Zannee’s Blog at BargainsLA.com

I went seriously shopping this last weekend. My goal is to upgrade my wardrobe. So I didn’t allow myself to purchase any tee shirt, any jeans or hoodies. I hoped for some classically hip tops, skirts and pants to help me get out of my jeans and tee obsession. I had a budget of $100, not much, but enough to get started.

Taking cash in hand I went first to the Shopaholic Sample Sale. I love this sale. It’s not so big that you are overwhelmed, but big enough to keep you busy for an hour. I go once every other sale to peruse their new designer collections. This time I found an incredible Twinkle blouse for $60 instead of $135. So stylish and versatile … I could wear it out for an evening or to a business meeting.  I also picked up a Jenny Han silk skirt for $20 instead of $88 to go with the blouse…it was a really pretty girlie skirt.

From there I went to recheck a local women’s resale store also in Pasadena. I almost missed it. “Style on Green” as it is called now, used to “Ragtime on Green”. I had been in several times years before but had never been overwhelmed with the store. This time was different as I found two incredible buys. One was a pair of Alvin Valley high wasted trousers for $21 and the other was a suede, studded jacket from Guess Marciano for $15.75. I felt like I was robbing them blind. The original retail on the Alvin Valley pants was easily $240 or more and the jacket would have ran $189. The Alvin Valley pants are simple the best made, coolest pants I have bought in well over 2 years. BTW… both had original tags on them so they had never been worn! I totally scored!

I went over budget by $20. But heck, with deals like these, I couldn’t help myself. 
Next week I am taking my daughter to the LF warehouse Sale and letting her go hog wild.  It was birthday present I promised her and it is cheaper than Forever Twenty One and she’s getting the coolest clothes on the planet… for less. Maybe now as her mom, I will score some level of cool.