There are basically no surviving pictures from this past weekend, other than an outfit pic I snapped on my way to dinner Thursday night. The lack of pictures should indicate wild and crazy times, but mostly it just indicates that I didn't take any pictures. It was a laid back couple of days. Seems like I got a lot done but I really didn't.
The main thing I did was a big "oops" as far as my not shopping plan... BUT this was legit... there were sales... and coupons! (Several stores sent me birthday coupons) Oddly enough, I think I only used one of said coupons. I had a Kohl's cash I needed to use, as well as a 30% off coupon that hadn't yet expired, so I HAD to use that.... I also had to satisfy my outlet mall bug that I'd had for awhile.
I was thinking I'd just window shop, but I started at the Loft Outlet and it was game over. Pretty much went straight to the back clearance area- the clearance items were an additional 40% off. I ended up getting a blousy b/w top, two pencil skirts (critical need area), an open front khaki blazer, a navy ribbed knit blazer and a necklace, for $70. I then made a bee-line for my car, got in and drove away, as I knew there were deals to be had everywhere that I didn't really need to see. :)
The next day, I went to World Market to use my b-day coupon and got a really cute bright blue and yellow scarf (and some wine, because really, how do you go to World Market and NOT buy wine?) Then I headed to Kohls. I'd just been to Kohls the weekend before, so I had an idea of what I was looking for- some pants that I tried on the week before that weren't on sale at the time and a clearance rack I didn't really get to pick through before. I bought the chevron print soft pants (they will be fun to wear this fall) a really nice fit and flare dress and a casual sweatshirt.
I also went by the mall with about 4 more coupons in tow, but ended up only going to Forever 21... they had an additional 30% off their markdowns and I found a teal pencil skirt, a versatile mustard yellow dress, and a necklace for $30.
As far as I am concerned, I did really freaking well for $130, averaging about $10 an item. Of course, when you say you aren't going to shop at all and then you do, any money spent is bad, but it was my birthday!!!
PS- LOVE these shoes that I wore Thursday night. I also wore them Saturday night- such a random, great find a few weeks ago. They are still online for around $150. Somehow, I found them a few weeks ago directly from a store in NYC for $50!!
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Vince-Camuto-Signature-BARBARAA-BLK-VACHETTA/prod173140247/p.prod
ShoeBox for $49.99
Thursday night dinner: I threw a black blazer on over this (dark blue jeans)
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