Sunday Sales Highlights

I wasn't overly impressed by this week's sales. The only thing giving me that "get up and get it" feeling, is the release of Toy Story 3! I can't wait to go get our copy. There is also a release tomorrow of "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales," sure to be a must for your Cars fan.

It looks like Target and Walmart are competitively prived for the Blu-ray/DVD/Digital copy pack at just under $25, but Target also offers a combo pack that includes a Buzz Lightyear toy for $32 (and if you have a Target RedCard, you automatically get 5% off all purchases, this is a change to their previous rewards program).

more later...

National Candy Corn Day...A Fat Free Food!??!

Today is National Candy Corn Day! What an awesome food to celebrate! This holiday is now on my list, right behind Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th).

With these fun holidays, I like to look up the origin and do a little research. Which gives me a thought, maybe my daughter doesn't ask "why" just because she is three, maybe its in her genes. Oh goodness, please pray for me. Ok, back to candy corn!

My go to site for information is Wikipedia. I love this site. Here is their summary on the origin of candy corn:

Candy corn is a confection in the United States and Canada, popular primarily in autumn around Halloween. Candy corn was created in the 1880s by George Renninger of the Wunderlee Candy Company; the three colors of the candy mimic the appearance of kernels of corn.^[1] Each piece is approximately 3 times the size of a whole kernel from a ripe or dried ear. Candy corn is made primarily from sugar, corn syrup, artificial coloring and binders.^[2] A serving size of 22 pieces contains 140 calories and no fat.^[1]Candy corn pieces are traditionally cast in three colors: a broad yellow end, a tapered orange center, and a pointed white tip. A popular variation called "Indian corn" features a chocolate brown wide end, orange center and pointed white tip. In recent years confectioners have introduced additional color variations suited to other holidays, including Christmas and Easter.^[1]

^{My thoughts were, "Wow, over 130 years old!" and "I had no idea there was such a science behind the candy corn."}

^{If candy corn is not your candy, don't despair. I was excited to find an entire list of other holidays celebrating candy at the National Confectioner's Association website. (If I ever have to apply for a job again, I just may have to look into this company...seriously, who new the confectioners had an association?) They also have a few fun facts about candy corn on their site and I have posted them below for your convenience!}

• October 30th is National Candy Corn Day
• One serving of candy corn contains only about 140 calories
• Candy Corn is not just for Halloween anymore. Candy makers have made Reindeer Corn for Christmas, Cupid Corn for Valentine’s Day and Bunny Corn for Easter
• More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to nearly 9 billion pieces—enough to circle the moon nearly 21 times if laid end-to-end.

It's time for me to go grab another handful of candy corn behind the kids' back, and restock the candy jar.

Happy National Candy Corn Day!

(And Happy Halloween!)

Sunday Sales Highlights (A Day Late)

This week's Sunday Sales Highlights are a day late, apologies!

Please let us know if you have found some other notable sales items. Together, we can all save money by not buying unneccessary items without a sale. :)

Here are this week's highlights:

1. Toys R Us (TRU)- 40% off all Halloween. If you aren't ready, hurry out so you can get what you want! Do you have a Star Wars fan? If so, they have all of their Star Wars stuff on sale. They have several car related toys on sale for $10.00 off, including Mack the Truck that stores Cars cars ($19.99 instead of $29.99) and Cars cars ($3.00 instead of $4.00+). They have many other good sales on Legos, Imaginarium, Disney Princesses, Polly Pocket and more...don't forget to check out this ad! There is a coupon on the back page of the ad for $5.00 off Pampers or Babies R Us diapers...more good news, they usually let you use their coupon and a manufacturers coupon, which makes their brandname diapers like Pampers MUCH cheaper than your warehouse stores.

2. Joann's still has Halloween decorations marked 60% off. Their Midnight Madness sale is over and the next flyer should start on Halloween. If you sign up on their web site, they will send you flyers by mail and email.

3. Target has a sale on "Treat Size Candy" for $2.49. If you are going to be there anyway, this is probably as good of a deal as any, but check out my note on Publix below before you stock up at Target. Halloween costumes, makeup, and accessories are 15% off along with most of their other Halloween inventory. Their "Weekly WOW" is the Halloween Storage tote for $4.30, which is a great price for these. The Wii Fit is on sale for $77 and labeled as their "lowest price ever." A year ago, this set was over $120. Sex and the City 2 will be released on Tuesday and Target boasts that they are the only one with 50 minutes of bonus content, $22.99 for Delux DVD, $24.99 for Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy set. Random that caught my eye, a Thomas the Train Trackmaster Set labeled as "only at Target" that glows in the dark and is on sale for $35.00.

The other "Weekly WOW" specials:

TomTom XXL 530S GPS $119

Women's Suff Slippers $5.00

Toddler girls' sparkly shoes $9.00

Ruffle front tunic for women $16.00

Duvet cover by Fieldcrest (queen or king) $7

Digiorno $4.50

4. At Publix today, they had many assorted bags of candy and chocolate on BOGO. Their sales seem to change on Thursdays, so head over there!

Well, happy shopping and hope you have a great week