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Get ready to box ’em up
Every year after Christmas I vow to buy some decent ornament storage boxes, and every year I am hit once again by the reality that:
1) Ornament storage boxes are expensive
and
2) Ornament storage boxes never go on sale, even when everything else is on clearance.
(It’s a little bit like being stuck in a nightmare, perusing the $.50 rolls of wrapping paper, flanked by $40 storage boxes.)
So this certainly isn’t the greatest deal ever, but if you—like me—are realizing that your single-storage-bin-and-a-lot-of-old-towels method of storing your ornaments simply can’t hold up for another year, I have a suggestion. Target is currently offering this handy ornament storage box for $20 with free shipping. Coupon code ON6LKVO9 takes another 10% off. For $18ish shipped I’m willing to go for it, even though the item description doesn’t tell me how many slots it has (my guesstimation is 40 openings, based on the picture).
I’m calling the not-having-to-leave-the-house-ness of it the bargain. Heh.
Fa la la la clearance
The dust is beginning to settle, but the really good clearance sales are just ramping up. This is truly the most wonderful time of the year, people.
Check out the clearance over at Charlotte Russe; prices start at under $5, and you can use coupon code student for an additional 10% off.
I have come around to Charlotte Russe in recent years; right now we’re in that sweet spot where I can shop there for my daughter, and get a few layering pieces for me while I’m there. (So far my daughter hasn’t yelled at me about it, so I think I’m okay.)
Reserve your biscuit!
Love Chick-fil-A? The spicy chicken biscuit is coming to town, and you can make a reservation to get a free one the week of January 3-8th, before its official release on January 10th.
Is this a marketing gimmick? You betcha.
But if you dig it, are you going to pass it up for free? Probably not.
Am I just jealous, because I can’t eat Chick-fil-A anymore? Maybe just a little.
Get off your couch and explore
Here’s another I-know-it-was-just-Christmas-but-this-price-is-too-good-not-to-point-out deal:
Amazon has Active Life: Explorer with Mat for just $30 shipped (about half what anyone else is charging). It has great reviews and I can tell you from experience that my kids go nuts for the Active Life games. And I love that they’re up and moving, even if it does sound like a herd of elephants has invaded my living room while they play.
After-Christmas Vera Bradley savings
Didn’t get the bag you were coveting this year, but got a little bit of mad money in your stocking? Right now you can save up to 40% at Vera Bradley on everything from their most popular colors to their holiday items.
Truthfully, I’ve never been a huge Vera Bradley person, but I bought my daughter a purse from there for Christmas and was blown away by how nicely it was packaged, plus just what quality workmanship clearly goes into them. I’m a convert! And now I’m drooling over their Christmas stockings.
Year-end pantry stockers
The flurry of lightning deals at Amazon is finally over, and my family seems fairly pleased to have me back. Heh. Now in lieu of chasing those timed deals, Amazon is offering a a bevy of “year end deals,” and I—of course—went straight to the groceries.
Some of the Year-End Grocery Deals are the sorts of things I probably shouldn’t be looking at, like chocolates. But there are still New Year’s Eve parties and such; maybe you need just one more hostess gift? Or maybe you saw that episode of Everyday Italian when Giada made a bread pudding using panettone? Because they’ve got cheap panettone and that would be an amazing thing for New Year’s. Just sayin’.
Or maybe you need a whole lot of organic canned pumpkin. I don’t judge. (It comes out to under a buck a can if you buy via Subscribe & Save.) There’s always a time in the spring or summer when I want to make muffins and discover that apparently it’s against the law to sell pumpkin at the supermarket when it’s above 50 degrees. I wouldn’t mind having a few extras in the pantry.
Then again, after yesterday’s carnival of eating, I’m not sure I need to eat again, ever.
The glorious aftermath
I hope you all had a wonderful day, whether you were celebrating Christmas or not. I have watched both Scrooged and A Christmas Story and the dog was (narrowly) prevented from eating Jesus out of the nativity, so I’m calling the day a complete success. I hope yours was similarly awesome.
Anyway! I am feeling fairly well shopped out (I know), but if you’re ready to start hitting the post-holiday sales, you know that Kohls is doing that Early Bird thing where the big bargains actually started today, and go into tomorrow morning.
Shipping is currently free on $75+, and everyone can use coupon code HOHOHO15 for an additional 15% off, through December 26th only. And don’t forget to redeem your Kohls Cash if you earned some the last time ’round!
(Psssst! The Christmas stuff is all on sale, but it’s not listed under clearance. Just go find it in the regular place, under Furniture & Decor.)
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