Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Deals & Steals!

Today, we had a girls' shopping day with my mom, Jillian, me, and Katie Anne hitting the mall. First, we went to Macy's, where Jillian and I found some great shoe sales. I got a pair of flats and two pairs of sandals that are approved according to the new dress code at work. I got all three for $34.72, including tax!

Pair #1: Hue flats - originally $18, I paid $6.75

Pair #2: Bandolino wedges - originally $59, I paid $14.75

Pair #3 (my favorite): Rampage sandals - originally $45, I paid $11.25
Katie Anne found me a white pair of gladiators a lot like pair #3 that I really wanted, and Jillian found me a pair of very cool silver sandals that would've been excellent with black pants, but as is the way with clearance sometimes ... the Macy's clerk couldn't find the other half of the pair in the back. Boo hoo! A deal lost to the monster of disarray.

Also, crazy story - when Jillian and I were checking out, there was this lady in front of us buying two pairs of shoes. One were Jessica Simpson boots and I don't know what the other was, but she was going on and on to Jillian and I about the boots and how great they were. Then, she said, "Of course, neither pair that I got is on sale. Isn't that the way it always is? You find what you love, and it isn't on sale." Jillian and I just stared at each other ... in a shoe department with probably 1,000 pairs of shoes on major sale, this lady buys the two that are full price? Craziness. Her bill was $157 and change.

Then, we rolled on. My mom and Katie Anne went to The Disney Store, where they bought Katie Anne a fun Minnie Mouse tableware set.
While they were in there, Jillian and I stopped into Crazy Eight, which is a new store/clothing line by Gymboree. Whoa - super KA deals here!
I got everything pictured here... 13 shirts (4 short sleeve in fall colors and 9 long sleeve for fall or winter) plus four hairbow sets for only $78! The hairbows cost $11.98 for 8 hairbows, coming out at just $1.49 per bow. The shirts averaged $5.08 per shirt! That's cheaper than Walmart! I was so excited about these sales.

Then, we made a JC Penney stop. My parapro Gina had given me a coupon for JC Penney that was $10 off a $25 purchase. By this point, it was almost lunch time, so I didn't have a ton of time to shop, but I still managed to find these four cute new shirts on the 75% off rack while my mom occupied Katie Anne at a new playground in the mall.

Guess how much I paid for all four shirts!?! $15 and change! Unbelievable, right? The purple and pink sleeveless each cost $2.99, and the black sleeveless and polka dot tops both cost $4.49. I didn't even intend to get the pink sleeveless one... I had just brought it to the register because the purple one didn't have a price tag. However, the purple, black, and polka dot shirts didn't add up to $25, so I couldn't use my coupon. So, I threw in the pink one, and just like that, my $23 bill dropped to $15! Add a shirt, save $10! That's nuts, right? The polka dot one originally retailed for $30 by itself. I couldn't believe I got four shirts for $15... that's $3.75 per shirt, including tax!

Then, Jillian went home while my mom, KA, and I hit up Costco. I got another one of her favorite jackets (this time in hot pink) to wear as a daycare coat this winter, and I got Saunders a Braves shirt to wear to the game tomorrow - only $15.99 for the Carter's coat and $6.97 for the Braves shirt! Deals & steals today, folks!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

A Visit from the Crocs Fairy!

While we were at Marvin's party on Friday night, we had a visit from the Crocs Fairy! Magically, six pairs of Crocs were left on our front porch while we were away. Five pairs were for me...

Pale khaki/green flats:












Teal flats:












Brown flats:












Brown and pink heels:












Black heels:












And, there was even a little fur-lined brown pair for Katie Anne:












"Big Lily" aka Dora wanted a picture of her shoes, too:

















Who left us all these surprises?
Who is the Crocs Fairy, you ask?

It is Saunders's mom, Vicki! She saw all these Crocs on sale at Orvis, and she stocked me up!
Thanks a lot, Vicki!

The best part is that none of these are flip flops, so I can wear them all to work in a few weeks. (Our new principal doesn't allow teachers to wear flip flops.) So, when I combine these with the flats I got for Mother's Day and heels I got for Christmas, I'm all set with comfy and yet professional-looking shoes for teaching! And, when you throw in my Crocs flip flops for non-work wear, my closet looks like a Crocs store! :) I love them all!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Wet 'n Wellies

Today was a rainy, gray day... the perfect day for wearing wellies! (That's what our friends in Jolly Old England call rain boots.) Katie Anne got these yellow striped wellies from Doc and VJ for Christmas, and they definitely brightened up the gloomy day. She got a lot of compliments on them when we met Gigi and Granddad for breakfast and when we were shopping in Target. She loves them!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Love the Shoes!



These are the Crocs dress shoes I was talking about!
They are made of all Crocs shoes material (whatever that foamy/plastic material is) except for that one shiny stripe over the toe- that's a firmer plastic. Yes, the entire heel is the Crocs stuff! They are so super comfortable... just hug your feet the whole time you're wearing them. I can't wait to wear them to work - I can actually be comfortable in heels all day!

*No, my pants were not that short... I was holding them up. :)