Anyone going shopping for after Christmas sales for 2012?
 

I am going to go tomorrow and buy a few Christmas presents for 2012. I figure I can get some really great savings and give some nice gift for less. I hope to get a few things just to help out next's yrs budget.

If I did that - I would probably either misplace them or forget that I had them - great time for shopping though - I am looking for any sales on fabric - particularly moda pre-cuts - I just love that fabric

I have done this in years past. Great way to save $$, and stock up too. Just gotta remember where you put them! :)

I am pretty organized when it comes to this. I have a running list already of my next year's Christmas gift ideas and storage. Time will tell how well I do.

Did that this year. Found Nutcrackers I had bought after Christmas for future giving. Luckily my grand daughter doesn't care they are plainly marked 2009. Have fun.

I am looking for Jelly Rolls as we speak :) Want to do the Planet patchwork New Years Day Mystery and it calls for a jelly roll- yes I have the fabric but.... thought if I could find a cheap one.... LOL

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I don't get anywhere near a department store or mall from October until about mid-January. I don't need anything that bad! Tooo many crazy people out there!!

I know exactly what I want and will buzz in and get it and out! Won't waste time browsing! I am focused that way!

I always start my Christmas shopping the day after Christmas.

I'm hoping to :)

I won't go to any major dept stores, NO WAY!! I may go to some smaller stores nearby and probably Hancock Fabrics. Dollar Stores are great places to buy wrapping paper, bags, etc. But then I have to store them and remember where I put them. I may order things on line if there are great bargains. I did most of my Christmas shopping on line.

For those who are braving the "after Christmas crowd" GOOD LUCK AND BE SAFE!!

Love your answer.And I agree.

YES!! I always get money for Christmas (I have more money after the holidays than I do before the holidays!!) and I usually buy those "After Christmas bargains" with it! My mom's birthday is Jan. 4th, and I've never paid fullprice for her birthday present!

I also held out for years, waiting for the perfect Christmas tree. Last year, I finally got one at 90% off!! It's the most beautiful tree I've ever seen and now it's in MY house! I just had to wait almost a year before I could put it up! (Just kidding, it's been up all this time! Just not decorated!)

Amen! I plan on sewing all day! I don't need to buy presents and I don't need to shop aimlessly either! It is fun to be out and about but it takes me 45 minutes to get to the closest mall so no, I am staying off the roads and enjoying a "me" day!

PS: I did enough buying ME presents this last couple of months..a new serger, a cover stitch, Aurafil threades sets, etc. I am set!
sandy

So agree!!!

Thinking about it!

I keep remembering that my birthday month gets me better discounts from the two quilt stores I love. So I stay away during the after Xmas sales. Although this year I have my eye on a Christmas tree on steep discount and maybe a Halloween tree.

I'm going to Jo-Ann's hopefully to get the tall Ott lite for 79.99, save 100.00 ! I got Christmas $$$$ to spend!

I hate to go shopping when there are so many people there doing their shopping for next year or to add to their stuff. I just wish Gas was on sale so I'd probably do a little more running to the fabric and other stores. Live out of town and hate to put 30 or 40 miles to my regular runs. But my sister gets some great stuff...I'm up early enough but hat the crowd.

NO, NO, and NO there is not a chance that I would go to the stores now until after the Christmas clutter is gone and the new spring things start to come out !!

Every year on the day after Christmas I go out for about an hour or so...I buy Waterford ornaments for my whole family so...the day after Christmas, I am DONE for the next year! I have not participated in the holiday nuts time for about twenty years...and I like it that way! (Plus that, the ornaments are 50% off too!)

My wife and I are planning a "post-Christmas shop-hop" to the LQSs on Wednesday. We both have projects we're buying for.

Tate

I'm with you! I send my 8 grandkids Amazon gift cards and stay out of the crowds!

I'm bad for remembering where I leave my keys to my car...I'm sure I'd never find a present 12 months later...lol. I usually avoid the stores at all costs.

I ended up spending half the day with my family (unexpected) and the rest of it shopping for my son's computer. We lucked out at the fifth place we tried. He went over budget slightly but got a much better computer than we thought he'd get. Anyway, I also picked up a little toy but didn't get any "After-Christmas bargains".

Well I did it! I got 9 presents for next year! I am doing the happy dance, supposely I saved over $184 dollars. No way could I pay that on top of what I spent today. Glad I went today, I buzzed in and out so quickly, it was great! It helped that I knew exactly what I was going after.

Although, I am not shopping any other big sales right now including fabric stores, holding on to my quilting money til I truly need something for quilting/sewing.

I went to Wm around 11am today...it was busy, but not crazy and get this...there were NO return lines..none...a few people were exchanging items at customer service but that was it!
I wonder if their NEW return policy had something to do with that. Did you know you are only allowed 3 returns without a receipt in a year??? and items more than 60 days old in their system are not often recognized? Same at Lowe's now. You can only return 3 times with no receipt before their system locks you out and you can not return anything EVER without a receipt....sorta makes it hard to buy for people that way. Guess they make more money on gift cards that folks lose or forget to use! Sad...

Nope, staying home

I buy at sales throughout the year and keep everything that fits in a bin.Now if only I could remember to put names on them!

I just had a spree on the fatquarter site. Some terrific bargains. Last year I got into a lot of trouble building my stash. This year sanity, so far, is keeping me from doing bad things. But I ask you in all honesty, how can buying fabric be a bad thing?

Later this month I will scour the mark down mark down displays. I look for children's clothes especially. These I store for next years "adopt a family" program. Last year I found children's jackets for less than $3. That's 90% off plus my Senior discount!

First time in years did not shop after Christmas sales. The before Christmas sales were great!! I buy throughout the year (on sales, clearance, thrift store, Ebay) and store in one area(gift closet in a spare bedroom on the floor and shelves and under that bed). I forget what I have by November, some years, too much, other years not enough so I have to shop.

I did and bought lots of little stuff for secret pals

I went shopping yesterday (the day after Christmas). I found very few good sales. Joanne's had Christmas ornaments at 70% off, but I didn't need any.

lol Went there on Monday bought a bunch of perfume on sale. Gonna hit the stores after work for sales on Xmas prints for many miscellaneous items. Also gonna find me some pj pants !! GD too love those pj pants so gonna look for some for them as well !!

Can't face the returns. Will go out later in week o right after New Years but will be for looking for bath items for me. Changed my bath to grape and beige colors so need to find grape color accesssories. I hate to buy Chritmas gifts a year ahead. My grandchildren make lists and they may change completely by next year.

I usually hit up the sales but hadn't planned on it this year. I still have tons of wrapping paper, boxes, etc - enough for next year for sure. But surprisingly, my dh wanted to go. So we went to the local outlet mall where they have a tool store. He found some tools he wanted on sale. I hopped into the Vanity Fair store. I ended up with 2 pair of wrangler jeans, 6 pairs of socks and a cutesy plaid print bra for the grand total of $21. I was happy! I could not belive how slow business was. It wasn't busy at all. I usually start watching for deals for Christmas presents right after Christmas, so I'll still be looking and making plans for gifts I want to make. I have a big rubbermaid tote that I use to store things as I buy them so I know where they are. When the kids were young, I'd hide things in different places and every now and then we'd discover gifts after the holidays. LOL. The tote is much easier for me.

I need to find some plastic ornaments. Hubby is off tomorrow and we will go see what's left. I didn't realize ours had dwindled down to none. We have little ones 4, 2, and 1. There is no way I would put on glass ornaments so this year we had candy canes.

I'm with you. I don't need to shop that badly. I am already planning what gifts I'm making for everyone from my stash. I don't plan on spending much this year anywhere. Tired to the teeth of all the consumerism out there.....2012 is the year of homemade........food, doll's clothing, quilted items from stash.

I did not shop for presents, but I sure bought a supply of wrapping paper and xmas cards for next season!