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Description: Back-to-school shopping may be taking a bigger toll on family budgets this year with decades-high inflation. Buying second-hand may be the way to go to save money.

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Back-to-school shopping may be taking a bigger toll on family budgets this year with decades-high inflation. Buying second-hand may be the way to go to save money.

As students return to the classroom, parents already doing the math. A recent survey finding families plan to spend about $864 on back to school shopping to make it work. Some are turning to the second hand market. I want parents to know that it is okay to thrift shop. Ana Garcia, a mother of two in queens new york began thrift ng during the pandemic. She says shopping second hand helped her stretch her family's dollars without sacrificing style especially important to her 10 year old daughter with a passion for fashion. She's actually been looking for back to school clothes because we planned ahead. Garcia part of the nearly 60 percent of consumers who found secondhand savings during inflation. Online clothing thrift company thread up says the resale market saw record growth last year and will likely reach $82 billion by 2026 in the US and shoppers like that. It's eco friendly to buy what's already out there are younger shoppers particularly are telling us I want to buy clothing that's good for the planet. I don't want to be part of the fashion waste problem. But I also, I want to save money. Thank you so much appreciate it. Layla Ruzicka co owns Plato's closet in Middletown, New Jersey. It's a national resale store for teens. Plato's closet sources 95% of its inventory from the local community secondhand stores like this. Buffalo exchange Crossroads and local thrift shops offer a twofer you can save on clothes, shoes, even backpacks and make money on gently used items. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming. Really appreciate it. So factory shutdowns overseas supply chain issues at the ports. None of that affected you exactly. And if anything, our inventory has actually grown a lot because customers do need cash in their pockets. Shoppers can score bargains on back to school basics like denim. I got three pairs of American Eagle Jeans, so those are probably 60-70 each new tags. I believe my bill here was $38. I don't remember the last time I went into like a real store and bought a pair of jeans for like the full price. If you're shopping list includes electronics, you can shop use from places like swap to best buy or amazon. Just make sure your purchases come with a warranty for a second hand computer wipe that hard drive before using it. And for a smartphone, ask the seller for the international mobile equipment identity number so you can check with your carrier to see if the phone is eligible for activation for college students who need furniture. Try craigslist facebook marketplace and chiyo before buying. Check for recalls on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website, a cheat sheet for finding savings

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I'm meteorologist K Campbell in the wr a severe weather center starting a new week on Monday. So here's what to expect as you gear up for the new week. Rain chances will be climbing, especially Tuesday and Wednesday. We are going to get a nice little break from the heat this week. So enjoy the spring like weather while it's here with us no more nineties on our seven day forecast, I would say the best days to be out and about do anything outside look like they're gonna be on Monday and Thursday of this week. So here's this set up. We've got a lot of moisture and rain falling in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas. Right now, we're going to see all the moisture from this system and some of the energy make it to North Carolina starting Monday night, Monday during the day, things should be dry. We've got this area of high pressure overhead but we will begin to see an increase in cloud cover throughout the day. And then late Monday night, we'll see a warm front lift through the area that could generate some spotty light showers overnight into Tuesday. And then during the day. Tuesday, we've got more lift in the atmosphere. It's a cloudy day, a much cooler day and we should see rain on and off throughout the day. But rain is likely you'll at least get a period of rain. Tuesday. More than likely it's, there should still be some breaks in the rain at least. And then some thunderstorms could be mixed in as well. This is as far out as that high resolution model goes right now, but we've got a nice break from the heat coming our way. 79 is our normal high. This time of year, we're going to be near or slightly above normal most days. The exception is Tuesday with the highest rain chances, temperatures will be a little cooler just 73 for the high tonight. It's a cool night, really, comfortably cool. Enjoy it while you can. It's probably one of our last ones of the season. Upper forties to lower fifties across the area tonight. 50 Raleigh 49 in Rocky Mount. And for your Monday forecasts, ties are in the upper seventies for Roxboro and South Hill. 81. The high in Durham, Raleigh Rocky Mountain, Southern Pines, 82 degrees in Fayetteville and Goldsboro. Your seven day forecast looking pretty nice. But we've got rain chances coming our way Tuesday and we'll see some scattered storms on Wednesday as well. It's about a 60% chance Wednesday, but an 80% chance Tuesday, Thursday, rain chances are lower at just 20%. 82 degrees and partly cloudy Friday late in the day into Saturday, we could see some scattered storms move in. Not looking like a washout though. It does look like we'll have a drier into next weekend. 84 partly cloudy next Sunday.

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Good evening. I'm Tina in cash. With tonight's lottery joins for Saturday, May 11th, 2024. Here we go with the Carolina pick three. Our 1st 20 number zero, followed by another zero, third pick three tonight five and our pick three. Fireball number is two. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from the and Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick for. So check your tickets. Good luck. First winning pick for tonight is three, second pick for six. Third winning number one. Our fourth pick four is nine and our pick for fireball number is three. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $858,000. Good luck first win cash five tonight 20 followed by nine third winning number seven. Our fourth cash 5, 13 and good luck. Our final winning number in the cash five. Tonight is 19. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here. Thanks for playing and have a good night.

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