A Blizzard of Deals Will Help Ring Out the Old Year

We can look forward to an entire week of super-sales when the deals are so good you’ll wish you hadn’t already finished your holiday shopping.

Upscale leather goods at the Caggiano warehouse represent Italian leather and craftsmanship at their best. Ladies handbags, wallets, attache cases, portfolios, belts, key cases and other items are all 75% off retail prices, sometimes even more.

A calfskin handbag in black, brown or tan that retails for $695 is priced at $173.75. Men’s attache cases that sell for $995 to $1,495 in upscale stores are all going for $200. A unisex money clip/wallet in calf for $50 retails for $250. It doesn’t get much better than this.

Caggiano Warehouse, 9014 Lindblade St., Culver City. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. every day except Christmas until the end of the year. Cash, checks only. (310) 838-9429.

While you’re on the Westside, check out the deals at the French Rags factory store, where cashmere tops, cashminas, stoles, throws and blankets are 50% to 70% off retail. This label is excellent quality.

French Rags, 11500 Tennessee Ave., Los Angeles. (310) 479-5648.

The Family Outlet doesn’t have to reduce its already low prices but keeps doing it anyway. Toys, kitchenware, tools and holiday decorations are all on sale. What barbecue chef wouldn’t like the thermometer fork (with battery) that checks meat temperature in a flash for $4.98?

Whenever I give someone a Touchlight or two, they usually react by saying, “Oh, I’ve wanted one of these for so long.” What a great stocking stuffer for 98 cents. Other deals: leather-like laptop bags for $9.98 that retail for $19 to $30, a tiny remote skateboard for $9.98 that retails for $25 and organizers for $4.98 that sell at a major discounter for $25.

The Family Outlet, 11124 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills, (818) 832-1367, and 11957 Parthenia St., Northridge, (818) 201-0145.

Starting today, the folks at JAS Liquidations are clearing everything in the store, and the top price is $3. Artificial trees that retail for as much as $100 and Santa dolls that retail for $12 are $3. So are wreaths, garlands, music boxes and vases. The sale continues until everything is gone.

JAS Liquidations, 14801 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (818) 501-7179.

Some of the best-looking Christmas decorations are at MH Designs Fantasy World, where the prices are slashed 30% to 70% off original prices. Items include silk trees, wreaths, garlands and centerpieces. These are worth stashing for the next holiday season.

MH Designs Fantasy World, 21 E. Easy St., Simi Valley. (805) 584-2600.