Best Things To Buy After Christmas

Merry Christmas!  I thought I’d get thish posted early in case you’re making plans for tomorrow. 🙂  The days after Christmas are some of my favorite days to shop!  I can always find great deals and I usually get a few gift cards and some cash for Christmas and so I can be a little more frivolous than usual without putting a dent in my budget!  I thought it might be helpful for you to know what the best things to buy after Christmas are.  Even you non-shoppers may want to brave the stores for some super deals!

Best Things To Buy After Christmas

Christmas Candy

Now is the time to snag candy for a fraction of the price. Inexpensive bags of chocolate, chocolate bars, and chocolate Santas can be used in place of chocolate chips for baking. Also, I try to stock up on Hershey’s Kisses to be used for Valentines and St. Patricks day. I use red and gold kisses for Valentines day and I use green kisses for St. Patricks day. It sure beats paying full price in February! {This only works if you can find a good hiding place.  Last year I thought I found a good hiding place, but when I went to use the kisses for Valentine’s day, I discovered that my husband had already eaten all of them!}

Wrapping Paper 

Christmas wrapping paper isn’t just for Christmas! You can find solid and foiled red, gold, silver, green, and white paper that can be used throughout the year. Also, look for pastel colored paper with snowflakes to be used on gifts given during the wintry months.

Gift Sets

I love holiday gift sets. Many of these get marked down to a fraction of the price because the packaging is Chistmas-y. I’ve often purchased gift sets made up of lotions and body washes at 50-80% off just because of the wrapping. What’s even better is that these gift sets can be dismantled and the individual bottles of lotions can be put in other gifts throughout the year. I often turn these gift sets into birthday gifts or thinking of you gifts!

Baking supplies and cookware

After Christmas is a great time to purchase cookware and baking supplies.  In the past few years, I have found pots and pans, coffee makers, cupcake makers, roasters and cookie sheets all marked at 50% off at Wal-Mart. I’m not sure why they choose to mark so many of these items down in their “holiday” section, but I definitely won’t complain. If you need pots and pans, waffle irons, tea kettles, etc., make sure to take a look at the holiday markdowns.

Christmas decorations and lights

Most of my Christmas decorations and lights have been purchased after Christmas. Each year, I try to add a few piece ornaments to my collection. I love that I can buy 3 or 4 ornaments for the price I would usually pay for 1. This is also a great time to buy an artificial tree to use next year. Also, if you are planning a wedding or party in which you may want to use white lights, stock up now. You’ll be able to find them and the price on them will be unbeatable!

Candles

I love candles! I love the way they make my house smell and the ambiance they create. Candles are often included in the post Christmas sales…and not just the red and green ones. I was amazed to find so many white candles in a variety of scents marked down to a fraction of their costs!

I hope this will give you a few ideas to help make the most of after Christmas sales. Please remember that it’s never a good deal if you don’t have the money to pay for it. It’s easy to get caught up in the thrill of a bargain, but it’s not worth the stress that it brings when you realize you have no money and no place to store all your “bargains”.

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