Potential Bargains of the Day....

Loft - 40 percent off everything

Lohemanns - with email coupon 20 percent off one full priced item. 30 percent off one clearance item. Email me and I'll forward the email.

Happy Shopping!

Res Ipsa Loquitor... The Bargains Speak for Themselves

So I promised I would tell you about the bargain I found yesterday and I am a little late. My Cman got his shots today and the only way to keep him from crying was to sleep on mommy. Poor guy. However, to make up for my tardiness, I am going to tell you about two bargains! I am actually wearing them together tonight for a date night! Yay!

In the law, there is a negligence theory known as "res ipsa loquitor" meaning the act speaks for itself. Basically it means without any weighing of the facts of the situation, the mere fact that the situation occurred is enough to establish a claim of negligence.

Soo now that you know more about the law than you ever wanted to, I'll tell you how it relates to my bargains. A few days ago I got a sale email (I get about 20 a day) from Banana Republic that caught my attention. 50 percent off five full price items. Now usually I just delete these emails but when I see a 50 percent off, I pay attention. So I decided I would head over to Banana just to see. And I was getting a little frustrated because there really wasn't much I was seeing, until .....

The fur esque vest was super cute and originally 125.00. But with my email ... 67.50. Res Ipsa indeed. The bargain spoke for itself. I scooped it up and felt quite satisfied with my find.

So when I went to get dressed tonight I was reminded of another Res Ipsa bargain I found a while ago. One day at work right before maternity leave, I was ammm online shopping on Lohemanns.com. Lohemanns is like Westlaw for bargains. I could do a whole other post on the wonders of Lohemanns. Anyway, I was aimlessly browsing when I saw a Tibi shirt
for ... wait for it ... 50.00!!!!!! Originally 275.00. Done! I actually bought it when I was still pregnant for our first date night. It's silk so can't really wear it with the little one... i.e. spit up.

So here they are together!

Happy Friday!!!!

So I went ahead and did it. I started a blog... A really easy baby and maternity leave will do that to you. I am not expecting younghouselove success (another of my favorite blogs); book deals; advertising dollars, etc.  Mainly, I wanted a place to tell people about my favorite hobby: shopping. And not just any kind of shopping... Bargain Shopping.  See I LOVE clothes.... love love... want to open a store, work for Vogue kind of love. Alas, however, I am a lawyer. I know... I actually do love law too but not in the same way as clothes. Law is my contribution to the world. Clothes are the world's contribution to me :).

Just to give you an example, in school and college, one of my main reasons for not smoking or going to super expensive dinners was that I would rather spend the money on clothes. Any free time I had I took the bus to Georgetown or Friendship Heights and walked around. I have devised numerous ways (some of which include living on ramen noodles) to scrape enough money to buy a coveted pair of seven jeans. I still remember my first pair. They were err.... slightly eighties looking I must admit. I remember my hand was shaking as I wrote a check for $120.00 for a pair of jeans at Neimans.... And just like that I was hooked. No turning back. As I got older and my taste got more expensive, I came to the realization that I have champagne taste, but not quite a champagne budget. So what's a good lawyer to do... develop an argument that I could still have my designer duds, without the designer prices without of course breaking the law (i.e. conversion of chattel if my law school mind serves me correctly...) So that's what this blog will tell you. How to get the best designer clothes at a fraction of the price while remaining a law abiding citizen. I know I am not the first person to have this idea or blog about it but nonetheless I am proceeding forward. :)

So I'll begin with earlier in the week. I needed some sweaters and who doesn't love cashmere. However, we all know that cashmere equal big bucks. So I headed to my favorite consignment store Labels in Buckhead. I got a Vince Cashmere sweater that would sell for about 300.00 for $40.00. I then got a cashmere Autumn Cashmere sweater for 30.00 that would originally sell for about $250.00. Now as someone who has worked in high end retail ... I can tell you I was able to get two cashmere sweaters for less than wholesale of one.  The best part about consignment is you can take your old stuff and get credit towards new stuff. I have taken all my maternity jeans to be sold so I can get some great new stuff soon :).

Vince Cashmere

Autumn Cashmere

Winter White

Yesterday I got another Labels fabulous find! A See by Chloe (Chloe's less expensive version of Chloe; think Marc by Marc Jacobs) for $50.00. Original retail...probably around $375.00.

See by Chloe

Perfect Fall Color... 

So today I found another bargain from Banana Republic but you will have to wait until tomorrow to hear about it. Colin (my super cute baby boy) is getting his shots tomorrow so I am thinking a fussy baby won't have me going many places.