The day after Christmas is one of my favorite times to shop – I love the after-Christmas clearance deals! In fact, the week after Christmas and the first week or two of January are AWESOME for all kinds of clearance deals on all kinds of things – clothes, coats, gifts, health & beauty stuff, holiday decor, toys, etc.

And every year is a little bit different – I never know what I’ll find. There are some deals that come around pretty much every year, and then there are others that just sorta pop up out of nowhere. Here are some of the fun finds I got this morning at Walmart and Target.

Walmart


Ziploc storage and freezer bags, Holiday Limited Edition Designs
Normal price: 2.88
Clearance price: 1.13 (these were not marked as clearance on the shelf, but did ring up on clearance price)
Use Ziploc Bags, any $1/2 (1-14-12) SS-12/4
or Ziploc products, any $1.50/2 (2-20-12) SS-11/20
Final price after coupon: .63 each (less if you use the SS-11/20 coupon)


Gillette Fusion ProGlide gift set + Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power 4pk cartridges
Normal price: 10.00 for gift set, 17.47 for cartridges
Clearance price: 5.00 for gift set
Use Gillette Fusion ProGlide Cartridge 4 ct. or larger, Buy 1 Get $5.00/1 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor (12-31-11) PG-11/27
Final price after coupon: FREE for gift set

I needed to buy the razor blades anyway, so I waited until after Christmas when I knew these gift sets would be half off and then used the coupon to get them free with my blade purchase. Not a stellar deal on the blades, but at least I got free stuff with it! (I did verify with the cashier whether they would accept the coupon on the gift set, since it includes a razor, and she said it was okay and the register accepted the coupon, but this one could be a YMMV depending on your local store and their policies.)

There is also a second Gillette Fusion ProGlide gift set that has a full-size deodorant and a thermal face scrub included, normally 15.00 and now clearanced to 7.50 – use the same scenario above and get the gift set (scrub, razor, body wash and deodorant) for 2.50 with purchase of blades.

Target


Pillsbury Holiday Funfetti cake mix, clearanced to .84


Kellogg’s PopTarts Holiday Gingerbread, clearanced to 1.07


Betty Crocker Snickerdoodle cookie mix, clearanced to .86
Use Betty Crocker Cookie Mix, any flavor 17.5 oz. or larger pouch .40/1 (12-31-11) SS-11/6 or SS-11/13 or SS-12/11
Final price after coupon: .46 ea


Oreo Cookies Winter Red edition, clearanced to 1.49


Nivea For Men gift set, clearanced to 4.99

There are lots of other deals out there besides just these, including Reynolds Wrap (holiday design), hand soaps (I saw Dial and Softsoap – also saw some Method, but those were not ringing up 50% off, even though they were the holiday design, so they might just not be in the system yet), Betty Crocker cake mixes, paper plates and cups, and other holiday-themed grocery items. Also check for other health & beauty sets – I saw Olay, Caress, Dove and a few of the other Nivea ones. And the Target I went to this morning had quite a bit of toys already marked to 30% off, with a few of the 0ff-brand toy sets already at 50% off!