Want to learn how to dress like a star on a fast food salary? Today, I will show you some money saving tricks I have learned along the way.

First off you have to know where to shop. I usually stick with Old Navy, Target, and Kohl’s. These three tend to always have clearance racks. At Old Navy you can always tell what is on final clearance and what still has as chance to be marked down even more. If the price ends in either a .47 or a .97, this is your final opportunity. Otherwise, unless you really need it, you can probably wait a few weeks for the price to be marked down further. I have been known to wait for a pair of jeans to be marked down to $2.97.

Now Target actually has a weekly schedule for markdowns, it varies from store to store, but here is a local schedule. On Mondays electronics, kids clothing and stationary are marked down. Tuesdays you will find domestics, women’s clothing, pets and food items,Wednesday men’s clothing, toys, health & beauty, and lawn & garden items. Marked down on Thursdays are housewares, lingerie, shoes, sporting goods, movies, music, books, decor and luggage, and then on Fridays auto, cosmetics, hardware, & jewelry. Things will be marked down at a progression of 30%, 50%, 75% and finally 90%.

The local Kohl’s has not be open long enough for me to figure out when things go on sale. They do have their Night Owl/ Early Bird Sales quite often though. (3-11pm on Friday and 7am-1pm on Saturday). Even without the sales, their clearance racks tend to be worth the effort.

Some other things to keep in mind both Bath & Body Works and Victoria Secret have their big-semi-annual sales in June and B&BW has another one in February. If you love to thrift shop, most big name companies tend to donate extra stock to charity thrift stores in November/December for the year end write off.

Happy shopping!