Thread: Thinking ahead...

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If you could only hit one store for the day after Halloween sale, what would it be - who has the best deals??

hit only one? This is impossible you HAVE to do the clearance circuit...

but if I had to hit only one than I would hit spirit because most of the other stores do clearances before Halloween (Walmart, Rite Aid, Lowes) or do Halloween clearance for a week or more after Halloween (Target, Party City).

But my local Spirit only does clearance for 2-3 days after Halloween.

Walgreen's!!!

Originally Posted by CaliforniaMelanie

Walgreen's!!!

CM... your Walgreens actually does clearance?

How much do they clearance items?

Originally Posted by propmistress

CM... your Walgreens actually does clearance?

How much do they clearance items?

Oh, I thought this was hypothetical, as in...which store would I LOVE to pillage IF I could only chose one right after the season ends!

They do mark stuff down drastically, though. And our Walgreen's just seems to have so much stuff these past couple of years for H'ween. I'm pretty amazed at the selection considering it's not exactly a megastore. They're inexpensive, too.

This is the Walgreen's in Glendora.

I'd say Walgreen's too.
I would have said Big Lots, but it's better to wait a week or two for them when they have their stuff marked 75 to 90% off.

Walgreens is awesome the day after, and Party City has great deals the day of Halloween!

Whichever you do choose, try to focus on local/regional retail stores that tend to do it because 'everyone else is doing it'. Granted the selection is much more limited, but as a result of being so far outside their normal paradigm, that they tend to have a clearance sale days,even weeks earlier than the big chains. That tends to be true with a local grocer that's part of a regional corporation located in a tri-state area. (Wegman's)

More than once, I've decide to pick some things up for next year, say on Nov. 1st. only do discover I could get a 50-75% off the week of Halloween, and get to use the items THIS year...

Or, if you're feeling a tad more adventurous, you could go to a big box chain of home improvement stores, and take one or more of the new inflatables, then surreptitiously relocate them under the sink in one of the kitchen cabinet display areas, only to return when the clearance sales take effect...

*AHEM*

or so I've been told...

walgreens or michael's, for 75% off pumpkins!

We have a farm store that people don't really buy halloween from so I get my best deals there like the reaper that rises from behind the stone and blows fog($25) and a chattering skeleton chandelier($5). I think I got a flying bat one too but haven't dug out alot of my things yet. I bought up the striking rattlesnakes and spooky mailboxes and cool lights and a flying reaper for $1 each. They even carry full sized props like Donna and the mummy. I have no clue why since it seems I am the only one who buys them....at greatly reduced prices