Shop Halloween Now

dimetime · #1 11-05-2010, 01:53 PM

A great way I have found to save a whole lot of money is to shop for a holiday after it is over. Everything goes on sale or gets clearenced because companies don't want to have to pack all that stuff away. I went to a few stores yesterday and bought a bunch of halloween stuff like lights, plastic pumpkins, stretchy spider webs, skeletons to hang outside and so on.

I managed to buy more than a cart full of stuff for less than $25.00. The stuff I bought will be enough to decorate not only my home next year but my sweeties as well.

I know most people might not be able to do this because of the lack of storage space, but if a person can this is the best way to get yourself ready to decorate for the following years. Also some of the Halloween things I bought I will be able to use to decorate for Thanksgiving which is coming up fast.

So I suggest that if you have the room to store this stuff, head out now and get yourself some discounted holiday decorations and save yourself money!!!

pennypinch · #2 11-06-2010, 02:50 AM

One year I went to Kmart not long after Halloween and all of that stuff was dirt cheap. So I decided to buy a bunch of it and create a dress-up trunk for my youngest daughter.

She had just about everything you could think of. She had tons of costumes and accessories such as wands and tiaras.

I bought a wicker trunk that was hinged for her to keep it all in.

Thats one of the best things she has ever gottne for Christmas. She is ten years old now and she still loves it. When her friends come over they play dress-up.

Altogether I probably only had twenty bucks into it. So if you have a younger child I am telling you, go buy the stuff for Christmas, it will be a hit!

dimetime · #3 11-06-2010, 02:21 PM

That would be a great idea. Even for little boys as well because there are plenty of scary costumes as well as cops, robbers, cowboys, indians and so on that boys as well would love to dress up as and play.

That is really a great idea and right now would be a good time to get prepared by buying all of those Halloween costumes and accessories that are now going on sale and clearence.

Also a good thing about Halloween is that you can purchase some Halloween decorations and use them for Thanksgiving as well. Things like scarecrows (as long as they aren't scary looking), pumpkins, lights and so on along those lines. This is a huge money saver because you won't have to spend as much money to help decorate the home for Thanksgiving.

I love it when things go on sale like this. I get a lot of great things for my home and makes it easier to get ready for the next year.