I’m swamped with edits and upcoming promo and taxes and contract work and… sigh… stuff. However, a little while back (in case the hubby is reading this, I won’t mention the date of my last visit… LOL), I was haunting the aisles of Marshalls, spending the time to pick through their garage sale organized racks (isn’t Marshalls like a big treasure hunt?).
Why?
Because it is time to do some serious Christmas shopping.
What? Christmas shopping in January? You better believe it! I love doing my shopping now (btw… grabbed some cards at Target at 90% off, a lady in the lineup was making a joke about me being late in sending them but I was laughing manically for a different reason – 90% off folks, that’s inexpensive).
The sweaters were selling at deep discounts (I bought all my sisters sweaters for Christmas 2008) and sweaters, lets face it, don’t change that much from year to year. The same with mittens and hats and all other winter gear.
Oh, and if you’re doing something special for Valentines Day, look at the Christmas candy. Check the expiration date. If it is still good, the reds (for example the red M&M’s) are good for that fave Feb holiday also (I’m a romance reader, of course I like Valentines Day). The green ones? Likely won’t make it to St. Patty’s Day so I guess you’ll have to eat them. Darn.