Fete Lifestyle Magazine October 2021 - Best Of Issue | Page 75

2.Before an upcoming holiday, plan to visit your preferred stores at least 1 – 2 months prior. For example, Halloween has been in these stores since mid-August. While writing this article I noticed after the 1st of October, most stores were cleaned out of their Halloween / Dia De Los Muertos decor.

3.Do not sleep on the deals from your local Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid. Right after a holiday ends, these stores reduce decorations 75% off or more. Look at is as something to spark joy for you when you pull out of your decorations next year.

4.3M Command Strips are in a league of their own. Do not buy knock offs from these discount stores. 3M will hold up anything and everything.

When I walk out of these stores with bags in hand, I am grinning from ear to ear, ecstatic like the older woman from the Mervyn’s commercial telling her husband to “start the car!” as she runs out to the parking lot. I always feel like I have hit the lottery with beautiful holiday decorations, excited to show my kids what I have bought that will eventually be passed on to them to continue this tradition.

By the time this article goes live, you should have already started shopping for your 2021 holiday decorations. I will advise I see Gnomes trending in a big way this holiday season all over the place and suggest you buy in bulk. Dollar Tree, I applaud your marketing team for timing of this price increase announcement. I have never seen so many empty shelves as I did last weekend doing more research for this article.