After Christmas Sales

If you enjoy shopping at the mall, but you barely do it because of a lack of money, this is the week to throw caution to the wind and head back to the mall.  Mall stores are all but giving away items this week.  If you want to stock up on decorations and gift wrap for next year, now is the time.  However, if there were items on your list that Santa forgot to bring you, pretty much every store is having an amazing sale.
3 stores that are having their semi-annual sales right now are:

Yankee Candle
Victoria's Secret
Bath & Body Works

Pretty much, everything is going to be on sale and clearance items will be dirt cheap.  While you are at it, you might want to drop by New York & Company or Aeropostale since they are both boasting about incredibly low prices.

Now is the time to stock up, even if you usually can't shop at the mall.  This week is you week!  So grab your new gift cards or cash and go!

The Layaway Returns

Back by popular demand, many stores have brought back the layaway plan.  For those that have never used it before, you can put an item on layaway by paying a small amount for the product.  You can then come back and get the item later on when you have more money.  Many stores had stopped using the layaway system when the economy was doing better.  For this Christmas season, many stores understand the economy is still not so great and the layaway is back.

Kmart and Sears have still been offering the layaway plan for a while now.  Walmart is obviously not going to be outdone by either of those stores, so they are also offering a layaway option for the holiday season.  I also just found out Toys R Us is offering layaways this Christmas, too.

So if you were ever a fan of the layaway plan, now you know where to shop this holiday season: Kmart, Sears, Toys R Us, and Walmart.