Old Navy $0.75 dress?

"Steal of a Deal"

This is a quote i commonly say while shopping for two reasons,

1. I am always buying things from the clearance rack

 and 

2. Because I usually feel like I am stealing by their low prices

I typically get some dirty looks, because people think because I say this I am going to steal.

I have never and will never steal. It is disgusting, there is no reason to ever steal. period.

Below you will find the story, the pictures of the items I bought and my electronic receipt that Old Navy sent me after I took advantage of their sale.

Here are the details:
My boyfriend is awesome, he gave me his $30 old navy bucks because "you will actually use it"

God love him

I put it in my wallet so after any purchase I would remember to see it, I waited until the date finally came...

I went into Old Navy and saw signs saying that their clearance was an extra 30% off,  this excited me as I knew that was exactly where I was heading.

I instantly saw this little beauty, originally priced at $44.94

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I asked a Old Navy sales girl if she could tell me how much this was dress was, because it didn't have a tag, after much confusion she said, how about I say it is $13.99 so it will be around 9 dollars. I said sold and ran to the dressing room to try it on, loved it!

Then I saw a body clutch that was priced at $9.99, it was going to be around 6 dollars,

The reason I say around is because of this next part of the story..

I got in line ready to buy these two items and then looked at the old navy bucks, I needed to spend up to $20 to get at least $10 off.

So I got out of line, I went back to check on a sweater I saw that was on clearance but in different place in the store, I asked a manager if it was the same  30% off clearance for this sweater he said "yes and if anyone at the front asked tell them the bald manager said it is" with a smile.
 It was stickered at clearance for $13.99, with an additional 30% (around 9 dollars)
originally priced at $34.94!

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I smiled and walked back to line,
The cashier became very confused as I was telling her all of these new prices, so she called for a manager.

The bald manager came back, he then said these beautiful words

"Okay so this black dress was bought online and then returned here, so instead of calling Old Navy online and wasting 20 minutes of your time, how about I sell it to you for $1.47" 

My mouth dropped, I smiled said thank you repeatedly and I was very close to hugging him!

I then asked, can I still use my Old Navy Bucks?
He and She both said yes!!

Here is my receipt.

Yep. $0.75 for a $44.94, dress

These are the reasons to be nice to managers, wait for good sales, use your coupons and be frugal!

lovelovelove
M

99 Cent Sale!

There are a few reasons I check my favorite blogs daily.
One is to save money honey!

Enter G from http://nouveaucheap.blogspot.com/ 

She spends countless hours researching and distributing prime beauty deals and information. She is amazing! She even organizes each weekly sale by store: Rite Aid, CVS or Walgreens  etc. 

To quote a crazy little blonde stylist, she is Ba-na-nas! 

I started reading her blog last year and have figured out when I need to head to the drugstore to find the exact deal I am looking for, eye shadows, nail care, hair products, shower goodies...

Wet N Wild is known as that teeny bopper makeup line that costs pennies and is worth using about .5 times right? 

Well no more! They have improved every product they have. Their colors are much more pigmented which basically means more vibrant!
My favorites are the Comfort Zone Palette, which I use every day. And on stand by are my wet n wild color icon eye shadow singles in Brulee, and Nutty. After that are my Coastal Scent Palettes.

The great thing about these little babies is the price, the singles are usually $1.99 but from  8/28/11 to 9/24/11   all their $1.99 products are 99 cents! For the list of the products on sale check out this link!

Here is my haul from last night, not soon after my last post I grabbed the boy and we headed to Walgreens.

The pictures are from my phone so they might be a little grainy, I apologize.

Nail Polishes: (L-R) Wild Shine- Tickled Pink, Fast Dry- FuchsiaRama, Everybody Loves Redmond (Top,Bottom and Right) - Megalast - Bite the Bullet, Haze of Love, Under your Spell, Disturbia, and Sugar Coat.  

Mega Last Eye Liners - Black Brown, Charcoal, and Navy.

Idol Eyes Creme Shadow Pencils - Graphite and Pixie 

Eye Shadow Singles: Sugar, Brulee (x2), Penny, Nutty

* My daily eye, Brulee on lid, nutty on crease and a little sugar on the brow bone*
For night time, heavier on the Nutty, I like to add a little Penny to the middle of the lid and blend in your crease. It is beautiful copper color...or color of a penny get it? ;)

lovelovelove

Maya

-- EYE love it

I was recently asked what I like to do for fun.

Here was my list
Dance
Watch Movies

Spend time with Family/Friends

and....

Find an amazing deal! Pathetic?

Oh what do you know ;)

So yesterday I stayed a little late after work and decided to go to one of my favorite college poor-girl finds. This store is in an area I affectionately call.... "The Barrio" it isn't that bad but I like to name everything that meets my eye. So I went and found a great little love.

Brand/Name: Eyeshadow Long Dress, Strapless Straight Ruffled Eyelet Empire A-Line Maxi
Originally Priced: $48.00
I paid:$9.99!!
My Dress is black, but I couldn't for the life of it find the black version so here is a purple one.

There is also a makeup section at this place: It has all sorts of different makeup for ONE dollar. Yes, it is a cash only place which is a little odd but everything is sealed and safe so I got a few trinkets

Kleancolor Eyeshadow: American Eyedol Wet/Dry Baked Shadow, in Bronze. $1.00

I love a good bronze/gold color, it is the perfect summer look! You could also use a little bit on your shoulders to enhance your summer glow

L'OREAL Paris, HIP (High Intensity Pigments) Cream Shadow/Paint - 809 Lofty. $1.00

I love this product, if you are MAC kind of gal/guy this would be like a painterly paint pot. It doesn't crease, it added a great amount of color and this would be a great product to travel with you, if you dont have a lot of time you could apply it to your lids with some mascara for a really easy look under 1 minute!

L'OREAL Paris, HIP Pure Pigment Shadow Stick, 834 Alluring $0.50
L'OREAL Paris, HIP Pure Pigment Shadow Stick, 858 Exquisite $0.50

These little babies are new and I am so excited to use them!
 I love using Pigments!   "The most basic definition of a pigment describes it as a type of material which affects the color of light reflection and absorption."

L'OREALParis, HIP Jelly Balm, 720 Luscious

I found one of these at a Dollar store in the past and fell in love! Great color, very light and not goopy. Perfect for summer!

 

I also made a little trip to Forever 21 in Anaheim. I like to call this place Heaven. There is one amazing quality for plus size women at this store. There is an entire section for YOU. It is beautiful, organized and rarely do you see a size 2 in your section. But when you do they typically look at a size and say something rude like "Ugh who wears this" .... nice huh? But then I laugh and try to hold myself back from pointing at the 5 other areas in the store devoted to them.
;)

So I made a trip, headed to their amazing clearance racks and found these  this beauties y.

Price: 11 dollars, Yellow tag deal

Well shucks I have two floral tops one for work and one everyday but I can't find their pictures. Once I find them I will update this post.

The other reason I love Forever 21 Anaheim is because ...wait for it...

It is two stories.

The top level is all sale/clearance.

Need I say more?

Until next time.

lovelovelove

M

...My First Love..

Nail Polish!

Have you ever changed your nail polish every day for a week? Well let me tell you, it is wonderful yellow Monday, blue Tuesday, pink Wednesday, taupe Thursday, red Friday, purple Saturday, and green Sunday. Why not? Here is the thing; I don't do this every week, that would be ridiculous, but two-three times a week....guilty. I change my nail polish a LOT. Enough to where my ex-boyfriend actually noticed and my co-workers began to look concerned. BUT here is the thing, I work "part-time" what I mean by "part-time" is that I work in the office part time and then I come home and get back to work. I know, I shouldn't because I am not being paid for this time etc. but I do. I want my program to be the most successful program and that is that. So this basically means that I have more time than the average full-time, in-office or cubicle worker. I have from 3:00 - whenever I fall asleep to do whatever I want.

Here is where nail polish entered my life, I remember being a little girl and my mom gave me this book.

I began to try the flowers, the polka dots and the unbelievably easy French Tip. Yes, I tell you without lying that I do not have to use a brush or tape to make a straight line. I could rival some nail salon ladies. So anyway that is where the habit began, soon after I remember being given a goodie bag from a party and I got this amazing Dark Blue Wet N' Wild Nail Polish. I ran that brush on my nails as fast as I could and began waving at everyone showing it off...until... Mom saw. She wasn't having dark nails in 6th grade, more like 16! Yes 16!! Could you die? Thanks mom.

Luckily by that time Lauren Conrad began wearing black nails and every other celebutante so

I was in the clear!

Okay so at this point you are thinking:
 really though...did you get a deal or not?

I SURE did little darlings I SURE did
ahem...and even better you get a story with that too!

de·vi·ous/ˈdēvēəs/Adjective:
1. Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals.
2. (of a route or journey) Longer and less direct than the most straightforward way.

Alright well I have to confess I got an extra deal today. So this store had a sale and they had a limit of 3 nail polishes. So I bought 3. So I bought 3 and then added one extra because I felt that I could afford the extra at $1.99. So. One .99 Two .99 and another .99 plus an extra $1.99. Well guess what. I was being honest and was ready to get the fourth for $1.99. I got in my car and realized that the 4th was $.99.

Well me being foolishly frugal...I may or may not have gone back to conduct an official experiment....

Brand: Sinful Colors Professional
Store: Wal-Greens
Cost: .99 cents ~ limit 3ish

 

Colors Left to Right:
Hazard, Nirvana, Big Daddy, Cream Pink, Cream Pink, Fly Away, and Dream On.

     Experiment successful.


lovelovelove
M