Thread: First Halloween sighting in stores...

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One of the HomeGoods stores in my area had three Scaretakers at one point but none right now. I'll be burning up the phone checked next week!

Does anyone know the office name for this item? Is it really Scaretaker? One of the HomeGoods stores chose "Tall Dark and Gruesome" as a nickname!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Effie

I found these fences at Big Lots -- they are clearance items from the summer but I think they look very Halloweeney -- normally $10 they are half off -- there are 8 pieces in the pack, each piece is 25" wide and 14.96" high -- for a total of 16.67 feet per pack! I think they look nice and gothic and will be perfect to outline grave plots in the cemetery . . .

I saw these a few weeks ago and was thisclose to buying them, but there was only one package and I said to myself that I would have wanted at least 3 packs, so I put them back.

I went to Marshalls/Homegoods they finally put more alots of Halloween and Thanksgiving Decor!! I have a feeling Scaretaker might be there really soon like this week. I was disspointed they are out of stock of Green Potion Eyes or Brain Globe. WOW they sell out fast but it is not even October yet!!

When BIG LOTS had their 20 or 25% markdown on summer, I saw that same fencing but I bought a different design (each was a 4 foot section) of an edging material that was black in design and had a jagged kind of edge to push into the ground. The top of the edging had an interesting design. Think each 4 ft length ended up costing me $2.80. Since it was black in color already I figured I wouldn't have to paint it and if I constructed my fence frame with wood and foamboard, I might even be able to just push the edging material straight into the foam for a quick fence topper. Not sure what construction route I'll go yet. Like you kittyvibe, I looked at what material was most available for the longest length of fencing I might need. This particular style seemed to be my best bet. Hope it works out well.

I bought 4 packs of the greenish garden fencing from big lots earlier this summer. I'll have to check if they still have some packs with the clearance.

I didn't like the strobes at michaels, because there isn't a way to turn off the sound. I thought it was annoying.

Still nothing yet at our local Target...I'm disappointed! Come on, Target, let's go!

WalMart is getting slightly more Halloween-ey.

Dollar General has started marking down the garden stuff and putting up halloween.

Not sure exactly how to post more than one pic so I hope this works. The spider is over 26" across and is 3 dollars. The chain is plastic and every other link comes apart,it is 6 feet for $3.50.
I also picked up an indoor /outdoor wireless speaker set that can be connected to tv,stereo,mp3,ipod,computer,laptop from CVS Pharmacy. It was 50 bucks marked down to $12.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Went to Dollar Tree today, and they had a fair amount of Halloween things out. (Skulls, skeletongarland, small headsones, mini snowglobes.) I bought one of the black birds, I hadda pick through 'em but I found a good one.

I've only been to a couple of stores this year but they have proved to be extremely disappointing for me.

We have a Ben Franklin craft and art supply store here which also sells very nice Halloween items. They usually have a big display right when you walk in and all kinds of things to choose from. This year, the display has been moved to almost the back of the store and there's nothing even worth buying. I was very let down.

I also went to one of the Hallmark stores here which always has a very nice selection of things. Wow, it's horrible this year. I really hope next year is better. At least I already have quite a lot of nice things, but it's always fun to look at the new stuff!