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"We were chatting about sales tax (and how weird it is that it varies by state) in the comments yesterday. Then this morning I stumbled across a list of states that are having sales-tax free days in August. Coincidence?! Wanna know if you can save while shopping in your state? Keep reading.Which state do I have to go to stock up on sales-tax free piggy banks?! Here&amp;amp;#8217;s the list. Sadly, New York&amp;amp;#8217;s not on it. But if I need clothing or footwear for $300 or less, I can hightail it to Connecticut for a week! Alabama August 7-9 no sales tax on clothing up to $100, computers up to $750, school supplies up to $50, books up to $30 (I love school supplies! Still!) Connecticut August 16-22 clothing and footwear up to $300 Georgia July-August 2 school supplies up to $20, clothing up to $100, computers up to $1,500 Iowa August 7-8 clothing up to $100 Louisiana August 7-8 all TPP up to $2,500 (Anyone know what TPP is?!) Mississippi July 31-August 1 clothing &amp;amp; footwear up to $100 Missouri August 7-9 clothing up to $100, computers up to $3,500, school supplies up to $50 New Mexico August 7-9 clothing up to $100, computers up to $1,000, school supplies up to $15 North Carolina August 7-9 clothing up to $100, school supplies up to $100, instructional materials up to $300, computers up to $3,500, sports equipment up to $50 Oklahoma August 7-9 clothing up to $100 South Carolina August 7-9 clothing, school supplies, computers (It appears there&amp;amp;#8217;s no price limits in South Carolina. Head there if you&amp;amp;#8217;re going to go hog wild!) Tennessee August 7-9 clothing up to $100, school supplies up to $100, computers up to $1,500 Texas August 21-23 clothing up to $100, backpacks and school supplies up to $100 Vermont August 22 personal purchases up to $2,000 (If you want to know what constitutes a &amp;amp;#8220;personal purchase,&amp;amp;#8221; click here.) Virginia August 7-9 clothing up to $100, school supplies up to $20 Anyone going to take advantage of sales-tax free days? Anyone else have an overwhelming urge to buy school supplies right now?! Here are some cute little somethings you&amp;amp;#8217;ll still have to pay sales tax on. But they&amp;amp;#8217;re so cheap it&amp;amp;#8217;s worth it! $10 studded bracelets $4 lightweight moisturizer $9 tennis shoes $4 bacon-flavored lip-balm $30 leopard-print shorts (Super-cute!!) Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Add us to your Google homepage via SavvySugar Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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