I've been watching Clinton and Stacey on TLC's What Not To Wear - actually watching them a lot since I'm between jobs - and getting the scoop on good places to SHOP! I visited a couple when Ann came to visit in June, but I continue to work hard to find the best shopping locales :)
This past week I visited Saks Fifth Avenue - they were having the end of season sale with 50% off the ticketed prices. I will note that in this store I found my first $1650.00 blazer - not 50% off the ticketed price. I did find other things that were quite reasonable once on sale - and frankly there are times I would pay full price, but not today and not while I don't have a paycheck.
Today I was at the preview day of Macy's One Day Sale (which ironically is 2 days - the preview day and the actual day). I went up to the 7th floor where all the good stuff is, and collected some good Jones New York and loved the Calvin Klien separates that can be suits. I tried on a bazillion things - the whole time I heard Kathy exclaiming over all the beautiful clothes, as well as Stacey and Clinton's commentary on what I was trying on...
I must have waited in line for 25 minutes - there were people in line who said it was worse than during the Christmas season. I'm thinking I'll be doing a lot of Christmas shopping on line.
Overall, the day was beautiful, not too humid, and it was good to pick up a few cheap shorts :) When Kathy comes to NYC, I'll have a few great places to take her that will enable her to add to her fabulous wardrobe :)
7/25/08 - Found a new store to explore - Lee Lee's Valise in Brooklyn. It has gotten rave reviews on the web - I'll bet it will have some pretty fabulous stuff in for Fall soon :)
