Wicked Wares from our first official Halloween Shopping trip of 2016

We hit the stores this Labor day weekend on a carefully planned trip to maximize our time to find the most Halloween there is. We had a route in mind and a timeline and stuck to both...what we did not stick to was a budget....we went way overboard...WAY over. Anyhow I was pleased with what we found and thanks to my professional shopper wife M, she saved us a ton of money. She had apps on her phone that just pulled coupons out of the air wherever we went!

First off, very aggravated at Target again this year. They had Halloween cards out with a big sign. The Bargain Halloween items were out at the beginning if the store but no Halloween. They had tons of Back to School crap and some Avengers Costumes left over from last year.... BLAH!
Same thing for Walgreens (2 huge isles cleared but only one small section of last years stuff) Kmart (huge cleared area but only some of last year crap) and Walmart (tons of christmas though).

I actually found a box of clearance items I had ordered from Spirit back in March of this year. This stuff is too good not to post:

Glow in the dark skulls. 2 bucks each from Spirit Clearance Sale !

Great addition the the Black Light Ballroom for $20!

Fancy little Lenticular...a steal at $2 Spirit clearance!

The last of my Spirit Clearance items from March and, you guessed it, 2 bucks each. I figured M would like to use this at her job or if she ever decided to rob a bank. 

Target Bargain isle $3 each

Target $3. Will go great in the bar! and it is reversible! 

Like 2 signs for 3 bucks!

More $3 Target items. M got 2 each of these to Put in the Eerie Elegant Dining room.

Found these at Michael's . They had 30% off Halloween and M found a 20% off Coupon so everything was half price! $10 each! These will go in the living room on the new couch.

$4 Michaels. Got this one for the balcony door during daylight hours. 

New Lenticulars! I will have a wall of these one day! $4 each Micheals.

Michael's $3 each. 

Got these for the buffet table at Michaels. $7.50 each.

M found her a cover for the desert table for the Halloween Party. $4 Ross.

M loved this pumpkin at Ross. It had the tiniest chip in the stem (which I fixed within 10 minutes of getting home) she got %10 off becuase of it! $7.

Ross for $10. M wants to put it in the middle of the new couch flanked by the skull pillows we snagged at Michaels. 

I could not believe this item at Ross for $10. Heavy metal door knocker with hardware. This is going on the front door TODAY!

This is the only item we bought from an actual Halloween Store (Halloween Express) 75% off! $4!

I am sure we will do a couple more runs before October sets in. Have any of you found anything great so far?

Wicked Wares - First Haunt gear for the 2016 year

Near the ass end of August, all the stores add Halloween to their exhaustive line up of christmas that has been out since June...and I love it!

While M and I have not been out on a full Halloween buying spree (we plan on going next weekend) I have been gearing up with some awesome deals already!

First great deal was from the Dollar Tree. We found plastic skeleton hand servers. I bought a pair of these from Target 3 years ago and spent 30 bucks on them. Of course they were metal, but these plastic ones are great too! WE got 4 more and they are awesome for dipping in, gripping and serving chips of any kind. Price $1.00 each.

Next up is an even more upgrades to the lighting system. I got 3 new Blue LED flood lights and 2 more green to replace some of the florescent I was forced to use last year.  5 pack bulk rate price $28.99 shipping and handling from EBAY!

I had planned on adding at least one more AtmosFX digital window to the house this year so I jumped at the chance to get a 7000 lumen hd LED projector for the job. $71.88 free shipping Ebay.

I found a great clearance deal for a king of cheesey prop. Found this 6' static Zombie girl on clearance at Party City for 25 bucks. This props is nothing more than a 6' metal pole with a christmas tree 4 leg stand and wire arms attached to a creepy head and hands with a moldy looking dress thrown over it. M can use chicken wire to build her out a bust and body and we can fill the arms out with pool noodles. Paint her up a bit more realistic and throw a tattered dress from good will on her and she is awesome! She is $100.77 with shipping and handling from Spirit and Halloween Express both. I paid $25 flat and I found a free shipping and handling coupon to boot!

The biggest purchase (thus far) is the Haunted Shovel from Spirit Halloween.

I was not planning on using it alone as that seems kind of cheesy...A haunted shovel....I am going to put it in the hand of this static prop thus making him ALIVE!

I will just replace his old antique (real) shovel with the haunted one! Of course I will have to move him closer to the front porch near the cemetery sign and coffins for maximum effect. I also got this at a pretty good deal. I had a 25% off coupon for any 1 animitronic prop and a had a free shipping voucher from last year in the mail. my price was $74.99 flat.

Anybody else getting in good deals or secret coupons they want to talk about?

wicKED Wares seen at Michael's

July 12th and they are already stocking shelves of Halloween...but they still had twice as much Christmas out...

This was actual Halloween items, not fall decorations.  Pretty darn good stuff too.

Wednesday's Wicked Wares

Here are some of the Halloween goodies we have picked up over the last couple of weeks :

M loved this old hanging witch for some reason...so we got it for a steal from Oriental Trading

Ghost girl also came from Oriental trading for less than half what Grandin Road was asking.

For now, she is guarding my upstairs window...I really like her.

Just a little project for the grave yard....nothing huge but a good deal on something we can really improve upon from Walmart.

Another M have to have...Walmart had it for a great price and I like his ghostly face. M is going to creep him up with some more cloth.

This is the lunging reaper that Halloween Express had for 299 but on sale for 239. We got the EXACT same one from Home Depot for 99! He is really awesome and will entertain people in line and act as a distraction on Halloween night.

Another good deal from Oriental Trading. M had to have this one too....she rarely asks for props so she got it.

Big Heavy Polystone Gravestones to help beef up the sparce Graveyard. The two in the middle came from Micheals with M's discount we got them at 60% off. The ones on the ends are from Home depot for 15 each. The one on the far right is a chalk board which I intend to make a countdown to Halloween in our grave yard.

Some big old styrofoam tombstones from Home Depot. They have lights in them but we will never turn them on. We are just looking for filler in the haunt.

Mostly inside/party haunt stuff. The warning and beware were from the Dollar General for a buck each. I have 2 more from last year and they will go great together.The Wicked After Midnight was from TJ max for 4.99 The BEWARE with the crow lights up with LED and is from Ross and was 4.99. The last two with pumpkins is a set from Home Depot at 7.99 each and LED. The 4 warning signs are the most important part of the haunt and shall adorn trees at every corner of the property to warn would be thieves and or vandals. 

The top two in left hand corner are from Dollar tree and REALLY well detailed lenticulars 1 buck each as is the one in the bottom right. The 31 came from Ross for 3.99. The last two lenticulars came from michaels and at 60% off thanks to M. 

The hooks and chains came from Michaels as did the zombie hands...all at 60% off. The spider book was TJ max  as was the spider web placemats.

The short circuit bulbs are from the Hope Depot and are screw in! They have a switch for steady and shorting. The chargers and the awards are from Party City.

Piles and piles of creepy cloth from the Dollar General..

This years Funkins to carve 60% of from Michaels.

Found a great deal on these at a bar supply store online. Jello shots anyone? 

More TJ Max finds.

All from the Dollar Tree for a dollar each. The Glow in the dark stuff is just for the black light basement party rooms. 

Poseable skeleton from Home Depot. 39 bucks

I think they know each other.

Here he is in terminator mode... all the props you buy anymore have these awful LED eyes. 

Another Glow in the dark skull from Michaels.

Walmart skeles that M had to have.....

M has been after this creepy phone for 3 years now. It is motion activated and rings as well as saying some unsettling things should you answer it. She loves it.

Got these Green LED floodlights from China at 4.98 each! Spirit sells one that is half the lumens for 29 bucks. I had to wire a cord into them but still with the wires and work I am getting by at 85% off.

One Eyed Jack from Oriental Trading.

And last, but not least, a head in a jar...Oriental Trading....

So what deals are you guys finding?