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This is my forte. Bargain shopping is in my blood. One of my earliest memories is looking up at my gran, my mom and one of her friends poring through clearance racks and scoring deals. My grandma is 92 and can always tell you how much she paid for an item.

But I digress. I Love the Maxx & Marshall’s (miss Loehmann’s & Syms they are not here in my part of Florida). Ross is sometimey to me. Again that could be the location I was at.
Soo true what the TJX employee said up there. Learn the shipping schedule and which stores will have more of a certain kind of inventory. Example: I love purses. The TJ Maxx near me is in a tourist area. This store had unbelievable purses. Literally, purse heaven. Kinda of a rundown looking store, but on any given day, you would see throngs of tourists arms full of designer purses. Beautiful Italian leather purses. Coach, Prada, Gucci. All there all the time. One time I even snagged a Marc Jacobs purse. Yes, it was real. The price tag was deeply discounted, however still wayyyy out of my price range. Had to settle for walking around the store with it for a minute dreaming that I could buy it, lol.
I dubbed it the best TJ Maxx in the world. Then their shipping schedule changed and I really haven’t been back. (sigh) No more purse heaven.

Today, I did well at Walgreen’s. Yes, Walgreen’s don’t sleep on the discount drug stores. With all my coupons and the deals, I got $51 worth of stuff for less than $25. Last week was even better I got $47 worth of stuff for $10! The key is to get the coupons to match the already marked down item’s. I also love the easy saver rebates, I have gotten free makeup and practically free hair products. Great way to try out stuff to see if you will like it. I know others who are playing the discount store coupon game. I’m not there yet, but it’s fun walking out with stuff u know u need and paying little for it. (I too learned this one the hard way, Bella. It’s not a deal if you don’t need/want it) Y’know you got a steal when even the cashier is shocked at your total.

I also used to live in Target’s clearance racks. Their endcap deals are legendary. I still crack up when I think about how when my sis visited me she got a great pair of dark blue jeans (perfect fit) for $5. I was so jealous, until a couple of weeks later I got my own great fitting pair of $5 jeans.

Don’t even get me started about shopping in NYC. All I gotta say is two words: Century 21.

I love bargain shopping. Is there a way I could do this for a living, I wonder? That is on my goal list for 2009. Find a way to make money saving other people money.

Sorry for the long post, guys. But I don’t post often so when I do I have to make up for lost time.

I live by all the TJX stores… In the two joined shopping plazas in my town, there is marshall’s, TJ maxx, Home Goods, and Burlington in addition to Wal-mart, Joyce leslie and lots of other!! Over the summer, I was able to score a pair of Kate Spade slingbacks for $36!! I love a bargain! One stop shopping for the whole family….including the big and tall sized husband.

let me tell you i used to work @ tj maxx
and you will be surprised the designer items they bring in there and the prices they charge…

i have seen plenty of beautiful coach bags ….they have a lot of ed hardy stuff now
i got D&G jeans from there 20 dollars!!! [they were clearanced to death]
seven jeans
D&G sunglasses
i even got my FHI flat iron from there for maybe 60 dollars
i am definitely a bargain shopper but i find that even the maxx [as i affectionately call it]
is expensive sometimes…
its good for brand name at good prices
but for regular clothes i stick to forever xxi, h&m, and Joyce Leslie [guilty pleasure]
but i do miss layaways at those stores!!

Another good store is Burlington Coat Factory.