I love bargain hunting. But the bad thing is I love doing it alone. I feel more comfortable going through every item in a store when I'm all by myself. I know, Amy poor Rose.

I am sorry to inform you that you that your information is wrong. My wife is currently the queen of bargain shopping...however, if you are interested in a Duchessy, she will endow it.

I am wishing to be a bargain queen. My problem is no patience and I don't like shopping. I like stuff though. Therein lies  my problem. Ha...I wish you could be my personal shopper. Hey, there's a side job for you.

Happy 2009 Boudica! This is your year to claim.

Bargains do make for smiles!  I am looking for some right about now as well.  Have a great new year!

I love when I find bargains...now if only I could just get myself to shop more. 

Sometimes I shop w/ a partner...one takes a bit toooo long (sis), and one (ahem...chris) gets impatient with me. Even though I do appreciate their company, I think I do my best shopping alone.

I love a bargain!  For me it's sort of like going hunting.  I'm always looking for that great catch of the day.  Today was a good day. But lately been having alot of good days....here's a sampling.

Around here we go to Beall's Outlet.  Once a month or so they have a "change the dot day" with one color dot being 95% off.  The next one down is 70% off.  So  today I looked for orange and blue dots. 

  At one of these stores I bought:

3  Little Boy's Swimming Trunks (very cute) Regular price $16.99.....got each for 30 cents each for a total of $.90.  They had them marked down at $5.99 each so take 95% off that. 

2 Woman's Terrycloth Swim Suit Coverups one in pretty pink another in a pretty coral....$.45 cents each.  They had them maked down at $8.99 before the discount.

1 Pair of nice men's olive green long shorts regular price $24.00....got for $.65.  You can't even buy the material for this price.   

2 Mens Russell Athletic Tee Shirts; one in a nice yellow another in a dark green for $.35 cents each. 

The total bill for all this was a whopping $3.38.  Pretty good catch.  My friend who was with me literally dropped her jaw! 

At another Bealls I got a nice woman's white "Florida" tee shirt for $.20 cents.  I got two pairs of pj's for $3.90 each (70% off). 

This stuff is all brand names like Liz Claiborne, Erin London, Leslie Faye, Adidais and Nike etc.  I got an Adidais  black running top with built in running bra for $.50.  They had it MARKED DOWN to $19.99 and after the 95% it cost me $.50.  I got my son a Nike muscle tee shirt for the gym for something like that as well. 

And the jewelry....got a nice pair of gold earrings (I'm wearing to an upcoming wedding) for $.15 cents!  It goes well with the necklace I'm going to wear for about $1.50.  It doesn't look inexpensive at all. 

I walk out of there shaking my head.  Wore a very nice outfit to church on Sunday and including the jewelry the whole thing didn't cost me $7.00.  The black dress pants alone were originally $40 and the black sweater was originally $48.00.  Last week I wore a Sag Harbor Skirt (75 cents) with a matching creme short sleeved jacket (.50 cents) for a total outfit of $1.25!   Got a few of these outifts of diff colors. 

On Fridays I get an additional 15% off because I'm under 50 so I try to shop only on Fridays.  If my card is completely punched out (punched for every $10 purchase) they take off an additonal 20%.  So last Friday I had a bought big for a total of  well  over $100 after just the 70& off everything.  All the dots on this particular day were 70% off (after a holiday).  So after that they took my punched card and took off another 20% and then another 15% for it being Friday.  I walked out of there only spending about $70 total and the loot I carried home was unreal. 

I'm starting on next Christmas!!!