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What To Buy In December

December 1, 2015 By Kelly Leave a Comment

December is here, and with it a frenzy of gift buying, holiday planning, meal planning, family visits, and so much more. It’s crazy busy, but I love this time of year because we love the holidays so much!

Figuring out what to buy in December is usually not difficult, more likely you’re looking for ways to reign in your spending. However, knowledge is power, and knowing what to buy this month will help you make smarter choices and stretch your dollar further.

what to buy in december

What To Buy In December

1. Popular Gift Items: It’s the holiday season and these items, if you haven’t noticed already, are on sale left and right. Keep in mind that the best sales for clothing items start on Thursdays, so shop accordingly to get the best selection.

  • Perfume
  • Tees
  • Sweaters
  • Jewelry
  • Billfolds

2. Food Serving and Storing Pieces: The holiday items seems to bring out the chefs in all of us, and with the constant parties and get togethers that this season brings retailers know that they have a good shot at selling food serving and storing pieces to consumers especially if they are at a good price.

3. Food Items: These include the following

  • Ham
  • Butter
  • Cheese
  • Baking Supplies
  • Pie Crusts
  • Read-Made Dough
  • Dinner Rolls
  • Frozen Pies
  • Cake Mix
  • Cake Frosting
  • Pie Filling
  • Refrigerated Cookie Dough
  • Spices
  • Nuts
  • Dried Fruits
  • Oatmeal
  • Soda

4. Holiday Greeting Cards: At the end of December these cards’ prices drop like a rock. Don’t buy cards that aren’t at least 50% off.

5. Cars: Guess what? End of the year means that next year’s models are about to hit the car lots. This means that you can get great bargains of 20% off or more on this year’s model as car dealers are trying to make room.

6. Off-Color Cars: Want more than just 20% off of your car? Look for Off-color cars to get even a greater bargain.Want even a better bargain? Shop for you car on Monday when there is less foot traffic, and you have plenty of time to negotiate.

7. Shrubs, bushes, bulbs: In many parts of the country December is at the tail end of the perfect time of year to plant shrubs, bushes, and bulbs. Look for garden retailers to mark their prices down pretty heavily.

8. Wedding Dresses and Wedding Gear: These bargain wedding items’ prices actually begin to drop mid-November. So by December the prices are really great for those of you planning a wedding.

9. Tools: If you talk to a lot of construction contractors they can tell you that the busy season for them is usually not during the colder months. Because of this retailers often drop their prices on tools down during them. I’ve always found great bargains for the handymen and women in my life during December.

10. Champagne and Sparkling Wine: Think New Years and Holiday morning Mimosas. Yum!

11. HDTV’s and Home Theaters: Though the best bargains for these happen in June, sometimes holiday sales can give you that bargain that you need to introduce a new HDTV or home theater system into your home.

Kelly

About Kelly


Kelly Whalen is the founder and editor of the Centsible Life. She started the blog in 2008 as her family faced a mountain of debt and the fixer upper they purchased became a FIXER UPPER. The website was born out of her desire to share what was working (and what was not) on her family's journey to financial security. Kelly lives in Minneapolis with her family.

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