SCORE!

I had to stop by David's Bridal this afternoon to pick up my bridesmaid dress for Stacey's wedding. Not only did I NOT get lost on my way there, but I also stumbled across an Old Navy :) [conveniently located right across the street from the dress shop].
I walked in looking for a dress for my Uncle Tony's wedding and walked out with a dress for my Uncle Tony's wedding! (That's a first for me!!--actually sticking to a shopping goal)



Okay, well I lied. I got a dress--in a MEDIUM!! and on sale (under $16)--but I also picked up two cardigans that were both on sale then dumped on the clearance rack for a further discount. I was able to snag each one for $7!

I wasn't able to find a picture of the dress online, but I'll be sure to take plenty of pictures at the wedding/mini-family reunion (only two weeks away). I was however, able to find the cardigans online and realized that they were incorrectly placed on the clearance rack and mixed in with the other sale cardigans.

This cardigan is SUPPOSED to retail for $26.50 -- I luckily got it and a white one for $7!

HOLLAR!

I just LOVE good purchases and awesome sales and deals!!!!

Tomorrow I can promise that I won't be shopping and wasting money... 

The niece and nephew have a soccer tournament tomorrow and Sunday. I'll be spending tomorrow (from 7AM to ??PM) working volunteering at the water tent with my brother and one of his co-workers. His company/store is one of the sponsors for my niece and nephews teams this year. His company was able to donate over 30 cases of water, hundreds of reusable water bottles, drink koozies and chapsticks all for the kids and their parents. Apparently there are going to be over a hundred teams attending the Atlanta Peach Classic this year--this weekend is going to be crazy.

I'm a little sad that it's a soccer tournament that I'm supporting and not a RUGBY tournament, but it's okay. I've got one nephew and a questionable niece or nephew on the way that I can make sure they play rugby. I've got to get at least one 'lil rugger out of the four of them... JUST ONE (is that too much to ask for?)!!!

:)

GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!! 

Go Thunder Soccer!!!!!

WANT v. NEED

It's not that I need to spend money on frivolous things... it's just that I like to sometimes. Yes. I know I have a problem. This problem is one of the reasons why I created this lovely blog, to converse with all of you lovelies in internet land... and to distract myself from spending--WASTING all of my money on crap that I just don't need--on crap that I just WANT really badly!

This blog helps me a little by allowing me to immerse myself in the fantasy of "shopping" online and imagining what my lovely-self would look like in all of the lovely clothing that I find--that I think I need.

Amen to what little self-control I do have left.

So this evening I present (to myself so I don't actually spend any money, but really) to you, my wonderful, lovely (yeah, I had to say 'lovely' one more time) readers some of the cool crap I found online tonight while taking a break from job applications/job searches.

Ta-Da:

Navajo Cardigan
[The Gap on sale for $49.99]
That's technically not a big SALE, but considering Gap for them it is.

I'm not going to lie. I totally dig this cardigan. I'm a big cardigan fan--especially the long ones because they fit my tall body a lot better. I'm not too sure about the print on this, and how it would fit in with my very simple (not a lot of prints) style, BUT I am finding myself particularly drawn to the Oh-so-warm-and-cozy look that this cardigan is emitting.
I might have to get my aunt to take a trip to the mall next week... maybe. I mean she has to go and return the SWEAT SUIT that her MiL gave her for Christmas (BTW--this is not the first time that she has received a SS from her MiL, and it's not going to be the first time that she has returned it--LOL). And while we are at the mall we can meander over to Gap and check out their sales... because (between you and I) the sales in store are A MILLION times better than the ones online. Example: 2 yrs ago I picked up an amazing long, green pea coat in store for $30, originally $200, and available online for $150. Not gonna lie. It was (and still is) the BEST PURCHASE of MY LIFE!

Moving on:

I've been on the prowl for a pair of YELLOW flats (specifically suede, Specifically SIZE 11) for almost a year now after I stumbled across this Polyvore:

I know that the image above uses a yellow bag for the accent color, but I want the yellow accent in a pair of YELLOW FLATS (size 11--remember)! I see pairs floating around eBay... ALL THE TIME, but they are from J. Crew, and automatically the price gets jacked up to $50+ and my cheap ass REFUSES to fork over any more than $20 for a pair of flats, especially yellow ones that will get dirty in a heartbeat.

These are them... but unfortunately for my all of the ones on eBay are for sizes that ARE NOT size 11 (DAMN having large feet--curse you Grandma!)

I have found a few alternatives at American Eagle, but alas (I've always wanted to use that in a grammatically correct way--I think I've succeeded) NO YELLOW! Bah! BUT the flats they do have come in cute (alternative colors) and they are relatively Cheaper than the J. Crew flats.

AE Suede Ballet Flats

[$11.95-$19.95]

Again with the thought that I might be able to get my aunt to swing by AE... but this time have her swing by my computer when I'm on the site--because they don't carry size 11 shoes in store--LAME!

And once again... back to something that I have ABSOLUTELY no use for considering that I am NOT moving to GA: I really want this Le Creuset Teakettle:

It's on sale!! :)

But damn! I don't need it right now. And this is something that I know that I don't NEED right now. There is a perfectly good working teakettle in my Aunt and Uncle's home that I can use, and a new, lovely blue one would just end up taking up much needed space.

Wah.

With that I am going to sneak off here. I think that I had successfully tricked myself out of buying things for the evening. (How sad is that?!) I'm going to go read the Dresden Files (Book 2) while I wait for my other books--the ones that I wrote my Book Lust List about last week--to arrive in the mail.