{"id":586388,"date":"2026-08-07T21:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/586388\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:46:13","slug":"back-to-school-shopping-costs-add-up-financial-adviser-shares-budgeting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/586388\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-school shopping costs add up; financial adviser shares budgeting tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 Back-to-school shopping season is ramping up, and for many families, the price tag is becoming a major budget squeeze as they start checking items off their children\u2019s supply lists.<\/p>\n<p>Costs can add up quickly across various categories, including technology, books, and other classroom supplies, especially when families also face larger purchases, such as laptops and sports gear.<\/p>\n<p>Financial advisor Adam Powell of Private Advisory Group in Redmond recommends families start by making a plan for what they need and what they can afford, then looking for ways to time purchases and spread costs out rather than taking \u201cone big hit to the wallet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also suggests using budgeting tools or apps to track spending as purchases add up over the course of the shopping season.<\/p>\n<p>Find more ARC Seattle stories on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLZm7uq7_dyY5vGMqPNSeY4JRHHeutWpih\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Watch ARC Seattle weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m. and 10 to 11 p.m. on KUNS, The CW Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 Back-to-school shopping season is ramping up, and for many families, the price tag is becoming a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[72,176,61,60,174,175],"class_list":["post-586388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}