Housing Works had 40% off everything but furniture, and an additional 25% Sunday for members at all stores. I picked up so many great t-shirts, a great dress, and a fantastic hat for me (and one for the boyfriend too) all for about $55.
It was the bi-annual Barney's Warehouse Sale which started on Thursday, with so many fantastic finds on sale up to 75% off.
Even CVS had some awesome stuff on sale - I bought Kashi Go Lean Cereal for $3 each, and if you use your extracare card, you often get cash back too!
Some notes on how to find the best sales, and be the first one to know:
- Get on the email lists - create an email account just for these types of things. You should have one anyway, really, for all your online purchases. On GMail you can link and filter multiple accounts!
- Don't just get on generic mailing lists - go to special stores that interest you, and look forward to their sample sales.
- There are several sample sale mailing lists in New York, NewYork Magazine , Budget Fashionista's NY Monthly Sale Guide, NYCPulse, also check out TimeoutNY's Shopping Section.
- Two good nationwide lists are The Budget Fashionista and Daily Candy
- DO NOT rely solely on sample sale lists - they often get it wrong. I was recently very disappointed by Time Out New York which advertised the Seize sur Vingt last day of sale date as the start. My boyfriend and I showed up to a nearly empty store. Luckily there was still one beautiful shirt in his size, but no suits left. :(
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