Halloween Decor With Not-So-Scary Prices From Oriental Trading

I Love Fall! I love the cooler temps, the beautiful fall colors, the fun fall outfits, and decorating for Halloween. Halloween is definitely one of my fave holidays. Every year I add to my Halloween decor with a few pieces from Oriental Trading. They have a HUGE selection. I can find things I like in my budget too!

It’s not just Halloween decor though. You can find Halloween party supplies, trick or treat handouts, costumes, and lots more.

I kinda started myself a little zombie gnome collection. I added a couple more pieces to it. How cute are these guys! Zombie Frankenstein and Zombie Bride-of-Frankenstein

I wanted to add more to the garden so I thought, hey why not a zombie flamingo. This looks really cool. My only complaint is it sticks in the ground with two metal rods. The wholes made on the flamingo weren’t drilled very well. I was fully expecting the plastic flamingo body to be blown off it’s metal legs. I figured I’d have to pick it up once a day at least. But honestly, this guy has been out there for over a week now and I haven’t had to pick him up once.

We have two cats, their names are Soleil and Luna. When I saw the cat skeleton on Oriental Trading I just had to add it to my decor. It’s posable. You can turn the head, lift the tail, etc. It’s well made. My 3 yr old daughter likes to play with it when we’re outside. Twisting it’s head and pulling it’s tail. It held up to her and the weather so far.

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I remembered as I was packing up my fall and Halloween decorations last year that I needed a few more fall or Halloween wreaths. I found this really cool spider wreath on Oriental Trading. My daughter is scared of it. My 7 yr old son says “It’s creepy”. I say then it’s perfect for Halloween.

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That’s not all. Last year I got this really cool Halloween pictures. I can’t tell you how many people stopped by the house asking who the man was in the pictures. I’d tell them to look closer from different angles and see if they could figure out who he looked like. Then I’d get them. Sometimes a laugh, sometimes a little start, lol good times. So I just had to add another one to my collection.

You can see the one from last year on my vine account or check out my Halloween post from last year. Guys I got all this cool stuff to decorate for Halloween for under $75! ALL of it!

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Affordable Fall Fashion With LulaRoe Erin Solis (+Giveaway!)

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Summer used to be my favorite holiday. For years, it was summer. But as I get older I’m really starting to appreciate fall. Relief from the humidity, the beautiful fall colors, watching my boys’ football games, and of course the fun fall clothes and boots.

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A few months ago I discovered Lularoe. I started off with one pair of their butter soft leggings and now I’m a full blown Lularoe addict. I love the story of Lularoe too. Started by a single mom of 7 trying to provide for her children and balance work and home life. Lularoe only produces so many pieces of clothing in each print so if you see a print you want you better grab it. Lularoe Consultants like Erin Solis, all have their own reason for running their Lularoe business but when you buy from a Lularoe consultant you’re helping someone with their small business. Even if you have several consultants in the same area, they won’t have the same inventory. The consultants themselves don’t even know the patterns and colors they’re getting until they open the box that shows up on their doorstep. It’s so much fun seeing the unique inventories LulaRoe consultants have to offer.

Of course when you hear people talk about Lularoe everyone talks about the buttery soft leggings. But I’m gonna tell you about another fave staple for me, the Irma top. Irmas are a loose fitting tunic perfect to wear over leggings, pair with a skirt, wear with your jeans, or any other way you can think to style it. Irma is super comfy and comes in solids or patterns. Tip: when buying an Irma size one or two sizes down from your normal size. For instance, I’m usually a medium top but I usually buy a small or XS Irma top.

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This is me with a casual every day look wearing my black Irma with a pair of the buttery soft leggings. Just FYI the leggings go down to the ankles but I folded them to wear as capris this day because it was nearly 80 degrees the day I took this pic! And my 3 yr old daughter just LOVEs to be in the pics.

But Irma is not all casual, no no, you can dress her up too. I paired her with a Lularoe Cassie skirt and heels. What do you think?

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Going back to the leggings, the leggings are an awesome fall wardrobe addition. Warm, comfortable, and so many colors and prints. One Size (OS) fits sizes 2-10 while Tall & Curvy (TC) fits 12 – 22 (and some 24). Layer them under skirts or dresses, wear them with a tunic or sweater, pair them with a cardigan and your fave top, I even saw some clever post a pic with a patterned pair under a pair of shredded jeans and it looked so cool!

Here’s one way I LOVE to wear my leggings. With a Lularoe Classic T, leggings, boots, and a cardigan. Comfy and perfect for the days with a fall chill in the air.

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LulaRoe Consultant Erin Solis would love to help you find and pair LulaRoe pieces. Please support her small business and like her Lularoe Consultant Erin Solis facebook page Also talk to her about hosting your own LulaRoe facebook pop up show to earn FREE LulaRoe clothing! OR help you start your own LulaRoe business!

You can also find her on Instagram: @lularoe_erinsolis

I know you’re gonna LOVE LulaRoe. Erin wants to introduce you to LulaRoe or maybe help you add to your collection. She has generously offered to give one Luv Saving Money reader a pair of the buttery soft leggings I was talking about in your size (the color or pattern will be a surprise, how fun!)

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This week little ghosts, goblins, princesses, and storm troopers will descend upon your neighborhood going door to door asking for candy. Are you ready?

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If you are participating in the teal pumpkin trick or treat, GLEE Gum Pops or GLEE Gum would be a good choice to hand out. If you didn’t know, if you put a teal pumpkin on your porch it let’s parents/trick or treaters know that you’re handing out allergy friendly treats for those that might have allergies to things like peanuts or chocolate.

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What is Your Child Dressing as for Halloween?

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What is your costume this year? What are your kids dressing as? Well if you’re still not sure you might want to check out this post. I’ve seen so many cool costumes I would have loved for myself but buying a new house and not having the old one on the market yet calls for some tightening of the purse straps (more than usual). So no costume for me this year but the kids still get theirs. It’s a good think Wholesale Halloween Costumes has great prices!

One type of costume that always seems to be relevant are Star Wars costumes. People of all ages know Star Wars. With the new Star Wars movie coming up I’m betting we’ll see a lot of futuristic space creatures roaming the streets on Halloween. Of all the costumes my son could have picked from Wholesale Halloween Costumes, he liked this storm trooper costume the best.

I love the details of the Stormtrooper costume. The boots on the bottom have velcro so they stay with the costume. It fit my son well. My son loves it. He wanted to wear it all day. Which he did, then spilled chocolate milk on it. It’s ok though, it’s washable and the chocolate milk came right out. I’m still trying to decide on a costume for my 2.5 year old daughter. There are so many on Wholesale Halloween Costumes I’d love to see her in. I’m thinking of maybe keeping the Star Wars theme and make her Princess Leia or on a different note, maybe a garden gnome. What do you think?

Decorating Our New House for Halloween with Oriental Trading

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If you noticed that there haven’t been as many posts in the last 2 weeks or so, I have a good reason. We moved! Yep we just got into our new house last week. We’ve been crazy busy packing and still unpacking. I was without internet for a few days there too. I’m so excited to be able to decorate our new house for the upcoming holidays. I got some really cool Halloween decorations from Oriental Trading. I’ve been busy putting spooky touches on our house.

First of all, zombie gnomes. I mean how I pass up zombie gnomes?! My family kind of dubbed me a zombie lover. It all started because I used to watch the Walking Dead a lot and reviewed a zombie shirt. After that my family thought I was zombie obsessed and starting getting me zombie everything. I kind of embraced it though. I thought, why not do a zombie theme for our house?

What I love about these zombie gnomes from Oriental Trading is that it was a super easy way to decorate. Just place them in the garden. I put them in the smaller garden between our front and back door. I’ve gotten a number of comments on them already.

Since I was going with the zombie thing I thought it appropriate to pick up some of these zombie posters from Oriental Trading. One set includes 6 posters. I put them in the downstairs windows of our house. It really tied the whole theme together. I had people asking about the posters in our windows.

Then I found this super cool pictures to hang inside our house. There are several like this on oriental trading but the one called “Pappy Fungus Holograph” kind of looked zombie like to me. This one was best shared with a Vine because you have to see it in action:

Lastly I got a “Clawing Zombie Groundbreaker” It’s sensor activated. When someone walks in front of it, it screams and it’s eyes light up red. It’s battery operated so no worries about finding a plug or wires running all over the place. I put this in the same garden as my zombie gnomes. Everything I listed here, I got for under $75. And I got some really cool decorations that have been getting comments!

Oriental Trading has all kinds of cool things for Halloween to fit any budget. I’d love to get a few different holograp pictures to hand in the house and a few more zombie gnomes to add to my gardens.