Sally, My Love

Written by Kathryn Finney


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Another tip to shoppingrepparttar Salvation Army is to find out which color tag is on sale. Each week select stores place a different color price tags on sale- usually 50% off all items withrepparttar 130125 sale tag color. So my knit dress, originally from Bergdorf, was reduced from $6.99 to $3.50- less thanrepparttar 130126 cost of a White Chocolate Mochachino.

The biggest tip to shopping a Salvation Army, is to shop it like you would a regular store. If it doesn't fit right, don't buy it. You don't want to end up with a closet full of items that are will be returned right back torepparttar 130127 store.

Last but not least, make sure you knowrepparttar 130128 best days to shop your local Sally store. The best days to shop Salvation Army isrepparttar 130129 week day- head over during your lunch hour. Wear comfortable shoes, because most Sally stores have hard cement floors.

The power of a good Salvation Army extends past yourself and intorepparttar 130130 local community surroundingrepparttar 130131 store. Sally stores help supportrepparttar 130132 activities ofrepparttar 130133 SalVation Army organization, which provide a wide range of social services torepparttar 130134 community. So while looking fashionable, you are also supporting your community. That is real shopping power.



Kathryn “The Budget Fashionista” Finney is the founder and Chief Shopping Officer of TheBudgetFashionista.com (http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com), a popular website that provides realistic fashion advice, shopping tips and sale event information to budget conscious consumers.


Me and Mo: A Shopping Experience

Written by Kathryn Finney


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The next stop was to find some basic layer tees. The best place, hands down, to find high quality stretchy t-shirts is Old Navy. Yes, other places carry them, but Old Navy t-shirts arerepparttar same quality and are usually 2 for $22. Unfortunately this mall did not have an Old Navy. Asrepparttar 130123 Budget Fashionista, I am used to being in less than ideal shopping situations, so we headed torepparttar 130124 GAP. Atrepparttar 130125 GAP we found 4 layering t-shirts ( in black, white, pink, and purple). One was on sale for $3.99. Total at GAP: $49.93

Afterrepparttar 130126 GAP, we headed to Lord & Taylor, one of my favorite shopping haunts. They were having a big sale on their early fall stuff, so Monique and I hitrepparttar 130127 racks. We tried on several pairs of pants, but nothing seemed to work. It is very important to wear GOOD underwear when going shopping for pants. Monique, whose main criteria for good underwear is that it is clean, did not wearrepparttar 130128 proper undergarments. It is all aboutrepparttar 130129 "drawls" folks. Not letting poor undergarments disrupt our flow, Monique bought a nice black Ralph Lauren cotton dress blouse and a pair of "diamond" earrings. We figure she will be able to replace them with real ones after her residency.

Total cost at L&T- $49.18

Propelled to action byrepparttar 130130 sad state of her underwear, we headed to straight torepparttar 130131 intimate section of Filene's department store. Now, I really truly love Monique, but I am NEVER going undergarment shopping with her again. First we had an argument overrepparttar 130132 tank top bra issue. She said that they were comfortable (they are). I said that they make women have a "uni-boob" (they do). After spending 15 minutes arguing, during which she threaten to strangle me with a padded demi-bra, we reached a comprise. She gotrepparttar 130133 tank top bra thing and several pairs of sensible underwear with a little nylon to help uplift and hold inrepparttar 130134 her "goods".

After leavingrepparttar 130135 intimates, we headed torepparttar 130136 women's department, where we proceeded to wrap uprepparttar 130137 shopping. It was like, we were in a trance. We found a great white cotton dress shirt and a black knit top from Kors- Michael Kors bridge line found in stores like L&T and Filene's, a pair of grey tweed pants from Ralph Lauren, and a beautiful Kelly green suede jacket from Inc. We did find a great black dress, however Monique felt she wouldn't wear until summer. Flashing back to my near death experience withrepparttar 130138 padded demi bra, I decided not to pushrepparttar 130139 dress any further. Total at Filene's- $313.00

So this is what we got -1 Bra and 6 pairs of new underwear -4 Layering tops -1 Pair of earrings -2 Shirts (white, black) -1 black sweater -2 pairs of Pants (black, grey) -2 pairs of Shoes (black boots, black heels) -1 suede jacket/top

Total spent- $575.74 for a completely new professional wardrobe, with designer items and tailoring, from head to toe.

Time spent with one of my best friends- priceless.

Kathryn “The Budget Fashionista” Finney is the founder and Chief Shopping Officer of TheBudgetFashionista.com (http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com), a popular website that provides realistic fashion advice, shopping tips and sale event information to budget conscious consumers.


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