This year, Walmart had some Christmas decor I really like. This year, I am more selective of what holiday decor I purchase. This decision was spurred by multiple decisions, one of them is due to inflation. Even though I’m selective of my purchases this year, I needed to replace several Christmas decorations in my collection. Since I liked the decorations at Walmart, I decided to purchase a few of the things I show in this post!
Arizona is well known as very tourist friendly state during the winter months. The warmer temperatures in the winter months are a major attraction to people looking to escape the cold winter temperatures. It is also the best time of the year to live in Arizona due to the weather.
Because of the winter temperatures, Arizona has many Christmas and holiday themed events to entertain visitors and locals alike. Since this is such a nice time of the year to get out of the house and do things, I decided to pick my top five favorite Christmas themed events that happen annually in Arizona and feature them in a post. Some of them are well known events while others are things I like to do myself.
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One of my favorite holiday traditions is Christmas light parades. Arizona has quite a few. Some are large while others are small. Still, I love them all. Since I am thinking of going to a light parade this year, I decided to write a list of my five favorite light parades in Arizona.
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It’s Thanksgiving week which means so many great things. For shoppers, and anyone looking for bargains, it means it is time for Black Friday sales!
This year, I wanted to share small business I really like that are available to shop online on Black Friday. They are all taking orders (Unless I wasn’t aware they were closed this week!) and some may even have sales in honor of the big shopping day. I don’t know all the sales they have or any special offers for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, so please check out their websites to see if there are any specials available!
I also want to mention that I have either purchased from the stores or have been watching them for a while and have good reviews. The links to the shops are going to be their own shop websites or Etsy stores. If there is an Etsy store and a separate shop website, I will link both.
None of the links in this post contain affiliate links. The stores featured in this post are not sponsored.
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Over the years, I have picked up many hobbies. Two of these hobbies are knitting and crocheting. Since I started both hobbies, I began to favor knitting and now exclusively knit.
Even though I now knit more than crochet, I still love looking at crochet patterns, just in case I decided to pick crochet up again. This Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, I wanted to share the Etsy shops I love to shop and/or browse the most. Most of the shops focus on knitting, mostly because I am knitter now, but there are shops that also sell crochet patterns.
Shopping Black Friday sales are always a great time for hobbyist to save money on supplies. This is why it is my favorite time of year to shop for sewing supplies!
This year, I wanted to share some of my favorite Etsy shops that focus on sewing patterns. The shops I listed are all shops I purchased from and really enjoy their patterns. Some focus on trendy and everyday clothing while others focus on historical clothing for costuming. There is even one shop that focuses on quilt patterns, making this list a diverse list of shops.
This year, I decided to cut back on shopping for certain things. One of those things has been beauty products. Although I still like to shop for them, I decided to cut back due to several reasons, including worries about the economy and my budget.
Even though I cut back quite a bit from shopping for beauty products, I did end up splurging on myself this month. November is my birthday month and Black Friday sales, so there were other perks that caused me to go on a shopping spree for beauty products.
One of the stores I decided to shop at was Sephora. I wanted to purchase enough to make my Beauty Insider membership go to VIB level, so I bought more than I normally would throughout the year. Even though it did bother me to purchase so many products at once, I am extremely happy I purchased the ones I did!
Since Black Friday is this Friday, I decided to publish all the shopping haul posts I wrote. I’m starting with my Sephora sale haul.
Musicals have been a major part of my life. I grew up watching musicals. As a teen, I used to listen to soundtracks to musicals just as much as any other singer or band I liked. As an adult, I had to let go of my passion for musicals due to adult obligations. Yet, I still try to keep up to date with what musicals are currently playing on Broadway.
One of the musical soundtracks I enjoyed listening to as a teen was Wicked. I loved Glinda, but I always felt like my life was more like Elphaba. Because of my love for both characters, I always have a hard time picking the kind of merchandise I like more.
In November, part 1 of the movie version of Wicked will be released. I really enjoy looking at the merchandise inspired by the movie and deciding which ones I like the most. One of the most fun items I found was the mini backpacks inspired by the movie.
During a recent trip to Walmart, I found what I think are the cutest sweaters I’ve seen in quite a while. They are part of the Modern Moments x Harry Potter collection and are available at Walmart. All the sweaters are for children and come in sizes 12 months to 5 T. They are also unisex sizes. The timing of the release of this collection is perfect for fall/Halloween time.
They were too cute not to stop by and take pictures of them… and wish they came in adult sizes as well!
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In early September, my local Walmart started to put out their Halloween decorations. At that time, there weren’t many officially Halloween decorations available to browse or purchase. Yet, there were Jack-o-Lantern available to purchase. I really enjoy looking at Jack-o-Lanterns, so I stopped and browsed what the store had available.
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