$25 later

To be honest there is not a lot that $25 can get you nowadays without knowing where to find some good deals. Now, I know I'm not the worlds greatest bargain shopper, but a lot of great deals cross my path on a weekly basis simply from working in retail. It's hard not to take advantage of getting to touch all of the clearance items before anyone else sometimes, especially when you want something so badly that you just have to have it. I confess, I tend to be an impulse shopper, so I suppose it's a good thing I don't shop too often. I can't set things aside for myself or hide them after marking them down until I can purchase them, but that doesn't mean the second I'm off I can't hightail it back to a particular department to scoop up whatever amazing deal I saw earlier in the day. And there are times when amazing deals just happen to pop up. Don't kid yourself like I used to. Clearance items aren't cast-offs or rejects. Some things simply have to go to make room for new merchandise. I never used to touch clearance because I had that mentality of "if it's marked down, it must not be good" but now I know better. You would be surprised how much clearance comes straight off a delivery truck and has never even been touched in a store!

Hopefully by now you know what I'm getting at: I went shopping. Now, I do mean it when I say it's a good thing I don't shop often, because I don't. Like any female worth anything I know how to spend money, but I don't purposefully go out to buy things and I especially don't go drop lots of money on clothes frequently. In fact if you took a look at my wardrobe right now, most of it would be the same ratty jeans and tees that I have been wearing since I graduated high school. It's kind of pathetic. I'm 23, going on 24, and I still dress like a teenager. Not that there's anything wrong with my go to casual of jeans, a tee, and my chucks but I don't dress up much either, even if it's just a sundress and sandals. I want to start working on that, but it involves that shopping I mentioned earlier. And I hate buying clothes. The real reason is probably because everything costs so darn much nowadays. Why on earth would I want to pay $20 for a single shirt? Heck, sometimes $20 wouldn't even cut it and don't get me started on the price of pants or shoes for that matter.

But I'm going off an a tangent again! Instead of spending $20 on one single item I managed to get a little more bang for my buck this week. And sure, two days of $25 purchases comes out to $50 I think I did pretty darn good. Now if only I didn't feel like I was babbling for no good reason, but hey, I'm here to share my day to day, right? And my love of commas, so it seems.

So yesterdays $25 went towards clothes, specifically. A cute kimono-style dress I have had my eyes on for a while finally went clearance and we actually had one in my size (or as close to my size as I was gonna get) in the color that I wanted! It's a blue floral type print and I love it. I did get a pair of black leggings to go with it, and while they weren't clearance they were on sale for $1 cheaper than normal. Every little bit counts especially when my other discounts are factored in. Maybe I'll take a photo of myself in it later, it really is cute! I don't normally dress for cute, but there you have it. Add in a pair of pink shorts that went 50% off and that's not bad. You can't even get one pair of jeans at our store anymore without spending close to $30 so I walked away feeling like a winner.

Today's $25 went towards some shoes and sunglasses. I don't own a lot of shoes, despite what my dad may have said the other day. I have my chucks, a couple of flip flops that have really seen better days (as have my chucks, but those will be worn until they are falling apart on my feet a la my sister), some black sneakers for work, my running shoes and a pair of black boots that I honestly don't know how to walk in. Can some female please give me the secret to heals? I just don't get them! Sure that's more than a couple pairs, but it's also a lot less than some people I know. I wanted some summer sandals to wear and Payless is having another of their infamous BOGO days so I stopped by to see if anything caught my eye. Well, a couple did and so I bought them. It took forever to find some that fit, or so it felt like. As it turns out I wear 3 different sizes depending on the shoe itself, all the way from a regular old 6 to a 7 (the other being a 6 1/2). Yes, according to my sister I have pixie feet. Too bad I hate feet altogether. Somebody remind me to get a pedicure before I wear said sandals! And no, I didn't spend $25 on just two pairs of shoes. I also bought 2 sunglasses that I actually liked. I never think I look good in any (they just don't seem to fit my face shape) but I liked these enough to buy them. So 2 pairs of shoes and 2 sunglasses for $25. Not bad, I say.

And because I can, I figured I would share photos of my loot from today!