Tax Holiday
Aug. 2nd, 2008 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fauxkloreIn theory, I don't believe in buying new clothes for vacations.
In practice, vacations are good excuses to buy things I've been meaning to buy anyway. So, after running some other essential errands (dropping off the vacation hold authorization at the post office, getting the car inspected, and buying a nail brush to replace the one I lost months ago), I ran over to REI.
And discovered that there is a tax holiday in Virginia. From 1-3 August you can buy clothes and shoes under $100 (and school supplies) without paying sales tax. So, not only did I finally get the Keen water shoes I've been eyeing for months, I also bought two pairs of convertible pants. The pants were on sale, too, so I saved even more money.
I did still have to pay sales tax on the insect repellant. I've been contemplating buying a steripen, but decided that a six buck bottle of iodine tablets was good enough for now. Maybe for the next trip ...
By the way, I didn't mention another vacation related purchase earlier in the week. I went over to Olsson's to buy a crossword puzzle book. Usually the choice is difficult, but they made it much easier by having exactly one in stock. I figure a NY Times collection (in this case, Expand Your Mind Crosswords, edited by Will Shortz) is always safe. If I ruled the world, all airport newsstands would be required to sell decent puzzle magazines (that is, not collections entirely of sudoku, word searches, and easy crosswords).
In practice, vacations are good excuses to buy things I've been meaning to buy anyway. So, after running some other essential errands (dropping off the vacation hold authorization at the post office, getting the car inspected, and buying a nail brush to replace the one I lost months ago), I ran over to REI.
And discovered that there is a tax holiday in Virginia. From 1-3 August you can buy clothes and shoes under $100 (and school supplies) without paying sales tax. So, not only did I finally get the Keen water shoes I've been eyeing for months, I also bought two pairs of convertible pants. The pants were on sale, too, so I saved even more money.
I did still have to pay sales tax on the insect repellant. I've been contemplating buying a steripen, but decided that a six buck bottle of iodine tablets was good enough for now. Maybe for the next trip ...
By the way, I didn't mention another vacation related purchase earlier in the week. I went over to Olsson's to buy a crossword puzzle book. Usually the choice is difficult, but they made it much easier by having exactly one in stock. I figure a NY Times collection (in this case, Expand Your Mind Crosswords, edited by Will Shortz) is always safe. If I ruled the world, all airport newsstands would be required to sell decent puzzle magazines (that is, not collections entirely of sudoku, word searches, and easy crosswords).
