After Christmas Shopping!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I had a great time with my family. Today my mom and I ventured out to do a little post-Christmas shopping (A tangential thought: I was very disappointed when as a young lass I found out that the Canadian 'Boxing Day' does not, in fact, involve boxing.). This was the first time that I have looked forward to shopping in a while. *gasp*! We went to two thrift stores, Hobby Lobby, JoAnn, and Wal-Mart and actually had a lot of fun. My main goal was to replenish my very much depleted stock of Christmas wrap and bags. Here's what I got:

* At Hobby Lobby: Two tiny Christmas tins (.50 each), 20 small paper Christmas sacks (.10 each), three spools of ribbon (non-Christmas- .25, .25, and $1.50 respectively), and a large roll of silver striped foil wrapping paper ($3). A note for you ribbon fanatics: Hobby Lobby's Robert Stanley Collection spools of thin ribbon are normally 2/$1. Right now they are 50% off, making them .25 per spool. That is the lowest price that I know of for this size of ribbon. Unless, like me, you hit the mother lode at a neighborhood yard sale and get a huge bag of ribbon for $1. ;) The wrapping paper would also do for wedding and anniversary gifts and was $3 for 60 yards. Make sure that you get a decent amount of paper for your money!

* At JoAnn: four spools of ribbon (Christmas- in blue and silver to match the wrapping paper, .59 each), a package of Wilton cellophane bags in blue and silver patterns (.59), and a set of five clear ball ornaments to practice craftiness on ($1.19).

* At WalMart: eight plain red cloth napkins ($4 for all and I will use all year), silver glitter tree topper ($1.12), spool of Christmas ribbon (see a pattern here??? .50).

* Thrift stores: three paperback books (.16 each), wooden bangle bracelet ($3.53), four cloth napkins that look really retro ($1.59), and a brand new basket with light green gingham liner to use as the container for one of those upcoming baby presents ($2 and still had $6 party store tag attached).

Finally, I've been stalking this J. Crew coat for ages. I need a brown wool coat, and I love the fit of J. Crew coats. Also, do you know how difficult it is to find a cute chocolate brown coat??? Apparently very difficult. I look like death in every brown except for chocolate, so that is the color that I decided I needed to get. This coat was on sale for ~$200, but I was waiting for a 25% off of clearance sale. I checked this morning- no additional sale. When I get back home, there is 25% off of clearance AND the coat is sold out in the Tall size that I need. So I ordered it in regular length with Thinsulate. I also had a $20 off coupon, so that pretty much took care of shipping and tax. The damage is $158 down from $318. Still pricy, but I know it will last me for years and I will really love it. If it fits. Did anyone else do some shopping???