Today I went to the local Art & Wine Festival. I drank some wine.. walked around, and went into this boutique-y clothing store. Under dangerous alcohol influence, I almost spontaneously purchased this cute coat..
But my cheapness kicked in and I decided not to dish out $120 for this. I take pride in being a smart online shopper, so I took a mental note on the brand of the coat and came home on a mission to buy it for cheaper.
The brand of the coat is Tulle, never heard of it. Do you like it? Anyways, here's how I ended up buying it for $80,which I am very satisfied with..
Point of the story is... you can most likely get it for cheaper and google is your best friend. The above steps took me like, 10 minutes. You can spare 10 min for $40 in savings. Try it out...
Switching gears now.... shopping in the late 20's. I am almost 27 now, and I still find myself attracted to junior clothing! How many of you other late 20 ladies still shop at forever21? I want to say "forever 21 isn't that bad", but in the end, it's a junior store, and I'm not a junior. Luckily, I think I still look pretty young, so I get away with shopping at forever21, but when I'm in there and I see old ladies, like grandma status, shopping for themselves.. I shudder and hope that I don't end up like them. And you know they're shopping for themselves because they're already wearing something stretchy but still 2 sizes too small, with gold rhinestone embellishment, and some kind of open-toe wedge shoe.. going through the racks for other similar tacky clothing.
Please share where you'd recommend a late 20's girl to shop.
But my cheapness kicked in and I decided not to dish out $120 for this. I take pride in being a smart online shopper, so I took a mental note on the brand of the coat and came home on a mission to buy it for cheaper.
The brand of the coat is Tulle, never heard of it. Do you like it? Anyways, here's how I ended up buying it for $80,which I am very satisfied with..
- googled "tulle coat"
- found the brand site at www.tulle4us.com -- here I learned the name of coat is "double face scallop coat" and sold for full price $123
- re-googled "tulle double face scallop", found the coat for sale at a couple othersites - shopruche.com, ebay, and fredflare.com
- being that this coat is new for fall 2009, i didn't find this on sale, so next i looked for a site coupon
- googled for "fredflare coupon" and lead me to retailmenot.com page; found a coupon for 35% off
- tested out the coupon, worked, free shipping, bought! :)
Point of the story is... you can most likely get it for cheaper and google is your best friend. The above steps took me like, 10 minutes. You can spare 10 min for $40 in savings. Try it out...
Switching gears now.... shopping in the late 20's. I am almost 27 now, and I still find myself attracted to junior clothing! How many of you other late 20 ladies still shop at forever21? I want to say "forever 21 isn't that bad", but in the end, it's a junior store, and I'm not a junior. Luckily, I think I still look pretty young, so I get away with shopping at forever21, but when I'm in there and I see old ladies, like grandma status, shopping for themselves.. I shudder and hope that I don't end up like them. And you know they're shopping for themselves because they're already wearing something stretchy but still 2 sizes too small, with gold rhinestone embellishment, and some kind of open-toe wedge shoe.. going through the racks for other similar tacky clothing.
Please share where you'd recommend a late 20's girl to shop.
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