It's that time of year again, with one minor exception. It came a little bit earlier this year than usual. It's what we "haunters" have always dreamed of. Halloween decor on the shelves in JUNE. That's what I said, JUNE!
Every haunter knows that the best stores start stocking the orange and black right around the 4th of July. The stick-in-the-mud stores wait until back to school season is over. (who DOES the marketing for those stores, anyway??)
This is the time of year that we generally gather en masse in online forums , and this year, we find ourselves saying incredulously that the stores are actually beginning to stock. We have been throwing our ideas around for a little while, and discussing swooping in and scooping up merchandise that "the others" wouldn't suspect having Halloween potential. We thought that we'd have another month, possibly two months, of the very same. Then the threads began: "Such and Such Store 2014". And, it wasn't just a parking spot for future ideas regarding their current merchandise, it was about true-to-life Halloween merchandise. On. The. Shelves!
Maybe these stores are finally starting to catch on? The earlier that you put it out there, the more that you sell. It works with Christmas, doesn't it? The only real difference is that a lot of Halloween merchandise, isn't very good quality. It's often cheaper to make your own Halloween decorations, and better than the factories churn out. I find myself excited about the concept of decor being out there already. I want to go see it, but do I want to buy it? Not necessarily. Not unless it's something innovative that I can't make, or, something that is a lot cheaper than I could make it myself.
Still, I'm in the zone early. I've checked our local Goodwill a few times over the past week. Not with the same rabid zeal that I will once September rolls around, but it IS that time of year now. I've checked Dollar Tree a few times. No luck at all there, yet. Checked Dollar General this afternoon. Nothing there yet, either. However, my new LTD catalog came in the mail today, and I dog-eared several pages of components that will make great additions to my scene.
It has officially BEGUN.
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