Outlet madness

So I'm back from my long weekend away with my mom - I had a great time! We went wine tasting, ate some fab food, and most of all did some hardcore shopping! We actually hit up three outlet mall centers and I wanted to make out a little list to see what I spent compared to what I wouldn't have if I didn't get everything on sale. That's right. Every item I bought was on sale. Yay! So here we go

Stop 1: 

Nordstroms

Pair of shoes marked 47.99 originally 79.95

total at Nordstroms: 53.00

total saved at nordstroms - $32

Coach

2 keyfobs - skull and crossbones (sis for christmas, koala for me) - 16.00 ea marked down from 29.00 - saved 26.00

1 silk scarf - 14.99 marked down from 54.00 

total spent at Coach - 50.63

total savings at coach - $65!

Banana Republic

1 dress, marked 54.99 - 50% = 27.50

1 luxe hoodie marked 59.99 - 50% = 29.99

1 shawl neck shirt marked 29.99 -50% = 15.00

1 sweater vest marked 21.99 - 50% = 10.99, plus addtl 50% = 8.24

1 dressy top marked 37.99 - 50% = 19.00

1 embellished top marked 36.99 - 40% = 19.00

total  = 130.00

HOWEVER, BR was doing a special promotion - use your BR card for an extra 25% off!

New total =  100.72

total savings at BR - $148.46!

Stop 2

J. Crew

1 knit beret hat marked 29.50 - 30% = 10.65

1 fleece collar knit market 49.50 - 30% = 34.65

total at J.Crew = $59.59

total savings at J.Crew - $23.70

Cosmetics Company Outlet

1 MAC eyeshadow marked 10 (retail 14)

1 MAC palette marked 25.25 (retail 38)

1 MAC shadestick marked 11.75 (retail 16.50)

total at CCO - 50.64

total savings at CCO = $ 21.50

GAP Outlet

1 white blouse marked 29.99 - 40% = 18.99

1 headband marked .47 - 40% = .28

plus an additional 10% off my total

Total at GAP - $17.71

total savings at GAP - 14.02 (plus that headband at a quarter?!)

Stop 3

Burberry outlet

1 pair shoes marked 430 discounted t0 230, marked down to 99 plus an additional 50% = 49.00

total at burberry - 53

total savings at Burberry - $377!

total spent on shopping - $329.29

total saved - $633.97!!!

wowee folks - that's a huge savings - almost two times what I really spent! so although I did spent a lot of money... I also saved a ton too! Buying things on sale and clearance at an outlet center really helps a lot, not to mention I got my holiday party dress for about 25 and change an those burberry shoes! so excited!

anyway... off to get some rest here, not feeling so hot so I'm hoping I can beat a cold that might be coming on. Cheers!

TGIF!

Thank goodness its Friday - this week felt like forever! The weather here today is gorgeous and it looks like we are gearing up to have a great weekend here in San Francisco.

Last night I also made another sale... small, but the 30.00 helps! That and the bracelet I sold will be shipped out today.

Last night on my way home from work I stopped into one of my favorite stores and started talking with a gal who works there. We've chatted several times before about jewelry, bags, makeup, everything. We talked for about half an hour - and while doing so she said that the shop was actually looking for part time help and that she would gladly reccommend me to her boss. I wrote down my email and phone number and she said that she would talk to her manager about it first thing in the morning. Whether or not I get a phone call it was still nice to have someone think of me in the hey i want to work with you sense. A small job (say 10 hours a week) would help - plus the store has great things and I think I would really enjoy it. We'll see what happens though ....

Also a coworker brought me a great treat today - with MAC's back to mac program you can bring in 6 empties of any product and redeem them for a new lipstick or eyeshadow. My coworker brought me 18 empties - so that means I get 3 new MAC products! I'm very excited about this one!

I'm treating myself somewhere cheap for lunch today since it's Friday - maybe I'll be way gross and have McDonalds, haha. Anyway - more to come later.