The Discount Shopping Challenge
After the birth of my little one, my ability to budget went into turbo charge. From bringing more lunches to work to being cognizant of how often I purchased coffee at work, every penny's been counted. Along with this penny pinching, I rediscovered my love of shopping on pennies. I always loved going to Marshall's and TJ Maxx, coming through racks and seeing what treasures I came home with. Lately, however, I've warmed up to visiting Sears, Old Navy, Target and H&M more often.
Because I try to shop like a French woman, I didn't frequent the 'discount' stores too much. Main reason? Quality of the material. I'd rather buy something that is a bit pricier, but will last me a longer period of time. When I was preggers, the bulk of my maternity clothes came from Old Navy, Target and GAP. My love of Old Navy and Target continues as I've been able to find easy post-baby bod transition pieces for summer. Last week, I was at the Sears Portrait Studio getting six month shots of the babe. I had some extra time to sift around the clothes and was pleasantly surprised. Their stuff ain't so bad, ladies.
Here's the kicker: since most of us look for the 'big sales' at BCBG, Macy's, Nordstrom, etc. there is a lower likelihood that your fellow gal pals will be perusing the Sears and Target racks on a daily basis (ok, perhaps Target). This means that you'll have a better chance of looking unique mixing up expensive and cheaper pieces than your girlfriends.
Hence, the challenge. I, along with a few of my friends are aiming to visit Sears, Wal-Mart, Big Lots and other 'discount stores' over a weekend. From there, we will see what types of treasures we will uncover. Once this happens, I will report back our findings. In the meantime, I highly recommend you give shopping outlets like Sears a second look - you may be quite surprised!
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You know, I have found so many good pieces at Sears. I know a lot of people are down on Sears and only see it as a place for appliances or tools, but on my last trip, I got a cute pair of white stretchy denim clamdiggers and an awesome black maxi dress. Added bonus if your Sears has a Lands End shop!
Some of it is absolute crap and totally tacky, but I have also found awesome casual dresses and cute leggings there- my "sweatsuit alternative" outfits as Tim Gunn would call them.
Big Lots here doesn't really have any clothes, and I've considered buying flip-flops there, but I always get scared they will be like those weird ones that gave people the chemical burns at Wal-Mart a couple years ago.
As for Wal-Mart, well, some of it is promising, but their clothing has really gone down in style in the last year, and I had a horrible return experience there, so I can't shop there anymore. I don't like to be treated like a thief as I'm returning something. If you're going to scan each item I'm returning at the door, that's fine, but then just pout the return desk by the door like at Lowe's, K-Mart, or Menard's. It makes no sense for me to go to customer service to have that person re-scan everything that was scanned at the door for a return.
K-Mart usually has some gems too, but there's not one really convenient for me. Oh well.
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My mom worked for Big Lots and in addition to the regular deals, our family benefitted from her employee discount. We love Big Lots!
I should also note that I've found Big Lots to be a good place for cleaning supplies, food items, soap, home goods, kitchen appliances and accessories, picture frames, holiday decorations, hardware and gardening supplies. Not so great for clothing!
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Quality is always a big issue in almost every cheap item, including clothes. But it's great that there are still shops which provide customers quality clothes in just low prices! Personally, I visit several shops before buying my clothes. I don't want to regret purchasing a very expensive dress just because of its appearance. You should also try thrift shops. I'm sure they've got lots of unique and trendy clothes to offer.
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