Thrifty Thursday: Clothing Edition

I've been wanting to do a clothing entry for a while, but I don't really buy clothes very much anymore. However, I was so very lucky to get some gift cards and money for my birthday and so I took my frugality to stretch those gifts as much as I could. Here is what I came up with:

I shopped at Old Navy, Forever 21 and Loft. I bought twelve shirts, two pairs of shorts, seven pairs of underwear, one pair of capris, one skirt, and nine pairs of earrings. The total amount of money I saved versus the original price of these items was... $153.93.

It really helps to go shopping when they have huge clearances going on, such as an additional 50% off already marked sale items. There's really not too much reason to pay full price for clothes, as they always go on sale at some point (unless it's a really fast selling item).


Where do you all shop for clothes to get the most bang for your buck?

Thrifty Thursday - Jan 19

You will notice that I actually didn't get many different kinds of items this week, but stocked up on some things that we really like a lot. I also didn't use nearly as many coupons as usual, but still managed to save close to 50%!

OP: Original price (individual)        SP: Sale price (individual)    Blue font: coupon


PUBLIX

(1) Van's Natural Whole Grain Waffles, 6 ct, OP: $3.15, SP: $1.58
- $1.00 off (1) Van's Natural product

(1) Superpretzel Soft Pretzels, 6 ct, OP: $3.19, SP: $1.60
- $.50 off (1) Superpretzel product (doubled to $1.00)

(1) Tropicana Pure Premium Low Acid Orange Juice, 59 oz, OP: $3.99, SP: $3.00

(1) Whole Fruit Mango Sorbet, 1 pint, OP: $2.99, SP: $1.50

(3) Coca Cola Classic, 12 oz 8 pk, OP: $4.49, SP: Buy 2 Get 1 Free ($2.99 each)

(5) Dole Fruit Bowls in 100% Juice, 4 pk, OP: $2.73, SP: $1.37


(1) Whole White Mushrooms, 12 oz, $1.99


(5) Chex Mix, 8.75 oz, OP: $2.59, SP: $1.30
- $.60 off (1) Chex Mix snack
- $.50 off (2) Chex Mix snacks (doubled to $1.00)
- $.50 off (2) Chex Mix snacks (doubled to $1.00) 


(3) Nissin Chow Mein Noodles, OP: $.89, SP: $.45

(1) Tostitos Mild Salsa, 15.5 oz, OP: $3.19, SP: $1.60

(1) Pompeian Pure Olive Oil, 16 oz, OP: $5.99, SP: $3.00
- $1.00 off (1) Pompeian oil

(1) Mission Tortilla Strips, OP: $4.09, SP: $3.00

(4) Kiwi fruit, $.50

(1) Cherry tomato package, $2.50

(1) Iceberg lettuce head, $1.49

(3) Kleenex Tissue boxes, OP: $1.97, SP: $1.25
- $.50 off (3) Kleenex boxes (doubled to $1.00)

(2) Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, OP: $2.99, SP: $2.00
- $1.00 off (2) Lysol wipes

Total Spent: $47.55
Total Saved: $42.11


WALMART    

(1) Coffeemate Original Liquid Coffee Creamer, 32 oz, $2.78
- $.55 off (1) Coffeemate Creamer 

(1) Good Seasons Zesty Italian Seasonings Mix, 4 pk, $3.28

(1) YoCrunch Blueberry Parfait, 4 pk, $2.25
- $.50 off (1) YoCrunch Parfait multipack

(5) YoCrunch Granola Strawberry Yogurt, $.58
- $.50 off (5) YoCrunch yogurts   

Total Spent: $9.66
Total Saved: $1.55

FINAL TOTAL:  $57.21
FINAL SAVINGS: $43.66

While that is obviously over fifty dollars, I didn't spend $50 the first week, so I'm still on budget for the year so far!

** Also, on a non-grocery note, Victoria's Secret is having their Semi-Annual Sale and Old Navy is having a sale on all of their Active Wear. I saved over 50% in both places! The VS sale has tons of clearance items, including clothes and shoes (with free shipping over $25). The discounts on the Active Wear are also quite hefty if you pick the right items. Enjoy! 
     

Thrifty Thursday - Jan 5

"Thrifty Thursday" will be the first new feature for the blog this year. Each week, I hope to show you how I am staying within our $50 grocery/hygiene budget. This week I'm just going to do a quick rundown, with a more in-depth breakdown next week.

I didn't go to Publix this week, as they literally had nothing on sale that I wanted. Instead, I picked up a few things at Kroger:
Spent: $25.63
Saved: $18.54

I also stopped by CVS to pick up some hair accessories.
Spent: $3.73
Saved: $2.50


Since it's the beginning of the year, that means lots of retail stores have tons of sales to get rid of their merchandise from the end of the year. Thanks to gift cards and Christmas money, I decided to take advantage of some of those sales today (and not spend anything out of pocket)!

Loft
Spent: $57.75
Saved: $82.22

Bath and Body Works
Spent: $17.92
Saved: $11.08

Old Navy
Spent: $25.66
Saved: $25.31 (I would have saved more, but I didn't buy enough to get free shipping.)

Jamie and I also went to Walmart and Target and spent such a little bit of money that we were still under budget for the week! I'd say this was quite a nice start to 2012  :-)