5 Stores Where You Should Never Pay Full Price!

There are certain stores that I love because there is ALWAYS a deal! Here they are in no particular order:

1. GAP-There is no need to ever pay full price at Gap if you have their credit card. First off, the store seems to just put everything on sale every other week. And on those off weeks, if you have the credit card, you get coupons all the time for deals like 20% off! Seriously, never pay full price here.

2. American Eagle- I love American Eagle Artist jeans and as if they weren't cheap enough already they are on sale very, very often. Also, check their website frequently because if they aren't on sale in the store, they will be online.

3. Old Navy-Once again, as if it wasn't cheap enough, if you are on their mailing list or own a GAP, Banana Republic or Old Navy credit card you will receive deals constantly on top of great all around deals like the WHOLE STORE being 30% off last weekend!

4. Macy's-This one isn't so much for clothes, but housewares and appliances, luggage, etc. Macy's has sales on this kind of stuff all the time so if you really want to splurge on that KitchenAid Mixer, just keep checking at Macy's because it goes on sale regularly!

5. Target-Okay, now this one is kind of cheating, but all those designer capsule collections...well, they're basically designer clothes on sale. Plus I have seen those designer lines go on sale at Target as well so keep looking and be patient!

Overspending Allowed

So there are only two times I advise overspending. One, when something is an emergency, like when you spill water all over your laptop and the Mac guy says the only thing you can do is buy a new one. Reason number two is when you are in a store like Loehmann’s or Nordstrom Rack and you find that pair of shoes you’ve been dieing for because guess what? If you wait the few weeks until you have the money, those shoes will be gone.

A new Nordstrom Rack opened in my area lately and I happened to be going to Old Navy (Mecca of basics), which is right next door, so I thought I’d stop in and look around. I found not one but two pairs of shoes I had been looking for. First were Cole Haan black heels with the Nike Air technology. I’ve been curious about these shoes for years but could never buy them full price. The second pair was brown booties made by Sofft. I have a pair of Sofft boots that I love because I can last in them for a full 12-hour tape day and still go to dinner afterwards. So the fact that here were cute booties, made by a great company at discount was a sign from God that I was to have them. Yes, they were still more than the amount of cash I had on me, but I have wanted the one pair FOR YEARS and the other I have searched stores for the perfect ones and these seemed to fit the bill. Oh, and in all fairness, I did set down the two pairs of jeans I was going to try on, so something was sacrificed.