{"id":10922,"date":"2019-10-02T19:42:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T01:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10922"},"modified":"2019-10-02T19:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T01:48:11","slug":"10922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10922","title":{"rendered":"Bargains in Witch Kitsch All This Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of Tuesday, it’s Witch Kitsch Month<\/em>. So if this is the time when you stock up on plastic skulls and manufactured stuffed ravens, hit your local thrift store \u2014 it’s a whole lot cheaper than Spirit World or some party store.<\/p>\n

Prices are low, low, low \u2014 horrifically low.<\/em><\/p>\n

At Goodwill, I found a simply adorable<\/em> giant rubber rat (not pictured), which probably will become a geocache in some deserted building. \"\"Today I lingered over this coffee cup and a skull-themed nightlight \u2014 and this Halloween owl\u2014but opted instead for a little battery-powered three-color strobe light ($1.49), made to be put inside your jack-o-lantern. I see it inside a hanging mask, animal skull, or something else instead.((Its package\u00a0 was unopened. Some wholesaler probably dumped them because the package said “Requires 2 AA batteries,” whereas the battery holder is sized for AAA batteries. Made in China.))<\/p>\n

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As of Tuesday, it’s Witch Kitsch Month. So if this is the time when you stock up on plastic skulls and manufactured stuffed ravens, hit your local thrift store \u2014 it’s a whole lot cheaper than Spirit World or some party store. Prices are low, low, low \u2014 horrifically low. 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