Savvy shopping on tax holiday is family business

Sunday, August 15, 2004

Taking four elementary-age boys into the shopping frenzy created by this weekend's tax holiday didn't faze April Bryant of Cape Girardeau. With a list of stops in her head and a determined look in her eye, she set out Saturday on her task with the assistance of her mother, Eve Beatty, and mother-in-law Kathy Darby to shop for school clothes. Bryant is a savvy shopper. Clearance racks and marked-down goods are the first to catch her eye.

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