A hint of fall....

The girls helped me do a bit of decorating, seeing as fall is my favorite season.   In an effort to be more budget conscious the last few years, I only buy holiday stuff the day after that holiday is over and prices get slashed.  I then take home my goodies and put them away in my bins with the stuff I already had out - such a fun little surprise the following year to see what items I had completely forgotten I had purchased.   I get the new decor thrill without the in-season pricing.  I have learned that you have to hit up Tar-jay within a day or two or else everything gets extremely picked over....but online deals (Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, etc...) are actually best several weeks later when prices really take a nosedive.  It just requires a little will power when all the new holiday items come out.  I do cheat though, and treat myself to a holiday candle here and there throughout the current season.
Seeing as Halloween is my least favorite holiday, I especially abhor spending money on ghosts/goblins/spiders/etc.....but now with these darn kids running around, I feel the need to up my spirit level.   Target and I have a coffee date set for the morning of November 1st.