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KMART for the Holidays

RED AND GREEN AND GOLD
GLITTERY ROUND ORBS

SANTAS ELVES

TEDDY BEARS
FOR THE LAWN




CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

 Decorate it forward is my pursuit!  

I signed on to this Smiley360 mission to help spread the Christmas cheer I feel every year at this time.  I do the whole enchilada. What is that you may ask? Well, its some form of Christmas in every room in my house. When I say every room, I mean EVERY room. From the decorative dishtowels and rug in the kitchen to the shower curtain and soaps in the bathroom! 

I love love love Christmas decorating.  

When Smiley360 offered this 'mission' and a $15.00 gift card to shop at Kmart and begin my quest of the perfectly decorated home, of course I signed up with the hope of being accepted. When I was accepted and received my gift card quickly I was so happy.  I couldn't wait to go out and shop. Well then Superstorm Sandy hit and the holidays were the furthest thing from my mind. On top of that then we had an early nor'easter which dumped about 4 inches of snow on us and then I saw it as a sign that I needed to get out there and think about my yearly Christmas theme. Well less of a theme and more of a color scheme. 

I was finally able to get out to my local Kmart today and I was so pleased at the array of decorations they had to offer.  I ended up purchasing a few sets of the red and green and gold ornaments as shown in the first picture as they were on sale this week. I also picked up two indoor holiday rugs and a pair of Christmas socks for me to wear on Christmas eve as well. The best part was I used the gift card from Smiley360 and as I was already a member of ShopYourWay rewards I had  ~$13 in credits to use which basically covered my entire purchase!

So, this year I am actually doing two things for Christmas.  The first one making me happy is using green/gold/red as the major colors in my decorating. This may seem a little normal as those are the colors of Christmas anyway and anyone knowing me might think I have a tendency towards the less Christmas-sy colors of pink,purple or blue,however I have done the off-Christmas colors for afew years running now and decided to go back to the roots of the holiday.

The 2nd  thing I have chosen to do is to go through all of my Christmas decorations which I have accumulated over the years and decide what I can part with and what I really want to keep, and donate them to a women's shelter.  That to me really is decorating it forward and it is after all what Christmas is all about - The Season of Giving!

Thank you again Smiley360 for the Kmart gift card and for allowing me to "Decorate it Forward!"

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