Holiday Savings

With Halloween just passed, that means it's on to Thanksgiving then the final stretch til Christmas.  You may have gone out and gotten your Halloween costumes and candy, and are now thinking about Christmas decorations, Ugly Sweater parties, and all holiday food.  The best way to save on these holiday items is to shop right after the holiday!

Halloween costumes can be really expensive.  One way to lessen this expense is to make your own costume.  There are many websites nowadays that have lots of ideas of diy costumes.  Just check out Pinterest and you'll find all kinds of diy costumes.

If you're not very creative, just go online and start looking for costumes right after Halloween.  You'll find costumes for half as much as they'd normally be.  Another way to save is to trade Halloween costumes with friends.

Here's a website where all the costumes are half as much as they would be next year before Halloween.
http://www.cheaphalloweencostumes.us/default.asp

Check out this collage of diy Halloween costumes I found on Pinterest and online:

As Christmas rolls around, it's time to bring out the ugly sweaters!  The best (and cheapest) place to get ugly sweaters are consignment stores like Goodwill.  But don't wait til the last minute or all the ugliest will be gone!  Another way to save is to trade ugly sweaters with your friends.  

Above are pictures from last year's holiday season.  My friend Allie and I traded sweaters rather than buying new ones, saving money.  A great thing about ugly sweaters is that you can buy oversized ones and wear them with leggings and long Christmas socks to complete your outfit.  Throw in some cheap jingle bell earrings or accessories (think garland necklace, Christmas hat, reindeer ears, etc.) and you have a complete ugly sweater party outfit!  

Bottom line: Holiday parties can get expensive, but if you shop consignment and right after holidays you can save big time.