I haven't posted much on Saturdays lately, but in case you are out and about this weekend, check out the tail end of Christmas clearance sales for candles, especially in drug and grocery stores.
In January, the bargain candles are all in green, red or white. But white goes with everything, right?
Early January is when I buy the year's supply of candles. (Yes, the YEAR'S supply.) My target price is between 10 and 15 cents for tapers and votives. The other day, I found votives for 10 cents each, and tapers for 12 cents each, at Walgreen's in their Christmas clearance. I've noticed that the candles seem to linger a long time on the clearance shelves.
The tapers that I bought are white, and will go nicely with our dinnerware on the dining room table. And the votives are a mix of white and green. I'll be using these outdoors this summer, and both white and green will be nice in the patio and garden areas.
Bargain-purchased candles are an easy and inexpensive way to add ambiance to our leisure time. Anyone else buy candles after Christmas?
(I also picked up some battery votive candles. These will be for a birthday gift for my daughters in March. I'll make some sort of cute, cheerfully painted votive holder, and they can have these for their room. No lit candles allowed in bedrooms here.)
