Zannee’s Blog at BargainsLA.com

Just got back from a really fun interview on KFI radio (640am) on back to school shopping. Jodi Becker interviewed me for The Bill Handel show and they will also air snippets “Bargain Bites” of the interview throughout next week.

I also got to meet the ever fun news director, Chris Little. Not only is he a savvy newsman he also subscribes to our weekly e-newsletter and is an avid bargain shopper.

Keep your ears out next week on KFI for back to School shopping tips

Last Friday was a full 12-hour day of bargain snooping, a KNX radio interviews, family business and computer writing, leaving my body achy and tired. Lunch & dinner were missed and I ate very late …donuts and a glass of milk. Oh so healthy…not.

As I dragged my sorry butt out of bed Saturday morning I realized I had to go the Von Dutch Warehouse sale. Hmm hubby wanted to go, daughter wanted to go, I said on air I was going… guess I was. A packet of Emergen-C and cup of coffee perked me up.

The sale was packed! There were hoards of people milling through the boxes, racks and bins. First one person stopped me to say they’d found out about the sale on BargainsLA.com and then another person and then 4 guys came by and said they heard me talk about it on KNX. What a delight, everyone was digging the sale! I mentioned that the J and Company Sale wasn’t far away and gave out the address to everyone for that.

But one couple really surprised me. They drove all the way down from Bakersfield to go to the Von Dutch sale after hearing me talk about it on KNX Friday.

OMG! That’s a 2-hour drive! Apparently, their boys love the line. So they bought their two sons a bunch of jeans and tees. They spent about $300, but easily saved $1000 and couldn’t have been happier. Those are the stories I totally dig.

While I was busy cavorting with fellow bargain hunters, my family was shopping up a storm. Both bought Von Dutch high top sneaks for $25 each (retail $90), 3 tees at $10 each (retail $42-$50). By the time I got around to shopping they were finished and checking out. So I quickly grabbed a Von Dutch handbag for my girlfriend for $35 (retail $110-$130). But didn’t get anything for moi…. That’s okay! I am still enjoying the shopping high from last weeks secretary hutch purchase.

To make up on my poor eating habits we went out to Kabuki Sushi in Pasadena for lunch.
Yum! Good sushi at about half what it would normally cost.
To listen to radio broadcast click here. MP3 format 26 minutes long

Last weeks NBC shoot left my poor back reeling. A visit to my chiropractor told me what I already knew, I had sprained it. Duh… immobility with pain was a good clue. Lucky for me, it was a minor sprain and no discs were out of whack.I have always been wired a little tight and have consistently dealt with the problem of tension between the shoulder blades. But work tension leading to a lower back sprain is a first for me.

As an ex- dancer I had sprained, strained, rip, bruised, almost everything, knees, neck, ankles, shoulders, wrists, toes… I even strained my Psoas Major muscle in 1998 (if you know where that is) and my mid-back area 7 years ago. I am not a wimp with injuries or unfamiliar with the recovery process.

Some rest, deep massage and a few visits to the chiropractic office will get me on the road to recovery. Hot baths, massage, heat compresses and some rest are what I am up to.

I have spent most of this weekend lying down on a heating pad in front to the TV. No bargain research, no Super Bowl madness, no shopping forays… no fun. Pooo!

Then…. they announced the release date, (7/21) of the last Harry Potter Book, “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows”. That along with the DVD release of The Goblet of Fire and the new film, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix also coming out this July led my daughter to decide we needed to refresh ourselves on the whole Harry Potter thing with a day of movie watching. It was Harry Potter from dawn till dusk.

We went over plots and outcomes, wondered if Harry would get killed. Totally went over the all the developments of the last 6 books. If I lived in London I could really familiarize myself with Daniel Radcliff in the new production of Equus… No, that’s way too familiar.