Bargains Galore!

You know how I love a bargain, and when I find one I just have to tell you about it! Yesterday I decided to go to the mall to do a little shopping. I very rarely go to the mall these days, there's usually nothing I need there. My mission yesterday I decided, was to find myself a new coat!

Now that it's getting colder I find myself once again with only my 'big winter coat' to wear (the kind with the eskimo looking fur hood) or a very thin rain coat! I have nothing in between. I wanted something that would look casual when I needed it, or something that would look dressy when I needed it - I had in mind a leather jacket :-) If not that, then a wool coat (I think the style is called a peacoat?)

My first stop was JC Penney, and the first coat I tried on I bought! That's what I call successful shopping :-) I did ofcourse try a few more coats on, but the first one I tried was the most comfortable and the most flattering on me. It is a short leather jacket with a zip, very simple looking and very smart. Now here's the bargain - it was priced at $200 but you know Penney's always seems to have a sale on, and I was not surprised to see it say 'on sale - $79.99!!! A HUGE bargain, until I got to the checkout...... it rung up as $59.99. Can you see me doing a happy dance :-)

I found another bargain while at the mall, I was needing a new battery for my watch. Been needing it for weeks now, and the only place I knew to get one was in the little repair shop in the mall, or one of the jewelry stores there (which I thought might charge me an arm and a leg for it). So I walked in to the repair shop, asked about a battery and I was given two options? I could have a battery that came with a 3 year warranty - $29.95! Or I could have my battery changed no warranty for $21.95! I thought it would just cost about $10 so I opted for neither and thought I'd look around. A few seconds later I walk past Samuel Jewellers. I asked the lady standing in there if they sold watch batteries without trying to sell me a warranty? " I just want a new battery for my watch" I told her. "Yes, we do that for free" she said!!!

After picking myself off the floor I asked if she was serious - and yes indeed she was. So, one minute later I walk out of there with my watch working and set to the right time, and it didn't cost me a penny!

I'm cooking Santa's Whiskers this morning. Will try to get pictures later and post tomorrow.
Have a happy Saturday. It's a cold and wet one here so we'll just be playing indoors.