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My Christmas Bargains

Although I've heard that fantastic bargains can be found the day after Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas, bargain shopping with the crowds just doesn't appeal to me. I don't do any of these major shopping days, although I do love a bargain. Yesterday after doing some decluttering, I dropped some unwanted household items to a local thrift store. While there, I decided to just browse around. It turns out that they had some really cute Christmas decorations and they were 1/2 off!

I found these two table Christmas centerpieces for $1.00 each:
I tried them out to see how they will look:

Here is a wall swag decorated with ribbon, pinecones and Christmas beads:


Since I love little nick nacks, I picked these up for $.25 each


And since I am also crazy about candles...



So it turned out to be a great shopping experience, no crowds and lots of bargains!!




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  1. MelanieJanuary 2, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    I'm not one for the crowds either.. ugh! I like how you got your bargains and missed out on the crowd part. :)

    Happy New Year!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    My lil girls and I went out shopping today... very busy... but we found alot of great deals. Your centerpieces are really pretty!!

    Thanks for visiting my blog :)

    I was looking at your church blog and it reminds me of my church up here www.summitbaptist.org
    The children's program at your church looked adorable!!

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