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Hi, it's Lindsy Diane from dianecor.com.
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In this video, we're going to talk all
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about Christmas decor. We are going to
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compare Hobby Lobby and At Home and see
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which store has the better Christmas
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decor this season. This is the third
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video in my 2025 Christmas collection
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series where we go in store and see if
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the selection is worth the trip and
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worth the price. Let's get started with
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my trip to Hobby Lobby. Now, first up
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are these beautiful glitterwood trees.
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These are the small version of these
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trees. They also have a larger one.
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These are very pretty, but even at 50%
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off, you're looking at $40 for these
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trees. I would wait until the year- end
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sale for something like this. Now, they
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also have a huge selection of stocking
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hangers. This beautiful gold metal bow
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is fantastic. It's $9.99 on sale. They
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also have these beautiful mosaic snowmen
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and snowflakes and reindeer. All of
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these are going to be like $7.99 on
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sale. And then they have some more
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colorful options. They have this pretty
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uh Christmas tree with the holly berries
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and the bird on top. These are just
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stunning. You can't go wrong with the
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stocking hangers. Then there are the
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stockings. Now, of all the stores that
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I've been to this year, Hobby Lobby has
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the largest selection of stockings
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available, and the prices on these are
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absolutely phenomenal. They have so many
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different cute styles to choose from.
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For whether you're looking for kids or
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you're looking for adults, this is the
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place to go to get high quality
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stockings. All of these you're going to
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be looking at around the $10 or less
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mark um when you take that 50% off. So,
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this is a really, really great buy here
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at Hobby Lobby. They have this nice
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black, like textured one with the gold
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bells. They've got these faux fur
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stockings that are really nice and
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plush. They have all different styles to
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choose from. I especially love these
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stockings that look like they're wrapped
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presents. They've got a green one or a
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red one with a green bow and a white one
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with a red bow. The prices on these are
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great, so I would definitely come here
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for stockings. Then there's the
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ornaments. Now, there are going to be
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aisles of ornaments. Their big main
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general aisle is full of ornaments.
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These are your typical novelty style
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ornaments. You will find similar
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ornaments, if not the same ones, at
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other stores as well. So, Michaels, your
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local grocery store, they're all going
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to have these types of ornaments.
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whether it's a little, you know, sushi
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or a taco or a hot dog, snow cones and,
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you know, things like that. But the
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prices on these are great. So, for the
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most part, you're going to be spending
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probably anywhere between like $2 and
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maybe $7 once you take that 50% off on
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any of these types of ornaments. I think
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that they're a good buy and they have a
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huge, huge selection. When we get into
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the Christmas trees at Hobby Lobby, they
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are absolutely stunning. They have huge,
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huge trees. The styles are fantastic,
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but the prices are very high. Even at
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50% off, I would expect to spend 300
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plus on a decent sized tree from Hobby
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Lobby. And because of that, I would wait
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to the year- end sale if you want to buy
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a tree from Hobby Lobby. And then they
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have a huge assortment of tree collars.
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So, if you are looking for something to
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hide the base of your Christmas tree,
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this is a great place to go. I
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especially love this gingerbread one.
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It's on sale for $25.99 right now. It's
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a great buy. Then they have a ton of
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candy themed decorations. Most of these
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are like tabletop decor accents or you
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may place some of these larger gift
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wrapped present options maybe under a
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tree or by a mantle. But if you have
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that candy colored theme going on, you
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will find something cute at Hobby Lobby
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for an affordable price. Now, the thing
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to look out for price-wise at Hobby
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Lobby are the licensed ornaments. So,
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like this uh little bag of crunchy
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flamin' Hot Cheetos, it's $8 on sale at
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Hobby Lobby right now, but the same
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exact thing is available at Five Below
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for $5. The same thing for some of these
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other novelty ones like the ranch
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dressing and the cheeits and the classic
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pickles. I've seen all of these at Five
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Below for $5 or less. So, I would go
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there for those. They've got gnomes.
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They have then aisles that have
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collections of ornaments by theme. So,
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right now you can see I'm in the
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gingerbread aisle. Everything here they
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have specially selected some gingerbread
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themed ornaments. If you are going for a
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strict theme, that's the way that I
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would search the store. You'll find your
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garland and your decorative accents and
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your ornaments all within your theme if
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you shop that way, which makes it
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really, really easy when you're trying
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to put something together, put a
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particular look together.
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The nutcracker selection is good here,
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but I probably would go to J C Penney
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for my nutcrackers just because they
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have a larger selection available. I
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know that's hard to think that they
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would have a larger selection than Hobby
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Lobby, but they do. Whe whether it's a
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combination of in store or online, I do
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believe that J. C. Penney has the larger
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selection of nutcrackers for a slightly
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better price, but they do have a
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beautiful assortment here to choose
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from. Then you have these little village
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houses that light up. Lots of places
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have something like this or something
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similar. The price here is good with
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these. They have white houses, they have
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black houses. You can find similar ones
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at uh Target, or if you wanted to go for
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the metallic ones, they have those at
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Walmart as well. Then you have little uh
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you know, glitter, sequin, cone trees,
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and some other decorative accents. All
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of these are nice and they're well
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priced, especially when you're taking
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Something that I found here that was
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interesting were these mirrors, these
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Merry Christmas mirrors. Now, I would
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not buy these here. You can get any old
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mirror and get a decal with a Cricut
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machine and put Merry Christmas on
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there. So, I wouldn't recommend buying
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those. They're decorative pillows,
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again, are 50% off. I particularly like
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this Merry Christmas and the one with
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the little gingerbread on it. It's a
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good buy at 50% off. And then the last
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thing that jumped out at me before I
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left the store was this like swivel
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turntable advent houses. I'm not really
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sure how to describe it, but there are
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several tiers of little houses with
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drawers that are numbered and you pull
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out so you can make your own advent
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calendar. This is absolutely stunning. I
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love it. I would definitely get that.
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For my rating, I'm going to give Hobby
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Lobby's selection a five out of five.
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They have an incredible assortment of
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items to choose from. Every theme that
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you can imagine is going to be
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represented in store. The selection is
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fantastic. The stock I'm going to give a
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four out of five. While the stores
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themselves are currently well stocked, I
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did notice that lots of stuff has gone
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out of stock online. So, I'm going to
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give a four out of five for their stock.
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And then the prices, five out of five.
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The the prices here are incredible.
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Right now, out of the gate at 50% off,
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they're incredible. and they're only
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going to go lower from here. And it's
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not even Thanksgiving yet when I'm
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filming this. Then the ease of shopping
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I'm going to give a four out of five.
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And this is because their online stock
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will go out and they'll say search in
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store, but they cannot tell you which
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stores actually have that item
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available. So, it's a real guessing game
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when it comes to going into your local
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store. Places like Target and Walmart do
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much better with this. If it's not
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available to ship to your home, they
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will tell you which stores actually
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currently have it in stock or they have
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a ship to store option where you can go
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and pick it up. Hobby Lobby does not do
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that at all, so I had to take off a
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point for that. So, ease of shopping is
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four out of five. Quality is excellent.
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Next up was my trip to At Home. First
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thing I see coming in the door are these
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cone trees. They're like glitter and
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sequin cone trees. They're very pretty,
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but they are currently like $17.99
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for the large 30-in ones. And I think
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that that's a little bit high. They did
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not have any sales going on at the time
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that I'm filming this. All of these
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trees are high. This little tree here, a
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4ft tree is $99 and all it has is white
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lights on it. I would definitely pass on
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that. Their larger outdoor decor is also
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pretty pricey. They've got this
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nutcracker here, 119. Um, again, as the
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time as of the time I'm recording this,
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there is no big sale going on. I'm sure
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that they will mark some things down for
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Black Friday, but everything in the
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store was priced as tagged. So, you see
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this uh larger nutcracker is $2.69.
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That's pretty high. I would wait for
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sales if you're going to go to at home.
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Now, they do have things that are very
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well priced. So, the stockings $4.99 for
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a basic red stocking. Uh we did see some
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that have better quality elsewhere.
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Truly, I think that the Walmart
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stockings are a little bit nicer. They
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were higher though. They were like $11
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or so. Um, the ones from Five Below are
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a decent quality. I would go with like J
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C Penney or Hobby Lobby for the
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stockings. Uh, but they do have a a
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decent selection of styles here, but if
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you really want your pick of just
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everything as far as stockings go at a
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good price, I think that Hobby Lobby
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takes it on this one. But the basic red
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ones are inexpensive here. I I think I
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saw one that was $3. Uh, this one right
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Then you get into their stocking
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holders. Again, they have a decent
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selection here. And there are some that
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are very cute, like this wooden
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snowflake. I haven't seen anything like
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this any other store that I went to. And
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the price here is good on that one. That
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is the natural snowflake stocking
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holder, 6 in. It's $12.99. Um, if you
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could catch a sale, that would be great,
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but I don't think it's the price is
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crazy high. They've got the little uh
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you know snowman or the Santa there.
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He's also $12.99. Um they're cute, but I
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think that I prefer the ones at Hobby
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Lobby to these. Now, something that I
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did see here that I didn't see anywhere
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else, which was so so cool, was this
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iridescent LED jumbo shatterproof
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garland that lit up. This is so cool.
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It's $30. Um, and it's about 80 inches
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long. I would hope to catch a sale on
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that one, but I think it's very, very
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pretty. When I rounded the end cap, I
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found these incredible light up
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iridescent trees. They are stunning.
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They're 1999. I think those are
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definitely worth a buy. They have some
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other iridescent sort of tabletop decor
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accents. They have these little trees
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here as well. Those at the 12 in were
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$12.99. I think those are definitely
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worth the price. Then I started to get
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into the gingerbread aisle. And some of
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these little gingerbread houses are just
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incredible. They have this little log
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cabin guy. He's $20. Then they have
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another like gingerbread house with the
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light in it. He's most of these are all
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at that $20 price point. These are very
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pretty and I think that if you're
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looking for a simple tabletop accent,
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you don't necessarily want to go all in
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gingerbread theme, but you want
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something that sort of stands out, go
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for these. They have some larger ones
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there at the bottom. I think that
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they're all a great buy.
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Just like Hobby Lobby, their ornaments
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in their decor are grouped by theme. So,
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here I'm into the silver and white
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section. All of the ornaments in this
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section are either silver or white. I
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saw the little hummingbird. He was
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There is this little starburst that was
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$3.99 as well. The beautiful crown,
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$2.99. The prices on these are
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fantastic. And these aren't sale prices.
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Those are the regular prices there. Then
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I started to get into the pink and the
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candy theme. That wreath is 15 in. The
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pink ornament wreath with the pink and
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the gold ornament balls was $29.99. I
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think the pricing on all of this stuff
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here is very good. One of my favorite
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ornaments that I've seen in all of my
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shopping trips is this little ballerina
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dress. It's stunning. It's only $3.99.
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It's very, very pretty. They also have
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this hand blown glass reflector ball.
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Um, it has a little porcelain swan on
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top. That one's a little bit more
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pricey. It's $12.99. And then this
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golden pink icicle is incredible. It's
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Then I started to get into the classic
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Christmas decor section. Here you have
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this large Christmas ornament ball. It's
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$21.99. Personally, I think it's a
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little bit high. Um, but it is a good
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quality. Then they have these beautiful
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LED ceramic trees. Those are $40. They
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sell smaller versions of that at Five
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Below. I would probably just get one of
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the smaller versions. They have this
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cute little uh merrygoround here. Also
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very cute. Um it'd make a nice tabletop
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accent. The little reindeer are $25. I
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think those are a little bit high for
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those. And then you get into the ribbon.
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Now, what I would say is the ribbon is a
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good buy because a lot of their ribbon
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are 4 in wide segments, which is hard to
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find. So, this have a good style, a good
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quality, and it be that wide. I would
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definitely check them out for ribbon.
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That one that I picked up was $8 and
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hopefully it would go on sale soon
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Then, I see this little boxwood ball
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ornament. These are $5 each. I think
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they're very pretty, very glittery. If
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you are into that Ralph Lauren
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Christmas, which is really just kind of
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a traditional Christmas rebranded, this
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is a great place to go. You're going to
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find all of the types of accents that
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you need and the colors that you need
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right here in the classic Christmas
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section. Then, of course, everyone has
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their gingerbread theme section. We saw
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some of the tabletop accents earlier.
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This is further down the line where they
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have this cute little advent calendar.
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The price on this one is great. It's
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$14.99. I think that's a great buy for
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that advent calendar. They have this
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other little wood tabletop decor. Now,
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this one I don't think is worth the
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price. This one is $24.99 and it's
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really just a little like wood facade
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thing. Um, I would probably pass on that
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one. They've got these jumbo bells, like
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cluster ornament bells. $24.99 on these.
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They're 34 in long. I think that this is
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actually a good buy. They are heavy.
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They're a good quality. I love the like
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nice nautical rope thing that's going on
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with these. I think the quality is
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there. So, $24.99. It's a little high,
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but I think the quality is there. And
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then you see I'm getting into the gold
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section here that's in the middle. They
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have the nutcrackers. They have
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reindeer. They've got all your ball
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ornaments. It's very easy to shop here
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at home because it's themed just like it
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is at Hobby Lobby. So, if you want an
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easy shopping experience, I would
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definitely check out at home. It's never
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too busy at ours. I know that a lot of
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them are starting to shut down, so you
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can always shop online and then ship to
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the store and then make one trip and get
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all of your stuff if it's out of your
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way. Just shop online, ship to the
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store, get everything all at once, and
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you don't have to worry about traveling
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back and forth to find things. Overall,
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I think At Home is a great place to go
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if you want to shop a huge selection all
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at once. So, the selection is five out
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of five. They have a huge selection of
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items to choose from, all themed
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together, the selection is great. The
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stock is also great. Not only can you
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shop online and still find lots of stuff
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available to be shipped to your store or
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to be shipped to your home, there is a
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huge stock available in store as well.
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The prices I'm going to give a three out
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of five. A lot of these prices are high
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and they are not running sales like the
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other stores. I'm hoping to see a
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significant sale around Black Friday. Um
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we're coming up on that very soon, but
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for the most part, when I went in there,
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everything was uh priced as marked,
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which was a little bit high compared to
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these other stores that we've been to.
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The ease of shopping, five out of five.
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You can shop online and have it shipped
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to the store. You can shop online and
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have it shipped to your home. They even
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do next day delivery in some areas. And
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then of course you can just go into your
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local store if you have one and shop
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there. Ease of shopping is great and the
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quality of course is great as well. I'm
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going to give the quality a five out of
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So when it comes to the final scores,
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Hobby Lobby and At Home both score a 4.6
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overall. But if I had to choose between
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the two, I think that I would go to
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Hobby Lobby just because their selection
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is fantastic and I think the prices are
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better. Really, At Home lost points
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because of their price. Hobby Lobby lost
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points because of their ease of
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shopping. They have a great stock in
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store, but when it comes to shopping
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online and figuring out which local
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stores still have which inventory, it's
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a little rough. and um a lot of their
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online stock is just sold out. So, I had
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to deduct points from Hobby Lobby for
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that. I had to deduct points from At
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Home because of the price. But overall,
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I think I would still go to Hobby Lobby
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if I had to choose between the two.
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That's it for this video. I hope you
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found it helpful. Don't forget to tune
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in to part four of this series where I
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am comparing the dollar stores. I'm
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going to do Dollar Tree, Five Below, and
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Dollar General. I thank you so much for
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watching. If you like this video, please
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