Suzanne O’Connor’s Bargains LA

A Tale of Two Pies

This year we didn’t want the chaos of baking pies while cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Plus we wanted to support a friend who opened up a new Bakery in Sunland (The Back Door Bakery).

Hubby ordered a pecan pie from them at $20 for us to pick up Thursday morning.

Of course, I didn’t want to spend $20 on another pie, so I walk into my local Marie Calenders and ordered one Apple pie.

Anti Black Friday

Like many of you, I lead a really busy life. Trying to make room for family, friends and family obligations can be a challenge. That’s why Thanksgiving Day and weekend are so precious to me. That’s also one reason I don’t really participate in the Black Friday shenanigans. I’d rather be hanging with family and friends.

That said….

A Bargain Shopping Truth

Not to put a damper on your Holiday bargain shopping…..
But sometimes you’re not going to save 50% or even 30%!
What?

Yeah it’s true… but the small discount you get may be the deepest discount possible. Welcome to unilateral pricing policies and retail market manipulations.

Ideeli… A Bad Business

Couple of years ago I was really hyped about these online Flash/ Sample Sales. With dozens opening up, competition steep and the supply chain being tight, quite a few have slipped away.

I have continued shop several of them knowing that often the stated retail is a bit higher than I should be and that the discounts were not always as low as ‘walk in” sample sales.