Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas deals and steals: Somebody stop me!

I. Love. Michael's.

My post-Christmas shopping experience yesterday just wasn't quite satisfying enough, so I ventured out again today in search of more sales. Hobby Lobby is usually my go-to store for crafts and decor in general, but I had already been there (plus, they're not open on Sundays anyway). So, I decided to see what Michael's had left over, and I totally hit the jackpot. Why do I not go to this store more often?!
They still had a pretty decent amount of holiday merchandise to peruse through (all 50-70% off!), and I was there for a good hour and a half, filling my cart with goodies. I could have come away with so much more, but I had to stop myself at some point. Let's just say it's a good thing they don't make their carts much bigger. Check these out!

36" Wreath - $9.99
I plan on sprucing this up with ribbon and maybe some ornaments, and then hanging it above our garage door next year. (Who am I kidding? Hubby will be the one to hang it. :)
As you can see, Phoebe wasted no time hopping in the middle as soon as I put it on the floor; she loves laying on our stuff and being contained in small spaces... ain't she cute?

10" Jingle Ball Wreath - $5.99
I'd love to eventually get a big mirror up on our empty dining room wall. If and when that happens, it would make the perfect canvas for this festive little wreath. (Unless I get ambitious enough to make an Eddie Ross ornament wreath.) I really love the look of wreaths hanging by a wide ribbon on the front of a mirror.

Plastic Craft Ornaments - $0.39 each
I envision these filled with faux snow and maybe some strands of tinsel or ribbon swirled inside. Easy DIY ornaments!

Ceramic containers - $1.79 each (!!!)
They had a bunch of cute containers that were all 70% off. I so badly wanted to snatch up ALL of them, but couldn't really justify that. So I settled for these two lovelies, which have just the right amount of glitz & glitter.

Potpourri Vase Filler - $2.99 and Christmas Raffia - $1.19
Perhaps I will put the vase filler in the above containers??

12" Glass Candle Holder - $5.49 and 14" Glass Candle Holder - $6.49
I think I'm most excited about these beauties! The shiny, silvery/gold design is going to look gorgeous with a little tealight glowing inside! They'll get along very nicely with my tabletop trees, too.
After I dragged myself away from Michael's, I decided to stop at Dollar General just to see what bargains they had. There wasn't much that caught my eye, except for these:


 Mini ornaments - $0.50 each and Tinsel strands - $0.50

I'm not sure where I'll put the mini ornaments, but I know I'll find a place for them somewhere! (I may use the little light bulbs as charms on gifts I wrap.) As for the tinsel, I'll stuff it inside the clear ornaments from Michael's.

Wow - that was exhilarating! I'm so excited about all of these finds, not to mention the money I saved! I felt that our holiday decor (aka the "Christmas corner") was a little weak this year, because we haven't really accumulated that much yet. This is definitely going to help, though.

Better yet, I just learned yesterday that they're going to build a brand new Michael's only a couple miles away from us! Woo-hoo!
I don't know about you, but I'm ready for Christmas 2010!  :)

9 comments:

micah said...

You are crazy! I was really excited to get out everything that I bought last year.... well you were there :) You got some good stuff!

The Whispering Creek House said...

Thank you for your sweet comment you left today on my post! I am happy to meet you and love your blog! Looks like your getting some of those great deals out there! good for you!!!

Sharon@Sharon at Home said...

Brave of you to venture out to the sales ... love the ceramic containers.

Hope you had a great Christmas.

Unknown said...

great deals! I need to make a stop in Micheals - there's no hobby lobby where I live.

Amy @ Design-Aholic said...

I love the 36" wreath! I'm with Mrs. Chic- there's no Hobby Lobby here in CA... can we start a petition?!

Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog said...

Great finds!! Can you imagine how much fun it will be to open up your storage box next year?!

Amanda @ Little House on the Corner said...

Thanks for all your comments! Part of me really wants to put it all out NOW, but I should probably exercise patience and wait until next year so it still feels brand new. :)

Danielle @ Transforming Home said...

That was some good shopping! Good deals, and I am surprised there was still good stuff left - I just got back from Target and all the good stuff is gone....
Danielle

kristi.w. said...

Oh darn, you reminded me that I need to head out asap and score some clearanced holiday decor. I promised myself I would finally do that this year. Good finds!

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