As much as I like decorating my house for the holidays, I refuse to buy the festive goodies before a holiday. They are so overpriced and usually quite flimsy. I am known to clean up clearance sales, though. One year in early January I bought a little over $1000 worth of Christmas decorations, wrapping paper and four artificial trees for $100. I timed my clearance check at Target really well and they were just marking everything 90% off.
Last year I strolled into the same Target after Halloween and found another 90% mark down. Only this time the discount was on costumes and decorations. Since I cannot sew or make costumes look very realistic, a costume sale is a real find! I can skip buying Christmas decorations but the kids have to get Halloween costumes. At a minimum of $20 a piece it really chafes me to spend that. So, I was elated when I purchased three star wars costumes, a unicorn costume, three pair of Halloween socks, three Halloween t-shirts, two mask kits, and three dog costumes for $34!
For the record...normally the dogs would just have to wear their birthday suits.
As Halloween approached and the kids began discussing what they were going to be this year, I thought of my stash in the attic. On the 1st of this month we pulled down the boxes and decorated the house. The mask kit was a big hit, although, not at all worth it's original price of $10.
It was a great $1 activity, though.
This is Trankenstein as my wee one calls it.
And the boy says he thinks this looks like a Native American ghost.
I'm not sure if I will luck out and hit another after Halloween Clearance, but I'll be looking for one. What about you? Do you shop after the holidays? What is your best clearance find?
