Hi Denise, This is an awesome haul. Such a variety of Christmas items. Last Saturday, I asked a Store Associate if a Miss 5-9 jewellery advent calendar had been mistakingly placed in a 5 cent clearance bin. No, was the reply. I asked if I could find some others and come home with the store display of 20 calendars for $1 (Retail $200). Forty little girls will now be bleased with a charm necklace or bracelet and a set of matching hair accessories (elastics and clips). And only because I asked.
Some of us are going to miss all the great deals available now. You see, snow is falling or is predicted. Some of us Southerners really hunker down at home for that. We are going to have to get very ambitious when shopping sales around Easter. Denise, you are so good at discovering delightful finds! Thanks for another informative and entertaining video!
Well I’ve learned there’s always another deal around the corner. So if you get socked in, no worries… valentines clearance is just around the corner! Thank you for watching Lisa! 🤗
In my town Big Lots is closing, and has some great stickers, pencils, rulers, t-shirts with butterflies, flowers on sale. Lots of Stitch gifts too. I'm going back to check if more items are put out, and prices lowered this week too. CVS had small Moana dolls for $3.75 that are usually $10.00 at Walmart. Your town has really great deals, but I'm in Texas! I asked Walmart to mark down more T-Shirts for $1.00, and they did. Sometimes you have to just ask.
Yes, Big Lots is closing here too! I’ve been checking them out but nothing so far. I’ll check them again! CVS too but I’m waiting for 90%!!! It’s coming this year! Great job asking for the mark down… sometimes you just have to ask! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The sugar plum coloring book would also pair nice with your big nutcracker stuffies that play music!!! Great haul even after a snowstorm!! Thank you for sharing! love the puzzles hoping they are still there when I go! I need the space and construction ones for 2 of my 2025 boxes. I got the same polar bears to send in as filler : )
Yes! That coloring book is perfect to pair with the stuffies! I was do excited about that! I really think the puzzles are new…at least to me. Hope you find them! Super cute! 🥰
Thanks for sharing! You are a great searcher! Lots to look out for! 👀 Going out to the stores tomorrow. ☺️🤞 Ollies is 40% off now for their toys until the 12th.
Thanks for the walk through and haul! I haven't been to Walmart because of the snow and I have work. I highly doubt there will be anything left this weekend but it was good to see your haul! Great deal on the wooden musical toys, and bead set. My favorite is the Super Plum coloring book. The doll is adorable. The diamond kits are a amazing find! Love the tumbling blocks and the rhythm set! Thanks for sharing, Denise! Fun haul!
Thanks Sharon! You never know what you can find if you just do a little digging🤣😜. But definitely if you need toys be on the lookout for the toy clearance because I feel like you get some really good deals in your area. Thanks for watching Friend! 🥰
Wow, surprisingly you really had a lot left at your stores! The stumble guys/Barbie stuffies were $2 at my store. Still an excellent price if you need stuffies, but $1 is so much better!! Love the sugarplum coloring book you found ❤!! The Valentines 4 in a row game…so cute and great price! The HK lip balm kit was a great find! You did great! Yep, we are getting snow again, too, but tomorrow. TFS❤
Well I guess we will be hunkering down again! ❄️Hopefully not as bad this time around! I was pleasantly surprised with my finds but I did go to the stores a bit further. And I had to dig and look and hunt and … well you know the deal😂🤣😂But well worth it at 90% off! I didn’t even show the nice things I found for my family … Christmas next year. It was a fun day!
Yesterday I felt like i was shopping with you because we were chatting together. You found alot. My small walmart was wiped out of Christmas but I did find the set of 7 Fanasty Hair Amazing dolls for 10.00 Thanks for another helpful video ❤😊
That was an amazing find!!! I’ll be on the lookout for those to just share in a video since I’m good on dolls! See, you are a great clearance shopper Tracy! 🥰
@drogers thanks. I pray about where and when to shop and God leads me to the deals he has set aside for me. It been an amazing thing to be apart of. Some folk think I'm lying when I say that I pray so much about shopping. But the end result is full full full shoeboxes. Amen and thank you Jesus.
Love watching your shop with me followed by viewing your haul! What great finds Denise and thanks for doing the video. I found one of the ballerina stuffies at 75% off; they are so sweet and beautiful! Please send the snow to Iowa. I'd love to see it! It keeps missing us.
Thanks Becky! Thanks for watching! We are supposed to get some more snow tonight. I would be more than happy to send it to Iowa instead.😂😂😂 And that ballerina stuffy is just adorable. If I had seen it at 75% off, I would have bought it also!
You got some great loot! I went to Walmart on Monday and my store was well picked over by then. I did find the last snowman head light-up ball, so i feel like that was a win 😄
I so enjoy your videos! You’ve probably been asked this before, but how many boxes do you pack during the year? You are so inspiring and such a blessing to OCC.
Oh thank you for this sweet comment! So kind. I aim for about 150 but last year God blessed me and I was able to do 207!!!! I was so excited… and exhausted at the same time! 🤗💕🙏🏻
I went to Walmart today and hunted for Christmas and general clearance. I found Christmas print fabrics for 20¢ a yard and Halloween prints 49¢ a yard. I also found 3 pack of Disney Christmas socks for $1 and Christmas earrings for $1.
I still haven't made it to Walmart and I'm wondering if there will be any 90% off left. I'm sure to find something. The toys at $5 were a terrific price. Thanks for sharing. 😉👍❤
I probably should have bought a few more of the $5 toys but I am trying to be good too. You never know… you might find something! I went to another Walmart this morning, and it is a particularly messy Walmart and found more stuffed animals mixed in with the stuffed animals in the toy section!
Dang it I was at Walmart yesterday and looked through the remains of the Christmas but didn’t check the party section or the toys for clearance. Oh well I’m new at this but I’m learning. We have almost 11 inches of snow and bracing for another storm tonight.
I was able to find some things at 90 percent. I was most excited about the toy clearance. I was able to buy some Melissa and Doug wooden car sets for $4 and an Encanto playset for $3. I also bought shirts for $2. I found some christmas things that were not marked down at both Wallmart and Target and i asked but they told me no. It is like you said sometimes they say yes. It never hurts to ask.
The cardinals DP kit is beautiful!! What a great deal! I made one of those last year for my Mom who loves Cardinals. It turned out so nice! But I paid a lot more than .99! I’ll send you a pic. Same here on snow! We got a foot a few days ago. My Husband has been off for 4 days! The roads in the city around his school are not good I guess. And we are supposed to get more tonight! Yikes. This is unusual for us here in St Louis.
I bought my grandaughter 3 diamonds sets and I paid 9.98 for them and they were suppose to be half off. Looks like I need to go to Walmart and get that fixed.
Oh wow!!! Well perhaps you can get a refund for the difference!!! That would be nice! They are really great kits and I love diamond painting. Just got hooked on it during surgery recovery!
I really enjoy seeing all the great deals you find. The stores I have are usually mostly cleared by the 'after Christmas sale'. I went to Target a few years ago right before Christmas and all the Christmas section was bare. That was before I started doing shoeboxes, but I was shopping for Christmas ornaments. You seem to have been doing shoeboxes for some time. Do you feel the children in the countries who receive the boxes would know movie/tv characters? I have hesitated to send things with say Paw Patrol or ___ because I wasn't sure if they'd know that character. If it was just a stuffed toy, I'd send it but a figure or book, etc... I didn't. I just don't know if they'd recognize the character or if that even matters. What do you think? 😸
The children in most of these countries definitely know all of the figures, and if you watch some of the distributions, you will see them wearing shirts with the various characters on them. I would not hesitate at all to send anything with a popular character on it. In fact I do many themed boxes based on these characters! they love paw patrol, Bluey, Blue’s Clues, Marvel, Disney… you name it!!!!
Hi Denise, This is an awesome haul. Such a variety of Christmas items.
Last Saturday, I asked a Store Associate if a Miss 5-9 jewellery advent calendar had been mistakingly placed in a 5 cent clearance bin. No, was the reply. I asked if I could find some others and come home with the store display of 20 calendars for $1 (Retail $200). Forty little girls will now be bleased with a charm necklace or bracelet and a set of matching hair accessories (elastics and clips). And only because I asked.
Wow! Fiona, you really scored!!!! That is an amazing deal! All it took was a little thought and the courage to ask! Great job my friend!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕
The dinosaur stuffy that's holding the gift card holder would be cute if you put a prayer card in it instead!
Great idea!!!!
Some of us are going to miss all the great deals available now. You see, snow is falling or is predicted. Some of us Southerners really hunker down at home for that. We are going to have to get very ambitious when shopping sales around Easter.
Denise, you are so good at discovering delightful finds! Thanks for another informative and entertaining video!
Well I’ve learned there’s always another deal around the corner. So if you get socked in, no worries… valentines clearance is just around the corner! Thank you for watching Lisa! 🤗
Great finds! I would keep the gift card holder on the dino and put a surprise in there.. maybe some cute dino stickers!
I love that thought! Great idea Lisa!
Look at all those finds! Nice job, Denise! It's so fun to find the 90% off treasures 🎉😊 I'm looking forward to the toy clearance rolling out. ❤
Thanks for watching! I am ready for those toys too! 🙂
In my town Big Lots is closing, and has some great stickers, pencils, rulers, t-shirts with butterflies, flowers on sale. Lots of Stitch gifts too. I'm going back to check if more items are put out, and prices lowered this week too. CVS had small Moana dolls for $3.75 that are usually $10.00 at Walmart. Your town has really great deals, but I'm in Texas! I asked Walmart to mark down more T-Shirts for $1.00, and they did. Sometimes you have to just ask.
Yes, Big Lots is closing here too! I’ve been checking them out but nothing so far. I’ll check them again! CVS too but I’m waiting for 90%!!! It’s coming this year! Great job asking for the mark down… sometimes you just have to ask! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes, the entire chain is going out of business. That's a great place to find deals! :-)
The sugar plum coloring book would also pair nice with your big nutcracker stuffies that play music!!! Great haul even after a snowstorm!! Thank you for sharing! love the puzzles hoping they are still there when I go! I need the space and construction ones for 2 of my 2025 boxes. I got the same polar bears to send in as filler : )
Yes! That coloring book is perfect to pair with the stuffies! I was do excited about that! I really think the puzzles are new…at least to me. Hope you find them! Super cute! 🥰
Thanks for sharing! You are a great searcher! Lots to look out for! 👀 Going out to the stores tomorrow. ☺️🤞 Ollies is 40% off now for their toys until the 12th.
Thanks for reminding me about Ollie’s! I’ll check that out tomorrow!!!
Thanks for the walk through and haul! I haven't been to Walmart because of the snow and I have work. I highly doubt there will be anything left this weekend but it was good to see your haul! Great deal on the wooden musical toys, and bead set. My favorite is the Super Plum coloring book. The doll is adorable. The diamond kits are a amazing find! Love the tumbling blocks and the rhythm set! Thanks for sharing, Denise! Fun haul!
Thanks Sharon! You never know what you can find if you just do a little digging🤣😜. But definitely if you need toys be on the lookout for the toy clearance because I feel like you get some really good deals in your area. Thanks for watching Friend! 🥰
Wow, surprisingly you really had a lot left at your stores! The stumble guys/Barbie stuffies were $2 at my store. Still an excellent price if you need stuffies, but $1 is so much better!! Love the sugarplum coloring book you found ❤!! The Valentines 4 in a row game…so cute and great price! The HK lip balm kit was a great find! You did great! Yep, we are getting snow again, too, but tomorrow. TFS❤
Well I guess we will be hunkering down again! ❄️Hopefully not as bad this time around! I was pleasantly surprised with my finds but I did go to the stores a bit further. And I had to dig and look and hunt and … well you know the deal😂🤣😂But well worth it at 90% off! I didn’t even show the nice things I found for my family … Christmas next year. It was a fun day!
Yesterday I felt like i was shopping with you because we were chatting together. You found alot. My small walmart was wiped out of Christmas but I did find the set of 7 Fanasty Hair Amazing dolls for 10.00 Thanks for another helpful video ❤😊
That was an amazing find!!! I’ll be on the lookout for those to just share in a video since I’m good on dolls! See, you are a great clearance shopper Tracy! 🥰
@drogers thanks. I pray about where and when to shop and God leads me to the deals he has set aside for me. It been an amazing thing to be apart of. Some folk think I'm lying when I say that I pray so much about shopping. But the end result is full full full shoeboxes. Amen and thank you Jesus.
Love watching your shop with me followed by viewing your haul! What great finds Denise and thanks for doing the video. I found one of the ballerina stuffies at 75% off; they are so sweet and beautiful!
Please send the snow to Iowa. I'd love to see it! It keeps missing us.
Thanks Becky! Thanks for watching! We are supposed to get some more snow tonight. I would be more than happy to send it to Iowa instead.😂😂😂
And that ballerina stuffy is just adorable. If I had seen it at 75% off, I would have bought it also!
Great haul.
You got some great loot! I went to Walmart on Monday and my store was well picked over by then. I did find the last snowman head light-up ball, so i feel like that was a win 😄
That was a win!!!! It’s always fun to find one thing!!!!❄️💙❄️
Thank you, Denise!
You are welcome!🤗
Awesome haul, Denise!! I got 2 of those small white bears at 70% last week. All 3 of my walmart stores were pretty cleared out.
Yes, they went fast, but I found some more hidden behind the others! 🐻My stores were cleared out too...or so I thought. LOL
Wow, this many days past Christmas? Great haul. I especially love the stuffed animals!
Thanks Marie! I found more this morning too! I’m excited to start packing this weekend!
I so enjoy your videos! You’ve probably been asked this before, but how many boxes do you pack during the year? You are so inspiring and such a blessing to OCC.
Oh thank you for this sweet comment! So kind. I aim for about 150 but last year God blessed me and I was able to do 207!!!! I was so excited… and exhausted at the same time! 🤗💕🙏🏻
I went to Walmart today and hunted for Christmas and general clearance. I found Christmas print fabrics for 20¢ a yard and Halloween prints 49¢ a yard. I also found 3 pack of Disney Christmas socks for $1 and Christmas earrings for $1.
Sounds like you did great! I love those kind of finds! ❤️
I still haven't made it to Walmart and I'm wondering if there will be any 90% off left. I'm sure to find something. The toys at $5 were a terrific price. Thanks for sharing. 😉👍❤
I probably should have bought a few more of the $5 toys but I am trying to be good too. You never know… you might find something! I went to another Walmart this morning, and it is a particularly messy Walmart and found more stuffed animals mixed in with the stuffed animals in the toy section!
Dang it I was at Walmart yesterday and looked through the remains of the Christmas but didn’t check the party section or the toys for clearance. Oh well I’m new at this but I’m learning. We have almost 11 inches of snow and bracing for another storm tonight.
Hope the snow is not too bad for you! We are getting more tonight too! You will get the hang of clearance shopping! No worries!
I was able to find some things at 90 percent. I was most excited about the toy clearance. I was able to buy some Melissa and Doug wooden car sets for $4 and an Encanto playset for $3. I also bought shirts for $2. I found some christmas things that were not marked down at both Wallmart and Target and i asked but they told me no. It is like you said sometimes they say yes. It never hurts to ask.
Wow! It sounds like you did great! Those Melissa and Doug cars are awesome! Great price for Encanto too! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The cardinals DP kit is beautiful!! What a great deal! I made one of those last year for my Mom who loves Cardinals. It turned out so nice! But I paid a lot more than .99! I’ll send you a pic. Same here on snow! We got a foot a few days ago. My Husband has been off for 4 days! The roads in the city around his school are not good I guess. And we are supposed to get more tonight! Yikes. This is unusual for us here in St Louis.
That is awesome!!! Such a great deal on those! Yes, we are getting more snow too! Yikes!!!!!😮
Man all the stuff at my walmart..goneee lol
I’m sorry…. There’s always valentines day clearance very soon!!! 💕
I bought my grandaughter 3 diamonds sets and I paid 9.98 for them and they were suppose to be half off. Looks like I need to go to Walmart and get that fixed.
Oh wow!!! Well perhaps you can get a refund for the difference!!! That would be nice! They are really great kits and I love diamond painting. Just got hooked on it during surgery recovery!
I really enjoy seeing all the great deals you find. The stores I have are usually mostly cleared by the 'after Christmas sale'. I went to Target a few years ago right before Christmas and all the Christmas section was bare. That was before I started doing shoeboxes, but I was shopping for Christmas ornaments.
You seem to have been doing shoeboxes for some time. Do you feel the children in the countries who receive the boxes would know movie/tv characters? I have hesitated to send things with say Paw Patrol or ___ because I wasn't sure if they'd know that character. If it was just a stuffed toy, I'd send it but a figure or book, etc... I didn't. I just don't know if they'd recognize the character or if that even matters. What do you think? 😸
The children in most of these countries definitely know all of the figures, and if you watch some of the distributions, you will see them wearing shirts with the various characters on them. I would not hesitate at all to send anything with a popular character on it. In fact I do many themed boxes based on these characters! they love paw patrol, Bluey, Blue’s Clues, Marvel, Disney… you name it!!!!
Wow!
Do you make a list of what topics you are going to do at the beginning of the new year or do you just keep a running list?
Yes, I have a list in a book handwritten and a spreadsheet of box themes and what I need for each box.
Would love to see that spreadsheet @@drogers