over $100.
- Summer and Fall Transition clearance now marked $4.99 and under — Shop Boys Clearance – Shop Girls Clearance
- TIP: Are you signed up for Old Navy e-mail? If not, join the list to receive a $10 of $50 Thank You code.
- Pumpkin Patch
- Patch eClub members received a mailer for and additional 15% off if spend $95 or more. Offer good through Oct. 20. TIP: Join the Patch eClub and get exclusive eClub offers, early notices on promotions and sales, as well as trend and new collection alerts.
- Selected Fall kids clothes now 40% off.
- Remaining summer fashions at the “e-Sale” are now marked down 70% off (just like we predicted!).
- TIP: Try Retail Me Not for a 20% off coupon on your first Pumpkin Patch USA on-line purchase.
- Strasburg Children
- The Absolutely everything 50% off sale continues. Seriously! It’s been over a month now — we wonder what’s up?
- TIP: Clearance items are not returnable. Be very careful, especially when buying on-line.
- The Children’s Place
- Halloween costumes are running VERY low on inventory. They aren’t on sale, but the cutest ones will be gone soon and you can at least get 20% off with a discount code.
- A coupon mailer is out for 15% off your entire order (for both you and a friend). Good through November 2.
- Now take an additional 30% off the “Don’t be late” sale on-line too. This additional 30% off has been running a couple of weeks in stores and outlets.
- Click here for the October Birthday Coupon for 20% off your entire order. Sign up to ensure you get the birthday code during your child’s birthday month.
- TIP: 15-20% off and Free shipping codes are regularly available on-line or via mail — look for one before you buy.
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