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Warewullf

21:59 / 30.12.03

Oh yes.

Black Darth Vader slippers for £4.99 in Next.

Donnie Darko on DVD for £6.98 in Tesco.

What delights have you uncovered in the bargin bins? What have you bought in the sales? Or do you fear to shop after the x-mas rush?

gingerbop

12:51 / 31.12.03

This was pre-christmas; but
Long nice cord skirt; £6.60
Morgan floaty girly not just moping about the house top; £5
Cosycosy fleece hooch trousers and long skirt; £5 each

But the best bargin was one the girl I work with got;
Red beautiful leather Diesel skirt,
Down from £170 to £5.

Mr Tricks

16:41 / 31.12.03

Well it turns out the place where I rent DVD's (for a dollar a night) is closing down... the bastard owners gave them less than 30 days notice on christmas day!!!!

Anyway this means I can't rent dvd's there anymore which sucks... BUT they are selling everything for like 50% off!!!
So a trippled my collection of Music (they sell CD's as well) & DVD's for like $5 a pop...

nice way to blow an X-mas bonus!!!

Tryphena Absent

17:32 / 31.12.03

I went to the sales but everything was flourescent and I currently want PJ Harvey's wardrobe (and not circa 1994 PJ) so no sales for Tryphena.

That makes me sound sad. I'm not, I'm angry, I hate the sales.

ONLY NICE THINGS

13:17 / 01.01.04

I managed to get out of the Selfridges sale without too much damage, having talked myself out of a Yamamoto diffusion shirt (nice but not on sale enough) - got a new lightweight dressing gown (CK) and a couple of Kate Storer cushions. Then things got a bit heavy at John Lewis - a moleskin suit, some shirts, two pairs of Falke socks (*so* toasty) - all for about £150, though, which wasn't too bad. Am pondering my Amazon list at present, but will probably try to avoid the rest of the high street - too scary, and nothing except the extra-smalls will be left pretty soon. Might pop in at the arse end to see what has been massively reduced to clear...

It was mentioned to me today that my generation were sort of spoiled by growing up in a recession, which meant that all sorts of items were regularly offered at a tiny fraction of their value as businesses closed down or desperately offloaded stock. Was £9.99, now £6.99 just doesn't swing it for me...

bjacques

13:55 / 01.01.04

Dave Brubeck, Live at Newport Jazz Festival 1958, vinyl, some scratches, $0.50. And nary a "Favorite Things," "Take Five" or Blue Rondo a la Turk" in earshot! :-)

I bought it at a charity shop in *Crowley* Louisiana! (Huey Long, its onetime governor, said "Every Man A King," but in Crowley (all together now!) "Every Man And Every Woman Is A Star!")

Ariadne

19:28 / 01.01.04

Hmm, you might be on to something, Haus. I only think it's a sale when things are reduced from £70 to a fiver, because that's how it used to be. I'm thinking back to the early 90s when the sales in Edinburgh were just stupendous. And there was a recession, oh yes indeed.
Just getting a third off is dull and not worth the hassle of fighting through the messy shops. I'd rather wait till the new stuff comes in.

The Return Of Rothkoid

20:51 / 01.01.04

I seem to have a penchant for picking up cheap tarot decks. I don't know why. All of the ones I've got (except for the Marseilles deck, which was a gift) have been found at places on sale and in bargain bins for about a fifth of what I'd normally pay. Odd.

pomegranate

23:13 / 02.01.04

i got a red strapless dress for 20 bucks, that i wore on new year's eve and got myriad compliments on. i got my sister a smoothie maker for $25 instead of $50. i also got her a necklace for $15 instead of $40. i love sales!

gingerbop

23:33 / 02.01.04

Ariadne, you should have seen when we reduced everything by a measly quarter (they thought, for one day only, but it wasnt). They whole of fucking scotland were climbing over each other to get in. Numpties.

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