It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

It's January clearance time!

If you have small children, run, don't walk, to your nearest Target. They just marked their toy clearance down to 75% off. Just think of all the birthday parties that your child gets invited to. Wouldn't it be nice to just reach into your gift stash instead of running out at the last minute to buy a gift..at full price?

This is one of my favorite signs to see:

My sister and I met at one of the Target stores near us. We loaded up our carts with toys.

After hitting the toy section we headed to the gift wrap section to see if we could score any bargains. At the first Target that we hit, we didn't find any. At the second one, we found lots of birthday gift bags for 75% off. How perfect is that? A stack of gifts for the year and gift bags too!

While we were there, we ran into our blogging friend, Melanie from The Coupon Goddess. It's always a treat to run into her. If you see her in a store, you know you're in the right place. She's always where the deals are.

Here's a picture of our haul. I think we're all set for birthdays and some Christmas next year.

If you have the time, take a look around the store. They have lots of clearance items in every department. We found this Yankee Candle diffuser for $4.99 from $19.98.

After loading up the car with our goods. We headed to our next destination, Old Navy.

Old Navy was having 40% off their clearance.

My sister spent $50.09 for all this stuff:

Men's
2 pants
2 dress shirts
1 thermal shirt
1 sweater

8 tank tops
1 wool jacket
2 slippers
2 t-shirts
4 zip hoodies

All in all a great day. I can't wait to see what other stores are offering for their January clearance sales.

Happy shopping!

Waiting....

Waiting for January clearance sales to start is like waiting for a baby to be born; "What will it be like?" "When will it happen?" "Will it hurt?" Okay, maybe not that last one, but you catch my drift.

I'm {not so} patiently waiting for these freakin' sales to start. I see the stores gearing up for Valentine's Day and even (gasp!) spring! What the heck? Spring? I'm not ready to put my pasty white body into spring clothes and bright colors. I'm still hiding in my bulky sweaters and jeans, thankyouverymuch.

The sale that I'm most looking forward to is the Target toy clearance. This is the time to stock up on toys for the coming year. How many children's birthday parties do you get invited to? Do you find yourself running out at the last minute (or on the way to the party) to buy a gift? With this sale you can stock up on some great toys at a fraction of their regular price.

I'm really waiting for this sign

to change to 75% off.

During the July Target toy clearance I was able to buy many Christmas gifts and gifts for Toys for Tots.

I've been to Target every day for the past four days waiting, waiting, waiting. I guess that's the only thing I can do.

Target

Last night on my way home I decided to stop at Target for a few necessities. Dodging raindrops I walked briskly into the store as I heard seagulls above. After browsing around for a while I noticed a wet spot on my purse. Thinking it was a raindrop I wiped it away with my hand. Well, it wasn't rain. It was green and it was smelly. Realizing that it was bird poop, I quickly got a wipe out of my purse and went about cleaning it up. I shopped around for another 30 minutes or so and headed to the checkout line. After making my purchase and chatting up the cashier she said to me, "I have to tell you...you have something on your forehead." After mildly freaking out and practically shrieking "what is it??" I grabbed a wipe and cleaned it off. It was green and it was smelly. Yes, it was bird poop. I walked around Target for over an hour with bird poop on my forehead.

The good news is, I found a ton of great items on clearance. The best deal of the day is below. A pair of kids sweatpants for 98 cents. I haven't decided if I'm going to donate them or keep them for a friend who's expecting a baby. Check out the photo below: