July 17th, 2009 | by kate | published in fashion
So normally a sale, is a sale, is a sale. But the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is one of the special ones. Why? Well, because instead of putting the
old merchandise that didn’t sell, they put the fall stuff on the racks at a discount, and then in 2 weeks when the sale is over, that fall [...]
December 23rd, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
One of the things I read when I was perusing Rachel Zoe’s style tips, was that one way to jazz up any outfit is with the right jewelry (so obvious I know). But one of the ways she suggested doing this on the cheap was with cute vintage, or inexpensive resin or acrylic bracelets. So [...]
December 11th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
Last night I went to the Crave Party, which is a shopping event hosted in Seattle. You pay for a ticket (I paid $15) and then you get to go around from booth to booth shopping the wares and trying out some new products. I am sure they charge vendors for the booths (since they [...]
December 5th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
Last night I was on my way home from Seattle Geek Girl Dinner and I decided to drop into Target to pick up a teasing brush. While I was there I decided to shop a little and hit up the clothing (it is a recession and Target is cheaper than Nordstrom) and Christmas (because I [...]
November 20th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
So right now Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Loft are having a “Friends and Family Sale”, these typically mean that friends and family get the equivalent of an employee discount for some point of time (and in Ann Taylor’s case that means 30% off). Ann Taylor makes great “grown-up” clothes that are well made and [...]
November 17th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion, good stuff
When I first started dating my boyfriend my good friend took him aside and said “You have to buy her some real jewelry–all she wears is that cheap fashion stuff, she needs real jewelry.” Well part of the reason I never bought real jewelry was because I had a hard time spending a lot of [...]
November 11th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
So last week was the start of the half yearly sale, I went online the night of and I made a few purchases. Being a little unhappy with my weight (I really enjoyed myself while in Hawaii–and that means eating a whole lot) I decided to splurge on shoes instead of clothing–especially because I was [...]
November 10th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
Rachel Zoe. I seriously love her. She gets lots of criticism in the media–she has a famed fued with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and Perez Hilton, one of my favorite celebrity bloggers, often writes posts about her that are less than flattering–but I love her. Besides being an entrepreneur–she started out as a fashion editor [...]
September 15th, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
Recently there seems to be a slew of new websites popping up that offer high fashion at low prices. So I have two great finds for this post (and I have made purchases on both sites):
Ideeli – this is an online auction where they sell a deeply discounted item daily. They will send you an [...]
September 1st, 2008 | by kate | published in fashion
I have this big box under my bathroom counter I use for free samples. The fancy hotel shampoos and soaps (only if they are legitmately fancy which typically means only posh hotels), perfumes, makeup–everytime I get one of these little trifles I put them in this box.
Ever since they instituted that itty-bitty baggy for liquids [...]
