juba2jive

Last winter, I found a Dooney and Burke Annalisa medium lock sac at Goodwill...for $3. It retails for $275 and is still a current style. I would NEVER have spent that much on a bag, but I'm glad I found it, because I love it and get compliments on it all the time.

I have no idea how it got there - I'm thinking that whoever gave it away accidentally put it in the wrong pile of "give aways" (ie, not the consignment or resell pile). I'm also surprised it got past the Goodwill staff too - usually the higher dollar stuff gets put in a display case and is marked up more than normal Goodwill prices. Also, it was a Saturday and there was a decent amount of people in the store - I'm surprised nobody else noticed it. Guess it was meant to be

mom60

I have never had much luck with the thrift stores. I don't know if it is my location or if I just don't have the patience. I have noticed that several friends who would have dropped off nice stuff at the thrift store are bringing their stuff instead to the consignment stores. Sign of the times.

cptofthehouse

I don't find that much for me at SA, but when it comes to things like khakis, button down shirts, sports jackets for the boys, I'll always look there first. I have found some great items for myself, but I don't think I'd want to dress myself there entirely. I'm hard to fit and the stuff I like just isn't there. However, I found the prettiest jean vest there with embroidery that I would have loved even in a full priced store. The Lanz nightgowns were also a great find. Have never found anything for H there, as he is hard to fit also.

Consolation

Yesterday a friend emailed me that a local odd-lots store had chef's jackets for $5 ea. I went there today and bought 3. The other one I have I paid something like $35-40 dollars for.

cptofthehouse

Costco sells $100 worth of Starbucks cards (in 5 $20 increments) for $80. 20% off each time you use.

mom60

At Costco today they were handing out coupon books to use next week. One of the coupons was for 7 dollars off the price of the itunes gift card pack.
I found a kitchenaid saucepan at Ross today.

toblin

Last year I finally kept my promise to buy a new artificial Christmas tree right after the holidays. I paid just 20 bucks at Home Depot for the one I wanted. In the box, brandy new. Yesterday I was in HD and saw the same tree for $120. Yes !!!

over30

I keep my house cool (63 day and 60 at night) during the winter. I bought a great pair of fleece pajamas at the Dollar General Store for $10. And for those of you of a certain age - they're made by Bobbie Brooks! I cut the tags off and wear them wrong-side out, since for inexplicable reasons the fleece always seems to be softer on the outside than inside. They're very warm and kind of cute.

HImom

I sometimes am able to buy us all children's clothes at a significant savings off the adult sizes. I'm a boy's XL in polo shirts or a women's medium. Sometimes the reason the clothes are in clearance is because the color is too "feminine" anyway. I've purchased about 4 polo shirts there for under $15 apiece--in the Women's department, the same shirts were about $60.

We have purchased Gap kids XL hooded sweatshirts that fit all of us.

Of course, all of these purchases were on sale--clearance is better yet, especially if I have coupons to add.

Today, I bought D a cut coat/hooded sweatshirt -- marked @ $65 on sale for under $20 after discounts. She also bought a cute t-shirt for some outrageous price (though it was more than 50% off the normal astronomical price). Every once in a while, we let her buy clothes other than at Ross--we were at Macy's, their one-day sale.

lje62

I can do that with kid's shoes HImom...my 18 yr old still wears Uggs and they are a lot less expensive if you buy the kid's size. I used to buy Teva sandals and save that way too.

Rachacha

Same with North Face - the kids XL is sometimes half the price of adult S, and they are pretty much the same size...only way I can afford it!

blankmind

I just got a pair of $276.00 Trina Turk wool dress pants for $38.99 at Nordstrom Rack.

I am trying to go back to work after 17 years of being a mom, and of course I have nothing appropriate to wear, so this was a major find for me!

Kelowna

mom60 - I am also holding onto that I-tunes coupon

Tuition Dad

Not a purchase, but I recently gave a call to Comcast, our cable company. I mentioned how there are several competitive options available these days (satellite), and I asked if there was anything they could do to lower my monthly bill so I wouldn’t be tempted to go to one of the other options. They lowered the bill about $20 a month for 6 months, so I’ll save over $120 during that period. Not a bad return for a 10 minute phone call.

4Giggles

Dunkin Donuts Coffee 4lbs for $19.99, usually $8.99lb!