Zannee’s Blog at BargainsLA.com

My daughter gets to wear her Halloween Costume to school on Friday. Call me silly but I don’t want my 13-year-old daughter to look like skankie trollop for Halloween. So I okayed it when she wanted to get a Little Miss Muffett Costume from Costume.com.

The costume shows up and the skirt is so short my daughter can’t even wear it to school without being sent home for breaking dress codes. Funny how it didn’t look that short in the picture.

Time is short and to find another costume would be difficult. So I head up to Jo Ann’s Fabrics, buy 4 yards of  4” lace trim to add on to the dress. Lace trim is expensive and it added an additional $20 to the cost of the $38 costume. I would have bought the cheaper poly blend but it was so see thru I couldn’t.

I hate sewing! Really. Deeply hate it. I only have a machine so I can hem pants. But after pinning and sewing,  two hours later we have a workable dress. But my daughter has been warned. No more catalogue costumes ever. From now on if I have to sew, it will be home made one or one from the Goodwill for $5. Lesson learned.

Online sales of note….

If you are a closet fashionista, shopping online, helps you find great designs in clothing without letting your friends know you’re fashion obsessed. Finding those fashions at a serious discount makes you a bona fide Bargainista
. So shop to your hearts delight for cool online deals at these sales.

Shopbop.com is having a 30%-70% off sale on fall and winter fashion
www.shopbop.com

Cool comfy tees and tops can be found at C & C California with savings of 25%-75%
www.candccalifornia.com

If luxurous cashmere is your thing try te sale at White and Warren with savings of 20%-50% on cashmere cardigans, sweaters, tunics, dresses
www.whiteandwarren.com

Delicious savings of 50%-80% are at Revolve Clothing on D&G, J Brand, Ella Moss, 7 for all Mankind, Black Halo, Mike & Chris, Catherine Malandrino, Development, James Perse, Twelfth St by Cynthia Vincent, Whitley Kros and more
www.Revolveclothing.com

Like many of you, we are rethinking everything we do.

In tough economic we all should rethink what we are doing. How we are doing it. We are re-thinking our savings and investments. Is it better to have a savings, CD or invest in the market, Is this the best time to invest in real estate or wait a little longer. More than anything we are keeping our eyes open, paying attention, reading and learning as much as we can and playing it a little safer than normal.

Web dude and I are a fearless couple. We are still going out to dinner once a week. We are still planning ahead to shop and pounce on great deals at all of the Sample and Warehouse Sales. We are still purchasing technology for our business. The two big changes since the tides have turned are that our credit cards are paid off and back in the safe deposit box and we are not going to buy a new car. The 2001 Subaru and old Honda will have to go another year.  We are living on what we earn.

Though we are sitting a bit tighter, we are doing what we did before… preparing for the re-launching of BargainsLA.com this winter and trying to make sure we have most pertinent money saving shopping information, and are as content rich as we can be. If times get worse or if times get better, we need to be the best we can be.