Goodness gracious this is going to be long, so let’s go!

Set your time you’re going to do it. There will never be a perfect time with nothing going on, you’ve just got to block it off the calendar and GO! We chose to do it in the spring when my husband could give me 2 full days when he had some time off for spring break.

Then, you’ve got to set up shop. Cover any surfaces you don’t want to get paint on. Most of our work was done in the garage, and we used the kitchen counter as well.

First up: remove all doors and hardware and let your handy, super strong assistant separate them into bags.

Well, I should say maybe lurking. Every Target is different, but mine went 90% off this morning for holiday stuff. I’m telling you: the calendar works! It was the same day last year for this store as well.

So, they will have the mumbo jumbo of holiday leftover stuff all crammed in the back corner of the store, but sometimes there are goodies in the regular aisles that are holiday, but the awesome employees (our best friends!) may not know they are holiday and there they sit at 90% off waiting for you to find them.

Here are some treasures I found. Spritz plates, napkins, tablecovers, and foil tissue paper in the regular paper goods aisle on the end cap.

About .20 each: