It may be a little too close for comfort, but parents interested in saving a little money in school clothes can wait a few days before the academic year starts before buying them.Each year the Tax Comptroller’s Office in Austin offers a sales tax holiday. That means shoppers who spend $100 on qualifying purchases can forgo paying the $8 sales tax. The offer is only for a limited time.This year that holiday from paying sales taxes on certain items begins Friday, Aug. 9 and runs through midnight, Sunday, Aug. 11.Lamesa and O’Donnell school students show up for the first day ...