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Black Friday Sales Again… Last Time I Promise

November 24, 2017Sara Leave a Comment

So we finally hit the biggest shopping day of the year and I have bombarded you with sales so I am about to give a bunch more. I know a lot of people go out at midnight hoping to score items before anyone else gets them. Especially the season hot items like the Super NES Game System, LOL Surprise, and the weird Fingerling things all of which apparently are really hard to find at the moment (and people are totally jacking up the price to rip people off). Remember the Tickle Me Elmo Christmas craze from many, many years ago? This is like that but way more hardcore. I guess it’s Tis the season to be selfish and try to make a buck 🙁

Sooooo to save yourself from that you I would encourage you to make a list then shop online. Between now and Monday (Cyber Monday) you will probably find yourself the best deals of the season. Now on to the sales and a few selections from each that are either on my list, have been bought, or I have my eye on. Side note: we are all in desperate need of socks and underwear so I’ll be searching the sales for those 😉

Yesterday I posted a pre Black Friday selection post and many of those sales are still going (all still I believe).

Ann Taylor – 50% off everything with the code THANKFUL

Cheap Monday – 25% off of Everything

e.l.f. Cosmetics – 50% off sitewide with code CELEBRATE on orders over $30

Keds – 30% off full priced items and 10% off sale with code NOLINES

J.Crew – 40% off your purchase with code THANKU

Nordstrom – Extra 20% off sale

Sam Edelman – 30% off site wide and free shipping

SHOPBOP – Get 20% off orders of $200 + .25% off orders of $500+ and 30% off orders of $800 or more with code MORE17

Topshop – Up to 50% off plus free worldwide shipping

Target – is crazy land online and in store. Pay attention to the doorbusters as well as all the other great online deals they have to offer today.

And save the best for last Amazon – You need to stalk the website all day because they have sales that pop up all over for limited times. It is literally anxiety causing 😉

Good luck everyone! My goal to find the last couple of Christmas presents (I need two Calico Critter rooms for the doll house) as well as a faux fur coat. I’m not sure how successful I’ll be though.

Black Fridays Sales 2017 Start Now

November 23, 2017Sara 4 Comments

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Black Friday sales start now. Actually many of the sales started over the last week, but a lot of the main sales start today. I’ll have another post going up at midnight tonight again with the sales that begin tomorrow. I’m going to try to get it all in one post because tomorrow Roo becomes a teenager. Commence mental freak out. Anyway, we’ll be busy celebrating so I won’t have time to do ongoing sale updates. She hasn’t decided what she wants to do that day yet though, but I’m sure part of it will be trying to spend some of her birthday money on the Black Friday sales because money burns a hole in her pocket. She actually wants to go to the Humane Society and pick another cat but that isn’t going to happen until she learns to take care of the one she has and clean up after herself 😉

My sale selections are all about colours, coats, and quirky pieces. I’m pretty sure that if I could get away with it I would just wear t-shirts with statement coats every day of my life. Urban Outfitters has bedding to die for, Topshop has 9 million jackets on my list like the leather biker above (love the red lining) and J.Crew is offering deals that actually make it affordable to me (how much do you love that tartan blazer?).

Here are a few places where I got my selections and the current sales that they have going on:

Asos 30% off with the code EPIC30
Madewell has 25% off with the code DONTSTRESS
J.Crew take 40% off everything with the code THANKU
Hunter 20% off select (sale percentage seems to change daily so keep notice)
Topshop up to 50% off and free shipping
Urban Outfitters Buy one get one 50% off
Old Navy has 50% off your entire purchase
Gap 50% off everything no exclusions
H&M up to 70% off and free shippin. Deals start at $3

Check out the rest of my picks below, they are in a more orderly format. I hope you score some good deals!

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2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Him

November 22, 2017Sara 2 Comments

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Right about now you are being bombarded by gift guides left, right, and centre so I am going to add to it 😉 Today I have the For Him gift guide. The man in your life that is an entertainer, a gamer, a traveller, or the one that just needs some new pajamas and slippers.

I tried to include something for everyone like the gamer, but also the nostalgic gamer who loved his Atari when he was young. Someone who loves food but hates cooking may like the microwave popcorn popper, or the toaster grilled cheese bags (I want these). The entertainer may like to make his own craft beer, have people over to play Beeropoly, or just an instruction manual to mixed drinks along with some bottles of booze to round it out.

My husband is notorious for asking me where his things are. It’s the same thing every day. “Have you seen my wallet? I used to have phone and it was right here. I don’t know where I put my glasses.” Honestly, it drives me insane and I repeatedly tell him to put his stuff in the same spot and he won’t have this issue. He is the type of man who would benefit from number 3 above – the docking station, as well as number 19 for his glasses. You can find all kinds of these handcrafted docking stations on Esty, and can even get them personalized. My husband has number 15 which is a guitar pick maker. You use any old plastic cards to punch out your own picks. He is one that tends to keep old cards for some reason so he has all kinds of picks with his face on them from his old licences and health cards. Nothing says personalized like a guitar pick with your own face on it.

We are almost officially down to one month before Christmas (33 days technically) and I know how much it sucks to do the panic last-minute shopping so embrace the biggest shopping sales of the year coming up (and right now) and get it all done. Then you can sit back and enjoy the holiday season without the shopping stress like me 😉

Here are some early sales to get you started (these sales are as of today).
Old Navy is having 50% off entire purchase
Gap – 50% off everything no exclusions (which is actually huge because they always exclude the items I want)
Nordstrom – Early savings starts now
H&M – Extra 20% off all sale

Check out my other gift guides for this holiday season For Her, and For Kids, and From Etsy.

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Holiday Party Style 2017

November 21, 2017Sara Leave a Comment

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I can’t be the only one that inwardly panics when they get an invitation to a holiday party. I do a mental flip through my closet to try and figure out what the hell I am going to wear. Even more so when it’s a New Years party because they tend to lean towards more formal. I used to love New Years Eve, but that was back in the day when I could get away with tight pants, a backless halter top, and platform shoes because I was just going to a bar and I would fit in well.

I actually went out out shopping the other day and tried on a million things in order to get some ideas for today’s post (some of the outfits were a complete epic fail). Dresses, pants, heels, boots, and sequins. Lots of sequins. I narrowed down my choices to the pieces that both mixed well and were comfortable. Some I picked based on their looks alone, like the gold wrap dress with fur coat, because it gave me a 1970’s vibe.

I also put together a maternity style outfit, as well as one with all pieces under $40 (the are actually all under $30 except the purse which was $35), and an outfit with all pieces under $20, because who has extra money to spend around the holidays? Not very many, so getting an inexpensive holiday look it important.

Notice the theme of black and faux fur? It couldn’t be helped. I kept gravitating to them and when I would try to find something else instead it didn’t work the way I wanted so I just went back to my first choice. I hope you like some of these 12 outfits that I put together and hope you have a great holiday party season.

Today H&M is having up to 60% off your entire winter wardrobe (you can also get free shipping with the code 9054). It is a good time to find anything for winter you may need without having to battle the Black Friday crowds.

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Some Fantastic Etsy Gift Finds

November 20, 2017Sara Leave a Comment

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What I Wore This Week

November 19, 2017Sara Leave a Comment

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I’m kind of flying by the seat of my pants this holiday season so bear with me. The blog may seem all out of whack this week with me trying to get out as many of the holiday posts that I have, so regular posts may be on different days or skipped entirely this week so you aren’t bombarded with 75 posts in 5 days :/ I actually wish that I had 75 posts sitting there ready but as usual I have all kinds of ideas and will probably finish them all 5 minutes before posting. Way to add stress to yourself Sara. It’s impossible to quietly sit at my computer for any given time without constant interruptions because

we live in a 650 sq ft apartment so we are in each others face all day.
I homeschool the kids so I don’t have the regular school hours to get stuff done.
Merle can’t whisper for shit. I literally got her hearing checked at her last well check because she is so loud that I thought she may have hearing problems.
she is also a super momma’s girl and does not like me to be too far from her peripheral vision. She has her “desk” set up about two feet from where I sit right at the edge of my desk, so she sits beside me and crafts and chats while I “work”.
I swear they never sleep, so getting things down when they go to bed also doesn’t work well. I think I may have to start getting up at 5 because they definitely don’t like to get up once they are actually sleeping.

So I am getting this out on Sunday night in anticipation to getting something out for tomorrow too. It’s Tom’s birthday today, he’s the big 40 and none too happy about it. He sat around today moping and listening to his Kiss records we bought him and now we are eating a really good cake from Whole Foods. If you get a chance to try their Black Tie cake do it. It’s really good.

Ok, so although Black Friday is technically this Friday, everyone seems to be jumping on the “earlier the better” bandwagon and have released deals already. If you head over to many of your favourite retailers they are having early deals or Pre Black Friday countdowns so you may be able to find some good stuff before Friday and risk it selling out.

H&M has up to 60% off tops today. They also have 20% off $60 + free shipping with code 6793. Tomorrow will be a different deal but for the next 7.5 hours you can find some good shirts on sale.
Old Navy currently has a pre sale offering 40% off entire purchase with discount taken off a cash (it’s 50% off for card members). I think this deal ends tonight, but it’s a good one. This faux fur coat is $35! Or a velvet blazer for $25 and this colour is gorgeous.
Gap is having 45% off with the code GIFT where you can find a faux fur scarf, a cute striped sweater, and I really like this fur lined parka. It’s the perfect time to get a winter coat for you or the kids. I’m fairly certain this was the exact deal that I bought Merle’s winter coat from last year.

I hope the season’s stress isn’t getting to you and that you have a great week!

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