I hate paying full price for clothes. I think its a function of my frugalness (to an extent) and the high I get when I buy name brands from 50-75% off. As a result I have learned which days the major department stores put things on sale (Nordstrom & Macy’s every Wednesday) and when my local Marshall’s/TJ Maxx gets new shipments each week (Mon, Wed, Thurs). On top of that I have a few websites where I check for coupon codes and cash back for shopping online. Lastly, ebay is a huge friend of mine. Nothing like a cute Ella Moss top originally $100 for just $25. SCORE!
So with all of that said I try to stay off shopping websites or at least just check out the sale sections. Two weeks ago I was on Bloomingdales.com and found the cutest Sweet Pea top but it was $70 (eek!). So I did the responsible thing and put the credit card up and waited to see if it would go on sale soon. Additionally, I went ahead and cashed out my mypoints points for $25 gift card to Bloomingdales to go towards this if it did indeed go on sale.
Alas, when I checked on a break from work tonight I found that my shirt at Bloomies was no longer. Completely sold out. I am normally ok with losing out on some items as there are usually other items that I will quickly fall in love with but for some reason this shirt is just one that will stick with me. I think part of it was because it was purple and purple tends to be hard to find especially during summer. So while I hate that I waited too long in this instance I will just have to keep my eyes open in case it gets returned or shows up on ebay or until the next shirt comes along. At least I will have my $25 gc waiting. 
Tags: Bloomingdales, budget, coupon codes, gift cards, Nordstrom, shopping, Sweet Pea
April 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I hate it when stores sell out of the good stuff too – I have this happen to me all the time where I will go back hoping to get a second one because i like it so much and its gone