What You Can Get for the Price of a Pizza

Published on October 12, 2005 By Texas Wahine In Misc

I just saved a bunch of money...and NOT by switching to Geico!

I'm so excited! And it's really sad that this is all it takes to excite me.

I got an email from gap.com with a promo code for free shipping. This alone is very cool. That's a savings of at least $6 on my order.

So, I went to the site and looked at clearance kids clothes (NEVER buy full price GAP kids clothes, ever), but they mostly had winter clothes and the summer clothes they did have are still overpriced. Bummer. But my kids have tons of clothes anyways.

I went to the women's site...JACKPOT!! They have tons of jeans, blazers, skirts, dress shirts and t-shirts on clearance right now. Some really great bargains. Unfortunately, my free shipping is only good for two days, and even more unfortunately, we don't get paid until Friday.

So, no jeans or skirts or blazers.

But...BUT...

I found these cute, colorful t-shirts on sale for $5. That's a good price anywhere. And GAP/Old Navy t-shirts are the softest, comfiest shirts around.

The shirts are marked down from $20! Woohoo!

I added it up, and I saved around $50 on my purchase...only spent about 15 bucks. How awesome is that? I got three shirts for less than what one would have cost me full price!

Ok, ok, this is a silly thing to be so happy about, but geez, I LOVE clearance sales! And I love me some soft, light-weight t-shirts!

Woo-freakin-hoo!

Comments (Page 2)

Gideon MacLeish

on Oct 13, 2005

dharma,

Nonetheless, it's good to see others who hold fast to Gideon's rule (NEVER pay retail!)

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 13, 2005

I'm going to be rooting for you to get stationed at Ft Leonard Wood. I live about 2 hours away from there...we could go bargain hunting together!

I'd love for ya'll to get together, but man, I've been at Leonard Wood, and I wouldn't wish that place even on people I wouldn't waste piss on if they were on fire. Much less you'uns, of course.

dharmagrl

on Oct 13, 2005

I've been at Leonard Wood

Dave went to police investigator school there. 'Fort Lost-In-The Woods, he called it.

Texas Wahine

on Oct 13, 2005

Gideon:

Meh. I just found a very nicely kept secondhand sports jacket (VERY hard to find in my size) for $6 (normal retail for sports jackets is about $200), so there!

Excellent! Wow.

That's one thing I miss about Texas...garage sales, second hand shops, and great bargains at stores.

I'm picky about garage sales, though. If it's disorganized, it freaks me out...like almost phobia kinda freaks me out. I can only do garage sales if things are set up well. Weird, I know.

dharma:

That's my girl! Spoken like a true bargain shopper!

If you guys have time left in service when you get orders out of Hawaii, I'm going to be rooting for you to get stationed at Ft Leonard Wood. I live about 2 hours away from there...we could go bargain hunting together!

We're here for the length of his tour, heh, and if he goes to Iraq in August like the guys here are slated for, he'll get extended and we'll be here even longer.

There's a chance he'll re-enlist. It changes from one day to the next, lol.

I'd love to have a shopping buddy, though!

I got a leather blazer from the thrift store for $2 once, and this past summer I got brand new Gap jeans for my boys for $1 a pair at a yard sale.

Nice. I don't know if it's a chain store or not, but in Amarillo they have this second hand store called Once Upon a Child...when my kids were smaller almost all their clothes came from there. It was all Gap and Old Navy and Gymboree.

I miss that place...I really dig Gap kids' clothes, and the Gaps here are not big on selection or clearance sales. Heh, last March I went Gap shopping for the kids...bought sale stuff...still spent $400.

Adrian wasn't home yet. What he don't know, won't hurt him.

Gideon:

Nonetheless, it's good to see others who hold fast to Gideon's rule (NEVER pay retail!)

Unless you really, really love something and absolutely cannot live another day without it.

Hehe.

SPC:

I'd love for ya'll to get together, but man, I've been at Leonard Wood, and I wouldn't wish that place even on people I wouldn't waste piss on if they were on fire. Much less you'uns, of course.

I've heard REALLY bad things about Ft. Leonard Wood (Ft. Lost-in-the-woods). Ft. Sam is our optimal choice. (Heh, and Ft. Hood is not on our list of bases we'd like to be stationed at!)

Texas Wahine

on Oct 13, 2005

dharma:

Dave went to police investigator school there. 'Fort Lost-In-The Woods, he called it.

Haha. You beat me to it.

Chaos Manager

on Oct 13, 2005

I'd love for ya'll to get together, but man, I've been at Leonard Wood, and I wouldn't wish that place even on people I wouldn't waste piss on if they were on fire. Much less you'uns, of course.

There's a really good reason why the nickname for that place is Ft Lost-in-the-woods. Man, 6 weeks there and I was bored to tears by the time we left. And that's with working 12 hour days while we were there!

dharmagrl

on Oct 13, 2005

Nonetheless, it's good to see others who hold fast to Gideon's rule (NEVER pay retail!)

Oh heck yes! I really detest paying full-price for anything. Our local BX has these one day sales where you can get an aditional 50% off the clearance priced clothing. I got a Ralph Lauren polo jean jacket over there the last time they did that - it was marked at $60, and had 75% off it - making it $15. Take an additional 50% off that - I ended up paying $7.50 for it.

I LOVE sale shopping!

Chaos Manager

on Oct 13, 2005

Once Upon a Child...

It's a chain. A consignment shop for baby clothes/equipment.

Nice place. We managed to find some little girl clothes there for 5% of the retail price (and I only know the retail price 'cause it still had the original Cartier's tag on it).

You know what's really funny? My daughter just turned ... 4? (My God! Has it been that long???) in April. In March she was still wearing 24 month clothes. We finally boxed that stuff up and dropped by the Once Upon A Child in the next town over.

Sheesh.

Texas Wahine

on Oct 13, 2005

Chaos Manager:

Haha, yeah, I've heard that it's ugly and that there's nothing there. It's good, as a military family, to know how to make your own fun, but there's only so much of your own fun you can make!

dharma:

Take an additional 50% off that - I ended up paying $7.50 for it.

That's incredible! Congrats!

The other day I found this gorgeous trench coat. I don't remember the brand, but it had a large black and white floral pattern on it with pink accents, and the cut was great. That sounds lame, I know, but you'd have to have seen it. It was adorable.

It was marked down to $15 from about $70...I almost bought it. I have a hard time buying stuff for myself, though, and I thought..."when am I going to wear a trench coat?"

Ah, well. Although...it would be a cute way to greet Adrian when he comes home from work...nah, nevermind.

Chaos Manager:

It's a chain. A consignment shop for baby clothes/equipment.

Sweet. I'm glad to hear that. I thought it was a terrific store. They were picky about what they accepted for consignment and only put out clean, newish-looking clothes, usually name brand. The prices were great, too.

Nice place. We managed to find some little girl clothes there for 5% of the retail price (and I only know the retail price 'cause it still had the original Cartier's tag on it).

Did you mean 50%?

You know what's really funny? My daughter just turned ... 4? (My God! Has it been that long???) in April. In March she was still wearing 24 month clothes. We finally boxed that stuff up and dropped by the Once Upon A Child in the next town over.

Haha. Depending on the brand, some baby stuff can last a long time. My youngest, who just turned 5, had been wearing a pair of 24 mo. shorts up until recently (we give their old clothes to Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and those shorts recently made the charity pile). They still fit him just fine. Weird.

pseudosoldier

on Oct 15, 2005

that's sure putting a negative spin on it!

True. And, while I was making a stab at humor, I'm trying to quit that bit. Thanks for pointing it out.

I know what you mean about the garage sales. I never seem to have the time to stop, but there's always two or three going on along the route home from work, especially on four day weekends, and as the seasons change.

Good luck bargain hunting!

MasonM

on Oct 15, 2005

Darn! I thought this was a thread about pizza.

Congrats on the bargain.

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on Jul 09, 2012

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