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I went shopping the day after Christmas bright and early for half off sales. Here are a few of my favorite finds! I am saving some of these for gifts for next year.  You can still find Christmas bargains out there! Whatever store you are in look for a clearance section of holiday loot.  Don't overlook your local drug store or card/gift shop too! Walmart:  These acrylic canisters with lid and gift tag are perfect for next year's homemade goodies. cost  $1.48 each.   Patterns: penguins, snowflakes, owls, trees, and chevron. I already filled some of the canisters with treats from relatives and neighbors that shared their homemade cookies with us. Dish towel and pot holder sets  cost 99 cents Pot Holder sets with oven mitt and pot holder.  Cost 99 cents. Target: These paper products are useful anytime of year at half off, use a coupon if you can. Look for holiday food storage bags and containers. Puffs and Kleenex brand tissues. I was glad to find the...

Have you taken your Christmas tree down and out to the curb? I just took out the live greens I had in our house and took them to the curb. Don't you always feel like the holidays go by to fast?  I'm already thinking about next Christmas. Why? Because the sales are great now! Wal Mart sale yesterday -75% off, most of this stuff was around 25 to 50 cents!   These door covers were 25 cents. I bought three in each style. Great for you inside doors too, give to teachers, college kids, libraries, or give a set of them to your kids school, church or day care. I was waiting for these to go on sale: electric candles for the window. 98 cents a pack. (earlier I bought the candles that are battery operated with timers and they have a orange glow-I'll use those for October and November) Target's holiday merchandise was 75%  on my visit.  I bought a handful of gift bags for 90 cents each and tissue paper.  Each store has different stock...