If you go down Broadway across from Discount Tire there is this furniture store with a gold painted roof. The store was called Tiny Treasures or something like that. There you will find the new Spirit Halloween store.
This store has it all, kids costumes, adult costumes, costumes for your dog. Keep in mind if you wait until the last minute most of the good costumes will be gone. Also these stores are kind of expensive and the masks probably have little kid and big kid/adult snot on them by the time it gets further on into October.
If you want to save money go ahead and shop for Halloween costumes online but we all know Spirit Halloween is in town only because they know better then many of us that we will procrastinate until the last minute.
I usually go into this store and buy some fake blood or something like that and just look around at all the gruesomeness. It’s fun just looking in there but I probably won’t be buying any masks or adult costumes and we are more likely to make my sons costume than to buy it at a store.
As a side note you may save a little money on your Halloween costume by going by the Card and Party Factory over by Super 1 Foods across from Casa Ole and Chick-Fil-a.
As the Holidays are just around the corner one of the biggest attraction off of I-20 will open its gates November 1st. Santa Land is a drive thru display of Christmas lights. As you enter the magical land you are asked to turn your radio to their channel and listen to the music matching the light display.
Every time you drive thru Santa Land you discover something else. Santa Land has all different displays; your kids will love the tunnels of colorful lights, mermaids, elves, reindeer, and Santa’s workshop.
Santa Land has become a huge tradition for many families in East Texas. There is nothing like seeing a little kid’s face light up with excitement when they see the flashing, colorful lights. Many families will drive a truck out there, and after they park their other cars, their family will pile in the back of the truck with blankets and hot chocolate.
After you drive thru the first few light displays you will enter the displays of Precious Moments angels. Each “angel” is a remembrance of a child that had passed away. Santa Land has all different displays of the story of Jesus Christ from His birth, to His death on the cross, to Him raising from the dead.
You pay half way thru the display and pay either according to amount of people, or size of van or family car. After you have gone thru the light displays you can stop by the shop to find all different Christmas decorations and hot drinks. Santa Land is a great way to spend time with your family and celebrate Christmas together.
For a while I have been wishing that Tyler would get a Target Super Center. Though there have been many rumors of one being built, it has not happened. Tyler does however have a Target store. Although I can only buy a few groceries there, like snacks, frozen pizzas, and drinks, Target has become one of my favorite stores to shop, especially if there is a sale going on.
There are many reasons I love to shop at Target, one being the home décor. I highly recommend that people doing their wedding registry at Target. The home décor is always in fashion, and has beautiful lamps, frames, and art work. It has almost everything that you would need for your bathroom, bedroom, living room, and kitchen. I love to see the seasonal dishes and kitchen accessories.
Target has some my favorite selection of clothing around. Little kid’s, women’s and men’s clothes are affordable and always the newest fashion. As fall is arriving you can find great deals on all of target’s summer clothing. As my daughter starts to take ballet classes I had to find the right shoes and outfits for her to wear. These things can get pretty expensive. I have been to a few different places in Tyler looking for the right outfits and slippers, and then I went to Target and found what I was looking for, for a low price. Target has the cutest clothes for young girls. Sometimes it is hard to find age appropriate clothes when you are shopping for little girls. It seems like a lot of stores’ girl’s clothing section are mini shirts, Hannah Montana shirts, and mini bikinis. I do not understand why people try to dress their little girls like they are grown up. I prefer that my kids to dress like young children as long as they can. Target has a great selection of age appropriate outfits. They also sell cute outfits for all different holidays depending on the time of the year. Years past I have gotten flower girls dresses, Easter dresses, and Christmas dresses from Target.
The Women’s clothing at Target has a great selection for women of all sizes and styles. You can top off your great style with fun hats and accessories that are always in fashion. You can get clothes for any season or occasion, such as bathing suits and breezy dresses for the hot summer days, and comfortable jeans, and even that beautiful black dress for date night. Sometimes shopping or maternity clothes can be frustrating because you know that you are only going to be wearing the clothes for nine months before they are going to be put in a box and shoved under the bed, or passed to a friend. The prices for maternity clothes are pretty high for the most part, and Target is not really any different. Target does have great sales though. Some of the maternity clothes can be on sale up to 75% off. All of the maternity clothes are very stylish and Target has the clothes that show off your baby bump, or hide it.
Although you can get most of your electronic needs, if you do not know what you are looking for I recommend that you go to Best Buy to get your questions answered. Target does have a lot of different video games and movies. If you are going to buy something that is behind the glass, be prepared to wait for a while, because it always takes forever for them to find the keys and unlock the door. It gets pretty frustrating having to ask a few different people to help you and they tell you they are going to get the keys and do not come back (this has happened to me more than once at Target).
Target has the most recent toys for your kids. They have aisles of Dora the Explorer, Princesses, and all the newest action figures. For your young children they have all First Steps, and Leap Frog toys. Your children are never too young to learn, and the colorful and educational toys are a great way to start.
Target is my favorite place to shop in Tyler. I have done all my baby registries and wedding registry there. You can get anything there from toilet paper and paper towels to suit cases and camping gear. Although I do like the Target that is in Tyler, Tyler really does need a target super Center so that there really is a one stop store and I can get everything I need.
About a month before Halloween you will see a couple different Halloween costume stores open up in Tyler.
One of these costume stores will be quite a bit cheaper than the other one. I recommend doing a little price comparison before settling on a costume to save a bundle.
I also noticed that there are quite a few Halloween costumes over by Super 1 Foods in the Dollar General Card and Party store.
The two Halloween stores show up at different spots each year based on what large square footage area is available for rent.
Last year the old Linens and Things building by Ross was used for one of these Halloween stores. What you see a lot of in both stores are the bedroom costumes.
What I mean by bedroom costumes are the catholic school girl outfits, the skimpy nurse, the mens extra short shorts UPS worker outfit, and the list goes on and on.
It can be pretty funny during the Halloween holiday as you see the teeny boppers walking around town in these bedroom outfits.
These kids “try to hard parents buy these costumes” for their kids sometimes so just maybe they will be seen as the “cool parent”. It’s amazing what parents will do to be accepted by their children these days.
This year rather than buying a bedroom costume for your already confused teenager I recommend giving them some face paint and have them decorate some of their old clothes.
If you want to buy a Halloween mask in Tyler Texas I recommend buying it online rather than purchasing in the store as it may come with some little kid boogers.
The first one of these Halloween costume stores in Tyler we have seen just popped up over by South Broadway Wal-Mart and it is called Voodoo Halloween. Go by and check it out.
Tyler TX Halloween stores typically open around Labor Day. (also Labour Day in Canada), but this varies by a week or two in either direction…4 September 2010
If your looking for a traditional type of haunted house in Tyler check out Terror Nights
