Hurry up and wait
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- December
- 27
Yesterday, I capped my day by doing a bit more shopping, to again take advantage of the post-Christmas sales.
I had started off the morning at The Container Store, as I wrote here.
And when I left the office close to 6, traffic on 287 was rotten, so I decided to stay “local” before joining the crawl toward the bridge.
So, I drove first to Rye to stop by Papyrus. Last year, a friend and colleague told me about the great after-Christmas sale there. I did so well that I still had that “score” in the back of my mind.
This time, I still did OK — got one box of Christmas cards and a notebook, both at 50 percent off. (And picked up the birthday card that I really needed to get).
Still, like I experienced earlier in the day with the buys from The Container Store, I didn’t feel like I made the “big score.”
Then, I headed to A.I. Friedman in Port Chester. They — gotta love it — have all their holiday items already marked down 75 percent.
Well, I went to town.
I got another box of Christmas cards.
Lately, I like to buy a few boxes and pick and choose from them, depending on the recipient, instead of having one card for everyone.
Here, the sale allowed me to snag a great box that I’d not have spent the money on otherwise. I loved it, but it wouldn’t “fit” for more than a few people.
At $15, I couldn’t justify it. At $3.75, though, it was not to be passed up.
Similar savings on some garland, a bunch of ornaments, some cute little angel pins (just $1.25!)… have to say, it was a pretty worthwhile trip.
And to top it off, the cashier took the time to carefully wrap each item in tissue paper. It made it seem like I had bought some treasures, not just “leftovers” that had suddenly lost their value.
I walked to my car, two bags in hand, and didn’t even mind the wet snow that had started to fall.
Now comes the hard part — putting them all away and waiting another year before I can use them all.
Did you also like to do this kind of shopping — or do you think holding onto things for the next Christmas is a bit much?
Believe me, I’ve heard from both camps.
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on Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am by Mary Shustack.
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You are SO organized! If I did buy Christmas cards now and put them away, I’d never find them again. Nor would I even remember that I had bought them! But those are good bargains. Thanks for sharing the tip!
Good to hear from you again, Tangerine.
After several times buying things, knowing I had bought them — and never being able to find them, I started to store all “advance purchases” in a big bin in the back of a closet.
Seems to work out just fine.
Happy new year.