party favors
Added on Jun, 17 2008 at 8:12 PM by Sarah
Finding a deal is my specialty. I love to shop bargain racks and half price sales and I find getting a good buy to be a big rush. I don't really understand why people go and pay full price for anything. I mean eventually all things will go on sale, it is really a fact. I find that I can get amazing deals on clothing, yes even the high end, brand name stuff. I can get movies dirt cheap, sometimes previously viewed, but honestly I don't really care whether someone watched it before me or not, if they have it just proves to me that it works all the way through. I especially love to get things in the off seasons at the half price sales. Like after Easter, you can pick up all kinds of decorative goodies at such a low price it is insane. Keep in mind that you do need to be a bit organized to shop in this way, see a savings is only a savings when you can locate the things when you need them or at the appropriate time of year. For instance, I have always tucked away Halloween costumes after wearing them, especially all those little gadgets that we buy to accessorize with like the pitch forks, hats, glow sticks, fake blood, glow necklaces, etc. Somehow it seems that I have trouble locating the Halloween stuff whenever that time of year comes around. What I have started to do now is I have not only been labeling my big Rubbermaid tubs, but I have also been color coding them. I have used the red and green ones to hold Christmas stuff in, the orange ones for Halloween and so forth.
I recently went to a going out of business sale at the local party supplies store and picked up many party favors that I am sure I will be using for years to come. I also picked up a bunch of those glow sticks and glow necklaces for the kids. I don't just use these at parties but I love them for each and every outing that we take with the kids. They are really great for trips to the skate rink, the drive in, a fourth of July fireworks display, or even a back yard camp out. They are great and the kids just love them. I find that keeping a pack in my purse or in the car glove box does the trick, this way when you go somewhere and the kids want you to buy them at $3.00 a piece, you can pull out the 5 pack that you bought for .50 and feel like a winner!!