A Time to Buy - For Christmas?
I feel bad for everyone that is experiencing foul weather. As you can see we have a sunny day here at the lake, and pleasantly warm for this time of year.
Happy Market Friday, yall
Last week's Market Friday was all about buying some additional Halloween decorations. This week we found a few Christmas decorations to buy. I am slowly learning that the best selections are available much before the holiday season rolls around. Buy early and buy often, if you want to nap the best.
These are not very inexpensive. In fact they are top dollar in my opinion.
However they are quite well made with decent fabrics and details like the lantern.
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Who can resist and nice glass snowman?
The thing that the photo doesnt get across is heavy this lantern actually is! Real think metal and real thick glass so that it feels like the real thing!
Of course that quality comes at a premium price, I suppose!
I plan to fill the lantern with fun things including these colorful balls.
You get 40 of them for 10 bucks. Not horrible, I guess...
Of course I also got some regular "necessities"... My son has to have Mane and Tail lol. I know it is funny and crazy, but the joke is on me as I have to spend precious cash on this stuff. Talk about the young generation being soft lol! My mom would never have spent top dollar on this stuff. I used bar soap on my lovely locks and still do!
All of these items came from Walmart. They seem to be less willing to ship many items unless you become a Walmart Plus member. They are really pushing it hard to compete with Amazon Prime, yet they dont have the cool freebies like photo storage that I like with my Prime membership.
A few trees are starting to turn!
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I buy Mane and Tail for the horses. No lie. I even get it in the tack shop and it is cheaper than at Walmart. Check it out. :) It really does make the horse's tail beautiful! If Ben starts prancing about or galloping, I encourage you to get him away from it.
All kidding aside, I use the conditioner and only use the shampoo once in a while.
You always get the pick of the litter shopping early. More choices and no sales. But, at this stage of life, how many more decorations do we need? The lantern is nice, I like it, and yes! I put little Christmas balls in everything. It is just more cheerful! I haven't even taken out the Halloween yet, but, maybe this weekend.
Thanks so much for sharing your awesome new decorations and showing off the leaves too~
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Wow, you got all the Halloween stuff already?
Yeah we have to buy early coz many of the stores will not restock holiday items. So one must buy early or risk missing out.
Yes, will miss out the first mover advantage and get leftovers otherwise.
Happy Market Friday, @old-guy-photos! Wow I didn’t know there was a premium Walmart membership or that they are trying to compete with Amazon. That’s wild.
The best time to buy Christmas stuff is..... whenever you see it ! ha ha
It is true that a lot of the great items come out early and if you don't get it when you see it, it will likely not be there later.... and they won't get more in, even if they are gone before October !
I like your snowball/snowflake snowman. Pretty cute.
4 for $1.00 ornaments sounds pretty decent to me.
Mane and Tail.... I tried that once many years ago on my long thick mane but, it gave me a headache nearly immediately, so that was my two times, first and last. That has been so long ago, that who knows if it is the same as it use to be. So many things are not these days. I do like my shampoos though, I usually have 3 different ones rotating all the time.
Yikes! I wouldnt try it again ever! Must be allergic to some ingredients. I use cheap Jerkens bar soap :)
I would use a bar of soap if it was all there was, but it might be a little "drying" if I used it all the time.
Those Christmas decors look great indeed! I still don't see a lot of Christmas decors being put up unlike the previous years. Maybe they are waiting for Halloween to be over.
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