As is the norm, my downfall was a 50% off coupon code. HOLIDAY50, you rascal! Was doing pretty well before you came into my inbox.....
Putting aside my rather crazy behavior of addressing completely virtual inanimate "objects" as if they are living, breathing beings (which in this case is the coupon code :D), I got really good deals and finally scored the absolutely most perfect blouse in mint green. FINALLY!
The first 4 items in the picture were from the sales section which is where the additional 50% off code was applied. It all started with the mint green high neck top. I've been getting a bunch of green clothing but never found a style and the right shade of mint green till I saw that blouse. It was going for less than a tenner and with the discount code, I got it for $4.99. Which lead me to getting the same blouse in an eggshell/beige shade. I then decided to get the hot pink lace maxi slip which I'm going to pair with my bought-eons-ago Walmart Norma Kamali grey maxi as styled in the pic. This I got for the slightly lower at $4.49. Lastly, I got the cute knitted geo slippers for wearing to bed. I've been taking better care of my feet lately, slathering on Soap & Glory's Heel Genius to soften up my battle-weary feet :D. These will serve well as sleep socks to keep the moisture locked for longer. These went for a mere $2.99
But of course, I abhor paying shipping fees and hence decided to spend more money to avoid that fate :D I was looking around for items which I definitely liked that were going for a bargain. I didn't simply want to get things to round up the total to the minimum 50 bucks. The first thing I saw was the chiffon maxi skirt in coral. I thought it was a really pretty shade. The RRP for this one was $12.50 - is that not a score? Then I spotted the drawstring harem pants I have in red but this time they had it in basic black. I totally jumped on that. I love those red pants, I think they are a very flatterng cut for coloured pants and have often wondered, when I look at the F21 inventory and spot these pants, why they never had it in black. WISH GRANTED! Snapped that up.....then snapped up another pair in royal blue :D I always did admire the blue and when I first decided to get the pants, it really was a toss-up between the royal blue and red. I picked red then and don't regret it but now I can get the royal blue to nicely round off the total.
Total charged to credit card was a fair $58.96 for all 7 items. They've shipped and are in Portland but yet to be delivered to my address there. I will be waiting for January to roll around before I ship these home as I'm coming into some substantial drugstore dollars next month. Have been trying to figure out if I want to use it onpractical stuff or frivolous stuff :D
DISCLAIMER:
All images belong to Forever 21. I am borrowing them to provide some nice visuals for my "journal" entry :D
Putting aside my rather crazy behavior of addressing completely virtual inanimate "objects" as if they are living, breathing beings (which in this case is the coupon code :D), I got really good deals and finally scored the absolutely most perfect blouse in mint green. FINALLY!
The first 4 items in the picture were from the sales section which is where the additional 50% off code was applied. It all started with the mint green high neck top. I've been getting a bunch of green clothing but never found a style and the right shade of mint green till I saw that blouse. It was going for less than a tenner and with the discount code, I got it for $4.99. Which lead me to getting the same blouse in an eggshell/beige shade. I then decided to get the hot pink lace maxi slip which I'm going to pair with my bought-eons-ago Walmart Norma Kamali grey maxi as styled in the pic. This I got for the slightly lower at $4.49. Lastly, I got the cute knitted geo slippers for wearing to bed. I've been taking better care of my feet lately, slathering on Soap & Glory's Heel Genius to soften up my battle-weary feet :D. These will serve well as sleep socks to keep the moisture locked for longer. These went for a mere $2.99
But of course, I abhor paying shipping fees and hence decided to spend more money to avoid that fate :D I was looking around for items which I definitely liked that were going for a bargain. I didn't simply want to get things to round up the total to the minimum 50 bucks. The first thing I saw was the chiffon maxi skirt in coral. I thought it was a really pretty shade. The RRP for this one was $12.50 - is that not a score? Then I spotted the drawstring harem pants I have in red but this time they had it in basic black. I totally jumped on that. I love those red pants, I think they are a very flatterng cut for coloured pants and have often wondered, when I look at the F21 inventory and spot these pants, why they never had it in black. WISH GRANTED! Snapped that up.....then snapped up another pair in royal blue :D I always did admire the blue and when I first decided to get the pants, it really was a toss-up between the royal blue and red. I picked red then and don't regret it but now I can get the royal blue to nicely round off the total.
Total charged to credit card was a fair $58.96 for all 7 items. They've shipped and are in Portland but yet to be delivered to my address there. I will be waiting for January to roll around before I ship these home as I'm coming into some substantial drugstore dollars next month. Have been trying to figure out if I want to use it onpractical stuff or frivolous stuff :D
DISCLAIMER:
All images belong to Forever 21. I am borrowing them to provide some nice visuals for my "journal" entry :D
