Majorly on sale - Thanks Shop-it-to -me alerts!!!

A few weeks ago I received my invitation to Nordstrom's Private Holiday Shopping Event (I got one last year but didn't go).

The trigger for the invite is spending a certain amount (via a Nordstrom Card) which I did when I purchased this....

So I decided to attend the morning event at Tysons Corner. I had never been to the mall in Tysons. A previous employer had an office there that I had been to once or twice And i had also been to the Tiffanys located there.

Luckily due to it being early on a Sunday traffic was not a problem.

I took my mom with me. As we are walking into the mall I notice she is carrying a big Macy's shopping bag!!!! I asked her to please fold it up ( hello! we can't have a Macys bag at a big Nordstrom event... that would be like taking a Kate Spade handbag to a Chanel fashion show ;) )

Her response: But my candy canes are in there!!

Me: What?!?!?!!?

Mom: Candy Canes! I hand them out to salespeople!!

This was the first time I had heard about any such activity... so I am sure I made a face....

Moving on...

We entered Nordstrom with my fancy ticket.

Silver platters of food, tea and coffee from Silver Service!



Waiters with trays of OJ, Water w/ Lime and fancy appetizers :)

I only bought 1 item, but wow! some of the other shoppers were going crazy!!

Then we went out and explored the rest of the mall. I did some damge in Pottery Barn, and my mom even handed out her candy canes, which the salespeople made a fuss over (since I am not one for fuss... and really want to avoid talking to salespeople at all costs anyway... I just smiled and tried to get out of the store as fast as possible).

We went to lunch as Coastal Flats..... it was all decorated for XMAS..... and I had an awesome Shrimp Roll .....

My latest want :D

I want them BAD! But I am trying to restrain myself to see if the price comes down a bit more....

To shopping !!!!! (Mainly shoes and handbags).


And the web has made it worse. Emails about sales and free shipping is the bait and I am the fish (that's usually caught) :P


Last night I recieved an email about a Kate Spade Sample Sale. I held off visiting the site for a few hours, but I eventually landed there. I surfed. I manged to avoid buying.


But I went back this morning... and now I really want this bag:

I am am going to try and hold off until Friday... when according to sources, if still available it will be even more discounted....then I will buy it. It is my Birthday after all :D

I can't shop anyway... until after I settle on my new home...

But area malls are decreasing hours. The biggest change seems to be on Sundays... opening at Noon, instead of 11 am.

Buy these shoes!

I managed to show some major shopping restraint today....

So my Daily Shop-It-To-Me alert arrived.. and Ann Taylor Loft was having a major sale... and the pictured handbag caught my eye.

But I thought A) I already have a "quilted" black handbag and B) I already have a hobo style black handbag.

So I restrained myself from adding to cart (oh and I thought about the impending house search :))

Perhaps I should unsubscribe from these shop-it-to-me alerts ? :P

We all know by now that I love to shop! (Thanks to Visa for raising my credit limit this week! What credit crisis ?!?!) When I was younger I used to make fun of my mother for using coupons...I even went so far as to say I would NEVER use coupons (for retail... I was fine with them for groceries). Fast Forward 20 years (WOW! that sounds crazy to even type)... Ulta coupons, Macys' coupons... Yankee Candle coupons, and my fave - Lord & Taylor coupons!

I have not met a coupon I don't like :D Except for the restrictions... Luckily this is one reason Lord & Taylor is my fave (unlike Macys) L&T will at least try a coupon even if they think it won't be valid... and actually I have had a salesperson at the Columbia L&T override the register and apply the discount anyway!!

By now if you are a regular reader you know about my love for handbags (and shoes)!

For a while now I have been wanting to get a L.A.M.B. Carlisle Clutch (at least a year). And luckily they have a version very season, and they go on sale at the end (usually at least 40-50%)... but I am usually too late to whatever website has it on sale.

So this season my plan was to stake out the local "Off 5th Ave" Saks outlet. They carry L.A.M.B. and usually have a good selection at about 30-40% off. I went a few weeks ago... and they had one... but it had a mark on it... so I restrained myself. Then I went last week.... it was still there....with the same mark... so I somehow restrained myself again :P

Then I went home and hit Google! Nordstrom had it ... Brand New... 40% off and Free Shipping!!! So I ordered it... and it will be delivered today!

My mother has been wanting to go to a clothing store located "somewhere" in Bethesda. I have been putting her off, because I hate the traffic around there during week days... so when Veteran's Day was approaching I said we could go then because Federal Holiday = No Traffic in DC.

So mom arrived around 9am in Odenton and after programming the address in my navigation system we were off.

Navigation had us headed down Rt3... which I thought was odd. I said I guess we are taking 50 into DC (I thought we would have went over to 495 and around DC) anyway... were making good time, were on NY Ave, then Navigation is saying veer left... so I veered left ....too soon! not sure what road it wanted us on... but were were in some tunnel headed towards 395...

then navigation is telling us to get off.... at this unmarked exit... that looks very familiar. I say... well get ready to see my office building ....and there it is. We are then heading up E St SW towards Independence.... Mom's like "There's the Washington monument!" We made another turn... then she says "There's the WWII museum!" I correct "Memorial!!"

We continued on our way and finally made our destination.

Then we went to the The Container Store ( I got a new water bottle, some hooks for some hangbag organization I am going to attempt, and a pet food scoop).

Next up... White Flint mall.... I didn't get anything, but mom scored big on stuff for niece # 1.

Headed home and saw gas in Laurel for $1.94 WOW!

I'd say they were new, but neither is.

First up - Larger Crate & Barrel is finally ready to open!

Second - Pottery Barn opens (again!)

When Towson Town originally opened there was a small Pottery Barn ( along with a Hold Everything and I think a California Closets). But they all closed. :(

Now Pottery Barn is back!

YAY!!

Friday after I saw Olivia and my sister at the hospital, I headed to Towson Town mall to meet up with my mother and Regan (almost 3 yrs old) (and to get me some Nordstrom Triple points).

As we were strolling through Nordstrom, I had this conversation.


Mom - What are you looking for?

Me - Handbags

Mom - Any specific brand?

Me - There is a L.A.M.B. bag I want to look at.

Regan - You are going to buy a lamb?

Me - Maybe :P

( I think of I had said yes I am going to buy a lamb, Regan would have said I am moving in with you!)

Alas, the L.A.M.B. bag was way too huge, and I didn't like any other styles with that pattern.

But I did find this:

Triple Rewards Points - September 17 - 21 YAY!

That new Fall handbag is calling your name... and mine!

This announcement is perfect timing! My current 4GB 1st generation nano will be 3 years old in December. I saw an item on one of the weekend news programs that states an iPod is only good for about 500 charges (aka 2 years) so I am ready to upgrade (the purpose of the feature was when you should or should not buy the additional warranty stuff).

I will probably go with the nano again... I just need to decide on storage (8GB vs 16 GB) and color (too many to name - but I will probably go with silver or grey and then perk it up with various skins!)

Christmas comes early!
or A late Birthday present!
or I survived HOA/Management company transistion hell present (there should be a fun upcoming post about this saga -- we just found out that the old mgmt company had the BOD do something illegal (about 4-5 years ago... so way before I was on the BOD)!

Sephora opens today!!

YAY!

No handbags bought! Yay! (even though I saw a really cute L.A.M.B. bag....).

I got everything I set out to get!

Kate Spade -- They were not on the floor... in fact Towson only had 2 pairs left (which is why they they were no longer on the floor). One was a 6 - YAY!

Stuart Weitzman - All sold out of the grey flannel, but they did have a pair in Leopard Print (which I did not buy!) which I tried on for fit purposes. Somewhere had a Grey 6, so I ordered it and its being shipped to me!

Enzo Angiollini - the salesman had never even heard of these being available in black/white... but they had them in balck, which I tried on and loved.... so of course I ordeed them online!!

It was a success :-)

Topped off the day with a soft shell crab sandwhich for lunch!