Ice ice baby

I have a love hate relationship with the store Ice. It's so icky trashy (skanky) BUT they tend to have some good cheap pieces mixed in with the gross stuff. I am still loving bodysuits so I picked up a tiger one, a black lace skater skirt that I have been looking for ages for and two pair of shoes - altogether it was $61.

Bargains clothes - culling and adding twice as quick!

After getting in store bargains from Dotti,I had a look online while I was buying the previous posted boots. I also added to the order (since you have to pay for shipping at Dotti - argh), two bikinis for $10 each, a $5.95 dress that I bought because it was coral and I don't own anything that colour and well. It was $5.95! Also bought a tulip blue dress for $29.95 - both dresses reduced from $69.95 and bikinis from $29.95. Plus 20% off the total order on top of that yay!,

I recently sold a Dotti dress similar to the blue one on EBay for $16, so fingers crossed I can get a similar amount for that one when I sell it, loving my selling on EBay at the moment although some of my dresses are going pretty cheaply. But I am happy they are going to happy homes while they are still so new, after years of hoarding my clothes so they would be SO out of fashion before I decided that I really am not going to wear them again. I also then found a dress I wanted in Seduce for months, but it was $200 and there is no way I was paying that kind of money for a dress! So I stalked it in store and on line for ages with out ever seeing it in sale :-(. Then I saw it in eBay NWT and I won it for $81 including postage. So relieved, I love that dress! Hopefully I can resell it later for an okay price and refill my PayPal selling account :-).

Merry Xmas sales

This year I got some good stuff from Hubby for Xmas! And then I promptly got online and spent my entire sales allowance at Mimco. They had 50% off and I just couldn't resist, I fell in love with so much Mimco stuff but finally culled it down to four bags and a headband. That's right - FOUR bags! They were all such a good price and I really wanted each one for different reasons. I am so excited! I was seriously thinking about getting an expensive designer bag, but now I have got four different ones (and a headband lol) for $650. A saving of over $500!

I am absolutely excited to get my haul, I have been scouring EBay for another Mimco bucket bag and can hardly ever find a Mimco bag at a bargain price on there - in fact you can rarely get them cheaper than a Mimco sale price. Unfortunately it meant that I had pretty much spent ALL my sales spending allowance (will post later about how I spent the rest). Though I am glad about staying away from the shops for awhile - online as well as in store!

To boot or not to boot.

I really like the look of the Chloe Sussanah Boots:http://ashley-ringmybell.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/most-wanted.html?m=1#. There is no way, unless win a lottery jackpot, I can afford these shoes, like ever, they are $1,250!! I have been lemming them for ages, I have accepted the fact I cannot afford these and looked for alternatives. Zara had a good copy, but a little but still out of my budget - especially when I am not convinced 100% I can pull of these boots! Then I found a copy that Rubi shoes made, and the. I never found my size though I scoured the whole of Sydney! They were affordable at $60 as well, featured on this blog: http://heidihuxley.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/1-dress-1-pair-of-boots-6-different-outfits-3/. Then I find a pair at Zu for $180 that I both didn't love and were to expensive. Finally I found a pair from Dotti for $79.95, but there have been none in store at my local Dottis to try on! Finally Dotti had a 20% off online sale so I bit the bullet and decided to buy them. Fingers crossed they look ok and fit similar to the Chloe $1200 pair! I'm sure they will be plasticky and horrible compared to the Chloe soft leather, but if the look remains the same I will live with my poverty copy :-).

Yay for beautiful cheap hair

After having a whinge about leaving my make up bag behind, then having to spend $170 I stumbled upon an awesome shampoo/conditioner/treatment! My hair has not felt this soft for ages - not since my last treatment at the hairdressers. Best thing was, in was on special and cost $3.50. It was a bargain at full price, but that price is an absolute steal! It's the Pantene Clinicare one week trial pack. It comes with a tiny shampoo and conditioner and two intensive treatment packs. My hair seriously looks and feels like I have just been to the hairdressers, it is so soft and shiny! I'm totally in love with it. Not even with the expensive products have I ever been able to replicate salon soft hair. Rave.rave.rave. Bought from Coles!

Travel fail

$170 is what it costs to replace the basic things you need with cheaper versions when you leave your makeup bag home when you go on holidays! Luckily the small town we are in had a supermarket so I was able to get okay shampoo, conditioner, anti frizz hair cream, toothbrush, razor, bb cream, moisturizer, face wipes, self tanner, hairspray, mascara, contact lens solution and blush, arrgh. So annoying especially when I really wanted a new Stila blush in Peony and instead I had to buy a Maybelline blush in pink for $14.95. And Makeupalley only rated in 2.1 out of five.

I heart Summer sales

Xmas sales have started early! I feel very rewarded for not having gone on the shopping binge I was dying to earlier when things were full price! I'm loving so much at the moment. But I have been rewarded for my patience, picked up a yellow tube skirt for $9.95, two cute waist belts that were two for $10 and a playsuit that I had been DYING to buy and had been tempted to buy at full price. All bought for $50 and Saved $55! From Dotti :-). The playsuit I bought is actually one that was featured in Mia Freedman's column about being to old for play suits: http://www.mamamia.com.au/style/mia-whats-your-fashion-age/. Haha :-p, love it!