I love a bargain!

My husband teases me that I love to shop. But the truth is, I really just love a bargain! Shopping isn't fun for me if I'm not getting a good deal. So let me share with you my latest adventure in bargain shopping... :) (really big smiley face here!)

Two weeks ago I was at the Gap and came across a jean jacket I really liked (I've been looking for one randomly for several months now). However, it was $70 and I really just didn't want to spend that. (Its funny how I'll spend $150 on a pair of jeans or thousands on a piece of jewelry, but I won't buy a jean jacket for $70 bucks because its not a good 'deal'). Truth was, it just wasn't worth it to me. I didn't need the jacket if it was going to cost me $70 bucks, so I told the sales lady to put it back. She then told me that if I came back on a Wed, I could save 45% off a full priced item with the coupon she was giving me. Hmmm, sounds good. I'll give it a try. Well, it turns out the coupon began in July, and it was still June. So I had to wait 2 weeks before I could try to use this Wed coupon in July. I was really hoping they still had my size... they did :) So I went up to the register to pay for it and when it rang up it came up at 19.99 (!) (remember the coupon is only supposed to be good on full priced stuff not sales items) Hmmm, I'm starting to think, is this not going to accept my coupon, what's going on here , that price doesn't look right, its supposed to be $70. Well, THEN, she enters my 45% off coupon, and takes credit for a reward certificate I had and I wound up paying LESS than $7 for a $70 jacket!!!!! What a deal! I even said to her "wow, that's a good price" and she didn't second guess it at all, she just took my money and closed the deal. I'm thinking cool deal-that was an amazing price. That jacket wasn't even on clearance, it was a new-stock fall merchandise item, and I got it for 90% off! I guess the UPC code was wrong in their computer or something, because I know it wasn't on sale. (Good thing about that, is that there is a law that if a store marks something wrong with the UPC, they have to honor it, or if they overcharge, they have to give u even more back). So I don't feel like I lied or did anything wrong in accepting that price, I'm just totally excited to get it. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not a cheat, when salespeople count change wrong, I always give it back to them and correct them explaining that they don't want their till to be off (so as not to embarrass them), but I don't think this was cheating, I think this was my good fortune, and I'm happy to receive it!) :)

I picked up 2 tshirts too that were on sale, so part of my reward certificate went towards them, but I'd like to point out, that if I hadn't gotten those tshirts, then the whole $10 certificate would have gone towards the jacket and then the jacket would have only cost me $1 !!!!!!!!!!!!
($19.99 -$9 coupon45% -$10reward cert =$1 ) wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I just had to share this with you, because it was amazing, and if there is one thing I love (besides my kids and family), its a great deal! ;0