Halloween Clearance

I went Halloween clearance shopping yesterday at Wal mart and Dillons, but I didn't get a chance to take a picture because my camera died, and it's all put away now :( But I can still talk about it! Okay so usually the rule with Halloween clearance is the first 3 days everything is 50% off. After that it goes to 75%, and then eventually down to 90%. I didn't want to wait that long to shop though and end up missing out on some good deals, here are some of the things I bought.

Walmart
Skull pillow with a throw blanket, originally $10, marked down to 5. I bought it for E for Christmas.
2 Packages of Halloween Kleenex, 2 boxes in each pack. Originally 2.47, marked down to 1.47 each
1 20 pack of mini M&M cookies, originally $5, marked down to 2.47
2 pairs of children's pajamas, originally $6 each, marked down to $3 each
1 package of starbusts candy originally $2.50, marked down to .99
1 package of reeses originally $2.50, marked down to $1.47
2 packages of fun size snickers originally $2.50 each, marked down to $1.47


I also went snooping around the clothing aisle and got lucky I found some tank tops marked down to just a dollar each and they were all originally 3.88 each! I bought 3 of them.


Dillons
I didn't find much here, but I did get a 36 pack of fruit snacks marked down from $5.99 to $2.47


I'm going to use all the candy I bought for some of my Christmas Baking :)

Homemade Caramel apples

The spirit of Halloween has really got to me, so I decided to make.... HOMEMADE CARAMEL APPLES!

What you will need:

7 apples

Skewers, or something to spear your apples

Two 7 ounce bags of caramels

1/2 Tsp of Vanilla extract

2 Tablespoons of water

Sprinkles

Directions:

You will need to remove the wax from the apples so the caramel will stick, so I washed them in hot water.

Stick the apples in the freezer for 15 mins (The caramel sticks better when apples are cool)

Remove apples from freezer, place skewer in apple. You might want to use something sturdier, my skewers were a little flimsy.

Wipe the condensation off the apples with a paper towel.

In a pot melt together the caramels, and the water

Once fully melted, mix in the vanilla extract.

Dip the apple in the caramel, turn the pot at an angle to do this so you can fit the whole apple

Dip the bottom of the apple in sprinkles, this helps the caramel from pooling around the bottom so much

Place in the refrigerator to cool

I'm holding everything so close.

Jack O Lantern stuffed peppers

Pumpkin Sugar cookies and Apple Cider

Pigging out.

I love my family =]