Anyway... I was a single mom at the time and on a very very limited budget. I so wanted this dress, but at $250 it was out of the question. I would look at this dress every time I went to the mall. In fact, I would park out of the way just to cut through the store so I drool over the dress.
And then one day I noticed it had been reduced to half the price. My heart pounded because I knew someone would buy it with only two left and one was my dress size. I was sure it would be gone, but it was still too expensive a buy for a struggling single mom. I let it pass and over the next 2 weeks, watched it go down to $100, $90, $75 and knew when it was marked down to $65, it would be gone the next time I came through the store.
Well, a few days later, I had to run to the mall and of course cut through the store to look at my dress, certain it would be gone, but it was spring and this was a winter dress, and it was still there. When I turned the tag around, I was shocked to see it was marked down to $34. I felt I could afford that price. (G) Remember I was a single mom with a house payment, car payment, supporting a child, etc. So I was very careful when I had to buy clothes, typically opting for business suits for work.
Anyway, I bought it, not knowing if I'd ever have a chance to wear it other than to try it on and stand in front of a mirror admiring it.
I love great bargains and that was probably the best one I ever had. I felt someone somewhere really wanted me to have that dress as much as I wanted it because all the others had sold and in retrospect it was almost comical how that dress markdown kept on and on, almost like a reverse auction.
So what about you? Have you ever had something you wanted so bad you could practically taste it? Feel it? Any great bargains?
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I've lost 50 lbs in the last year (while at college, no less!) and while I still have a long way to go, I've dropped from a size 24 to 18/16 (depending on the cut and the brand). I was shopping with my mother the other day for a nice sun dress- because none of my summer clothing fits.
Well, in one of the stores I saw this spunky (that's the only word for it) jeans dress. It was $50- not the bargain I was looking for, and the only one on the rack. I tried it on with a bunch of other things- just for fun, and I found it was a 14... and looked great!
So I sucked it in- did some mental juggling in my head, and decided if I skimped with a few necessities I could get it.
I got up to the cash register, and the woman run it up- only for me to see that it was $4.89!!! It had been put in the wrong place, with the new dresses... and what was originally an $80 dress was mistakenly put in with the $50 dresses, even though it had been marked down to the price I purchased it at.
I decided that the universe wanted me to have the first size 14 that I have ever fit into since before middle school.
JC congrats on your weight loss that is quite an accomplishment and glad you rewarded yourself with the dress. WOW $4.89. THAT is my kind of bargain!!!
Now this was many years ago, but I found this RED, figure hugging(I used to have one)dress that was so sexy and classy that I was dying to have. Me, being the practical person, wouldn't buy it because I didn't have anywhere to wear it so I put it back on the rack. Weeks later my sister in-law and I made plans for a special evening to celebrate our husbands birthday(we married twins)so we hit the mall for something to wow them. There sat that dress and marked down too. I decided to splurge and purchase it and never felt sexier than I did when I wore that red dress and of course matching shoes...:)Oh and Hubby liked it too...LOL. That was over 15 years ago and I still remember that dress.
I kept that dress for many years(but not the hubby), even though I only wore it twice. I eventually gave it to someone else who could wear it since I kinda outgrew it...:)
Susan,
Great story! Isn't it funny how an article of clothing can make us feel?
I shoul give my dress away, too, but I haven't been able to just yet.
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