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Some shopping forays backfire and I walk away empty handed. Last Saturday bombed for bargain shopping. First I was exhausted from the previous night’s Harry Potter Party. Who knew it would run til 3am? Then the first sale I went to, the Stila Warehouse Sale had a bunch of you standing in a very long line in the summer sun to get in. Everyone looked rather irritated, and hot, so I decided to go back later. I went around the corner to The Frame Club to pick up some prints I had framed and chew the fat with the ever fun owner Alana. I went back to the Stila Warehouse Sale an hour later and still a long line. Drats!

Okay, I can wait this out…. so I went and checked out a couple of nearby bargain sources, It’s a Wrap and Second Debut. I totally struck out… guess I was not in the mood for trying on clothes. I finally went back to the Stila Warehouse sale again at 3pm to try one more time to get in quickly…. I mean, come on, a long line- all day long!?  Impossible, Unheard of!  But the long line was still there.

I did get a couple of e-mails from those of who stuck it out and braved the sun and heat to walk away with tons of great stuff. Sadly, not I… my fair Irish skin would not hold up. That was a disappointment.  Hopefully next year they’ll hold the sale over two days and it will be cloudy.

I ended Saturday by finishing the last Harry Potter book…. Outstanding, it’s the best of the lot.

Thankfully after a good night sleep, Sunday went much better.  I bagged a totally cool silk kimono top at Lucky You sales event for a pittance… just $7 bucks! Some shopping days are better than others.

It can be really time consuming trying to find the best prices on the web. But one website Consumerist.com has hacked through Amazon.com and dug up discounted pricing and listed it by percentages off and category. So you can look at the steepest discounts first…. Like 90% off in apparel or books.

Consumerist.com has lots articles and info for any quick-witted, thrifty oriented, shopping junkee to chew on for hours. Their slogan, “Shoppers bite back” really says it all.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/deals/search-amazon-for-deals-up-to-90-off-228705.php