Zannee’s Blog at BargainsLA.com

Time to hit the web again for exceptional web buys. The sale at May Yeung Jewelry is promising with savings of 30%-70% on their sale page. Quantities are limited! Check out the sale at www.mayyeung.com.

The pieces are mod yet classic and very reasonably priced.
This lovely necklace was originally $60 but is now $25.

Designer’s handbags by Nicole Lee is having a first sale of the new year at www.nicoleleeonline.com . Easy on the wallet prices starting from $15 and all items are discounted even more with a coupon code N2008HGD722 up to 60% in total savings on some items. The coupon can be also applied to the selected items in our “sale” page of our online shop.

If you or a gal pal is a serious fashionistas, check out the famous Mike & Chris Bailey Hoodie now on sale at Tobi for 40% off. http://www.tobi.com/

There are other goodies on sale at 25%-75% off at this neat little site. I liked this silk, Peter Pan colored top by Fremont. Normally $154 it’s a better price now at $108. So cool and classic you can wear it for years.

These days with cell phones, PDA and such, many of us are not wearing watches. That makes deals on status watches appear.

Smart Bargains has a nice selection of Movado watches at pricing that is 30%-50% below fine jewelers prices. The classic Museum watch for both men and women is now $249 instead of $395.

Now sic ‘em!

I have stated many times that I do not recommend Santee Alley in downtown Los Angeles as a bargain shopping destination.

First, last time I checked the real estate is higher priced per square foot that in Beverly Hills. So how can there be any real bargains when the stores are paying top dollar for the location.

Secondly, cheap stuff cheap, is exactly that…. Cheap, crap-ola, junk, garbage. A real bargain is never cheap. A real bargain has value and is always worth more than what you paid for it.

In last weeks Daily News, they announced one of the biggest busts of knock off, counterfeit product ever.

“More than 100 officers raided alleged counterfeiters, seizing $8 million worth of knockoff movies, purses and perfume, authorities announced today.

Billed as the largest anti-counterfeit bust in city history, Thursday’s “Operation Knockout” sent 26 people to jail and yielded 50,000 faked goods — half of them counterfeit CDs and DVDs. Cops targeted their sweep on Santee Alley, the famed shopping district downtown known for its bargain prices for look-a-like designer brands.”

I think what real bargain hunters want is good quality goods at a better price. Cheap knockoffs will always be around. Anyone can buy cheap stuff cheap…. Walmart, Target, 99 Cent only stores are all easily accessible. I’d rather hold out, pay a little more at a sample sale or outlet and get the real goods for less.

Once again I am forced to take my daughter shopping. This time it was for her BFF Aidan and her Dad. Both have birthdays this month. I knew Macy’s was having a home sale, so I wanted to go there. My fashion princess wanted to get her friend some baubles at Forever 21… so it was off to the Glendale Galleria.

Of course we got there before the stores opened and had to waste 20 minutes eating at Cinnabon.  I am a cinnamon freak and no where else on earth have I found a sweet roll as sinfully good.

Afterward we wondered through Target, Forever 21, Icing and finally made it into Macy’s where I scored a great buy on a stove top cast iron two sided grill for $24 instead of $59.

We still had not found anything for my daughters BFF, so I reminded Shae of the great totes they sell at the FR Industries Sale.

I love the FR Industries sale. On top of the superb buys in linens… 250 TC sateen 100% cotton sheets at $37 instead of $80, silk décor pillows at $10-$15, silk lined window panels are priced at $13-$85 instead of the retail of $60-$225…. They also had fun gift buys for holiday giving. BBQ sets are here at $7-$15. Regular retail on these are $20-$35. Chef aprons are $10-$13 instead of $25-$45 and wine gift bags are just 50 cents! They also had these picnic backpacks, fully stocked with the accoutrements needed for an elegant picnic at just $9.

My daughter went through the totes section and came away with two “Wizard of Oz” themed totes at $10 each. I grabbed two $15 silk pillows (retail $35-$45). We also found some great deals on better clothing. Barry, Michael’s dad from Dressed Up was there with a rack of tees, tops and wraps at $10 along with some amazing, dresses jackets and caplets. Everything was at wholesale or less. I pinned badly for this amazing caplet made out of mink and rabbit fur. It wholesales at $150. Here it was $150. Retail is $360. It was an Alberto Makali. We just ended up getting one of the $10 wraps as a Christmas gift.

The best part of the sale is that you can custom order window panels out of dozens of choices of fabric at below wholesale. At no other time during the year can you order directly from the manufacturer. The selection has limitations as the fabrics are remnants. But they are gorgeous fabrics. Go now! Tell Florence BargainsLA sent ya!

FR Industries, 11840 Vose St., North Hollywood,  91605. 818.503.9143.
Cash/ CC only