Black Friday

Personal financial planners will tell you to not buy impulsively.  Only buy something you've already been meaning to buy.   So with that in mind I've been working on pre-meditating a lot of purchases for this Friday.  I started following @blackfriday and @blackfriday_org on Twitter which has been  a major help in my search for Black Friday deals.  My metrics for success this year are simple:  buy warm clothes for my upcoming trip to New York.  Macy's has Charter  Bay cashmere sweaters on sale for $39.99 (regularly $80), and Loehmann's is offering 25% off their already low prices for coats, boots, and denim.  GAP is having 60% off their in-store purchases.  OMG. 

I've also been checking out these multi-day deals including the IKEA 3 days sale.  Retail stores will be crazy this weekend and I can't wait to be part of it.  

Please let me know of any other deals I'll need to check out. 

I'm going to be in San Francisco early on Friday.  Wish me luck.. And safety!!

Get cozy

Nobody likes shivering through cold winter nights or lazy winter Saturdays. Thats why you should get some stylish sweatpants to keep you warm when you are just laying around the house. While I love my Santa Clara University yoga pants, they don't offer the warmth needed for winter days. I recently found a pair of Ralph Lauren sweatpants at Costco for $19.99. I love them because they are thick and baggy; the perfect lazy pants. I've also discovered that this week only, you can get your hands on some $6 sweat pants at Target.

Black Friday Wonderland

Our family has a long tradition of getting up early on the Friday after Thanksgiving and hopping onto BART to head to the city for some good old fashioned bargain hunting. First stop this year will be Loehmanns. Loehmanns carries this year's designer fashions at crazy low prices. The Loehmanns in San Francisco is huge, with three stories of clothes and accessories and a basement of shoes. This year's black friday deal is 25% off select regular priced coats, denim, boots, shoes, & cold weather accessories. These deals are perfect for getting ready for the Christmas season. Its a good idea to pick up a present for someone special or even yourself. Loehmann's backroom is the best place to find the best deals. The backroom is full of discounted items such as formal dresses and wool coats. In past years, Loehmanns hands out coupons to the first people in the store on Black Friday and the following Saturday. I wonder what this year's coupon will be. I really appreciate how many stores have extended black friday savings to the whole weekend. Some items that I will be looking for this Friday: