Barbie and Miniatures Alert

Have you heard that Party City and Big Lots are closing down this year? All their stores! We decided to take a look around early and see what is on sale. 

Party City prices are already higher than most retail stores, so the preemptive sale prices have brought them closer to places like Walmart. So keep that in mind.

There were these cowboy hats that looked like a decent size for dolls. All these themed items are marked 20% off.

These beverage cozy covers look like a perfect fit for dolls. They can get festive!

All these were called party favors! Barbie mini land items. And they are on markdown too.

I love these little umbrellas. They make cute miniature parasols.

These little backpacks are in the party favors section. One thing I noticed was that price tags were removed from some areas, making it impossible to check how much they were.

These MiniVerse capsules were about $12.50 each. Which is about $2-$3 higher than Walmart, usually. So taking only 10% off wasn't worth it for me.

All these are in the party favors section too. But way too pricey.

They even had dolls.

I was hearing that the goal was to have the stores closed down by the end of January or in February. 

Big lots had signs claiming 10-50% off various sections. But when we got to the checkout, we came to realize that they had either marked up the products, or the signs were way off. Most things only gave me about a 50 cent discount regardless of the amount. Our local store was still receiving trucks as well. So their distribution center is still going. The cashier said they probably won't be ready to fully close out until the end of February at least. So just keep that in mind if you check out your local store. And let me know your thoughts. Are you going to miss either of these stores when they are gone? Are you looking forward to some hot deals?