Holiday Decorations thread.....2008!
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:19 am
I have at least 8 bins of holiday related decorations in the basement (no they are not on display yet, I just can't get into the xmas spirit yet!).......maybe Thanksgiving came too late in the month of November but all of a sudden, it's just - busy!
Anyway, I promised myself I was not going to buy one ornament or table top decoration this year, since the economy is so bad and our budget is tight (we are only buying 6 people gifts this year!)......
Of course I found myself in a knick knack shop yesterday that is one of my favorites for xmas merch. I found an ornament I want - $5. Haven't bought it. Put the hint out to my daughter though. LOL
Then as we were walking thru this one of a kind store (neat, neat stuff at this store!), we bumped into a life size stuffed deer (I hope it was fake, it had to be)......anyway, it was priced at $360! And we joked, our dog would just freak out if we came home with something like that.......but really, who would buy something this big and where would you put it 11 months of the year? LOL That was the craziest xmas decoration I've seen lately.......
I had to give it one final "pet" before I left the store. It did somewhat scare me when I first saw it, your first thought was - who let their dog in here? Their great dane sized dog? he he I imagine the store clerks had a laugh when he showed up in a delivery truck......
Oh but I could have spent hundreds of dollars in this store. Candlestick sets, table top village creations (I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff but I am not buying any of it this year), xmas linens, doilies, table top runners, etc. This store even has an upside down xmas tree, of course all decorated.
Your turn.....what stores do you have that sell xmas merch? Or what's the craziest xmas item you've seen lately? And who among hasn't wandered down that battery operated dec aisle at Walgreens? My 18 yo daughter had so many of those stuffed animal and xmas trees going the other day.....what a riot.
Anyway, I promised myself I was not going to buy one ornament or table top decoration this year, since the economy is so bad and our budget is tight (we are only buying 6 people gifts this year!)......
Of course I found myself in a knick knack shop yesterday that is one of my favorites for xmas merch. I found an ornament I want - $5. Haven't bought it. Put the hint out to my daughter though. LOL
Then as we were walking thru this one of a kind store (neat, neat stuff at this store!), we bumped into a life size stuffed deer (I hope it was fake, it had to be)......anyway, it was priced at $360! And we joked, our dog would just freak out if we came home with something like that.......but really, who would buy something this big and where would you put it 11 months of the year? LOL That was the craziest xmas decoration I've seen lately.......
I had to give it one final "pet" before I left the store. It did somewhat scare me when I first saw it, your first thought was - who let their dog in here? Their great dane sized dog? he he I imagine the store clerks had a laugh when he showed up in a delivery truck......
Oh but I could have spent hundreds of dollars in this store. Candlestick sets, table top village creations (I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff but I am not buying any of it this year), xmas linens, doilies, table top runners, etc. This store even has an upside down xmas tree, of course all decorated.
Your turn.....what stores do you have that sell xmas merch? Or what's the craziest xmas item you've seen lately? And who among hasn't wandered down that battery operated dec aisle at Walgreens? My 18 yo daughter had so many of those stuffed animal and xmas trees going the other day.....what a riot.