At the risk of sounding like I am patting myself on the back, I have to tell you, I think I have gotten some of the best deals of the year in the past couple of weeks.
My streak of luck began with a trip to the Osh Kosh store at the outlet mall near our home. I found a snowsuit for Rebekah for next winter on a clearance rack. It was marked down by 70%, and it was one of only a few left. All of the suits left on the rack happened to be size 3...it was my lucky day! It was a two piece, with separate coat and snow pants, and it was pink. Perfect. The regular price on the set was $85...way too steep for me, but with the 70% discount and the coupon I had received by email, I paid a grand total of $21 and change. You can't beat that deal!
A few days later, I was in Michael's in order to pick up some scrapbooking adhesive. While there, I got sucked into looking at all of the reduced Christmas merchandise by Rebekah who spotted the Christmas lights and started yelling.
Now, I have a bit of a diversion to share. Kevin and I have had the same Christmas tree since the college days. It is older than our marriage, and we just celebrated our 10th anniversary this past summer. The tree has seen its better days. It is barely 5 feet tall with the star, and every year it looses more and more of its needles. It is a sad little tree. Its only saving grace is that we have great ornaments that mask the fact that it is indeed such a sad little tree. Every year we say how we should buy a new tree after the holidays when they are discounted, but we never do. We just always have so many other ways to spend that money.
Fast forward to when I was standing in Michael's. I saw a beautiful Christmas tree on display. It was a 7.5 foot Madison Fir, pre-lit with over 800 lights, and 3100 tips. It retailed for $349....yikes! But, it was on clearance for $99. I hemmed and I hawed and finally I grabbed the ticket off the tree and took it up to the cashier.
She called to the back to get a stock person to bring it up to the front for me. The problem arose that there were no trees left, other than the display model, for which they didn't have a box. Hmmmm..... I asked if there was another box it would fit in, or how would they package it for me, if I still wanted to buy it?
The cashier spoke into the phone again, and came back with the info that the display trees were 90% off..........90% off the clearance price! Yes, you calculated that correctly.....the tree was $9.90! I said I would take it....I would figure out a way to get it home for that price!
Two stock boys ended up helping me fit the tree into enormous, clear garbage bags, and they hauled it to my car for me. When I got home, I backed into the garage and managed to haul it into the basement by myself.
I told Kevin that I found the deal...so now it is his problem. :)
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Those are great deals! GoDad stumbled into the Osh Kosh sale and was wise enough to get both the kids coats and hats for next year. How impressive is that?
I can't believe your score on the Christmas tree. It sounds beautiful!
We were at Target last week and they had toys at 75% -- entire aisles of them. Unfortunately for me (but fortunately for my wallet) I didn't have a cart; I just had little Blue in his stroller. So I could only get as much as I could carry, but there were other women with entire shopping carts full of toys. It was something else!
I actually heard about the same sale at Target, but by the time I got there, there was nothing left. It is really for the best, my kids have WAY too many toys....as you well know :)
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