Thread: The Sweet Sales Of Nov. 1st

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Well, I just got home from my sale sweep. Left the house at 8am this morning, and hit Wally World. They were virtually cleared out but I still snagged a goodly number of Dove candy bags and other treats for a buck each. Also, a white pumpkin luminary $3.00, small animated headstone for $2.50, and a morgue sign $2.00.

Then my two year old and I went to the biggest Spirit in Denver, slated to open at 10am. We pulled up 10 minutes early and were let right in without any competition in the store! I got a fogger for 10 bucks, the life size crouching devil for $125, two hanging heads for $12, the FX controller for $7, flying vulture (had to, I've got the other two from previous years) $40, Spazm for $69 (he honestly creeps me out, HAD to get), and my little boy just had to have a wooden wiggly snake for $1.50 (hey, he'd been a good sport, after all).

I still spent a good amount, BUT since I wasn't able to buy anything pre season because we moved half way across the country in the middle of the month, I felt at liberty. Besides, I went in with a specific list of things that I'd eyed all season and wanted... and got everything on that list. So, I'm going to have one heck of a time next year! A lot of places didn't really have much stuff this year, but I'm still feeling that I did well and got the few things that really did catch my eye.

So, any other success stories?

I have a goofy question for you...
Does the $7 FX controller you purchased at Spirit have RCA plugs that allow you to hook up a CD or MP3 player? I saw the same item when I was in the store earlier this month and passed it up because I thought it was microphone controled. After reading something about a similar item in the forum I realized that I may have been mistaken. It it does accept input from a CD player then I might try to swing by on my way home from work. Could you please check for me? I would really appreciate it.

Just did a quick stop by the local BX to see what was left. Got a crawling arm, light up skull w/candles and squeezy skull that my youngest (and wife!) wanted all for $10. Yep, they're battery operated but that's what I want as we live off base and use English voltage so all those cool plug ins don't work for us!

you're lucky - everyplace i checked out had been picked clean - most of them were changing over to x-mas yesterday!

I'm sad cause I won't be able to hit Spirit until around 6 this evening.
I really need to see if they have any costumes left for next year's party and I so want some cool big stuff (like Spasm!) so I'm crossing everything that they'll still have SOMETHING decent when I get there.

I did go to Garden Ridge yesterday and they'd already clearanced everything and it was pretty picked over.

BUT I got:

monster head animated spirit ball for $10
Ultrasonic water mister with color change and a cool clawed hand bowl for $12
glass clings for $1 each (the cool ones that look like they are bursting out of the wall/window)
LED flicker candles with Frankenstein and skulls for $2
shrunken heads $2 each
test tubes filled with gross stuff $1 each

Originally Posted by deadlypeanutboy

I have a goofy question for you...
Does the $7 FX controller you purchased at Spirit have RCA plugs that allow you to hook up a CD or MP3 player? I saw the same item when I was in the store earlier this month and passed it up because I thought it was microphone controled. After reading something about a similar item in the forum I realized that I may have been mistaken. It it does accept input from a CD player then I might try to swing by on my way home from work. Could you please check for me? I would really appreciate it.

It does have an audio input jack. I actually had to pull it out of the box to make sure.

I went and checked out the stores from our small town. I managed to get a large hairy tarantula for 4$ at Giant Tiger.

If I have time later on today I want to check out Wal-Mart and Shopper's Drug Mart.

I stopped at walgreens on my way home from work last night after 8.00 to see if they had reduced their stuff yet they had not said not til 12.00 am. SO I got up at 4.30 this am and went up there had my eye on that 12 foot pirate

Walgreens:
12 foot pirate $14.99
6 foot ghoul $9.99
1 pr mummy gloves $.99
1 princess dog costume 2.99
3 pks treat bags for next year for little kids .49 each $1.47



walmart #1
8 smaller tombstones 1.44 each =$11.52
2 light up ghost $1.95 each = $3.90
1 skeleton bat-$3.12
1 light up severed skull w/hair $3.00
1 sythe for grim reaper $1.41


Walmart #2
piece of chain $1.00
light up skeleton $7.35
ghoul in cage $6.40
spider x2 $2.95 each=5.90
little frankenstein thingy $2.95

Did all this before 7.00 this morning. Then later went to meet old coworkers for lunch stopped at K-Mart

Treat bags for big kids X 9 pks .36 each=3.24
light up pirate -$3.24
Window cover silloutte $.74

The cashier at K mart took 50% off the price that was already reduced. Great deal there wish I had gotten more.

also stopped at Family Dollar and got 4 little skeletons 16 inches tall for .50 cents each =2.00

oh wow, everyones already got a head start! I hope the stores arenot clean out later when I go at 8!

WOW! THOSE are some great deals!