Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Birthday Spending Money


This year for my Birthday I had a really hard time deciding on specific things that I wanted.  I've been really, really good at not spending money on myself this year.  We set a budget for almost everything and anything we would want to or need to spend on and I have tried really hard to make sure we come in under or at budget on everything.

I feel like it is like a starvation diet.  Anytime I am in a store I see all of the pretty things and if I weren't naturally a very frugal person, I know I would have a crazy binge shopping spree.

I had some birthday coupons, a leftover gift card from my birthday last year, and some birthday money.  So I took myself on a much needed birthday shopping spree!  Jackson and I went to three stores and got a lot of fun stuff.

First we went to Ulta.  I wandered around the store, but couldn't really find anything that I really wanted that was less than $30.  I didn't want to spend all of my money in one place so I used my free birthday mascara code and moved on.  

They give you a free full sized CK one mascara for your birthday.  It usually retails for $18.  There was something wrong with my code, but they had amazing customer service and made it work for me.



Next we went to Rue 21.  They had a whole table full of $5 shirts.  I almost went crazy and bought a bunch of them.  There were so many cute ones!  It is Rue 21 though and I have had a bit of bad luck in the past with their stuff holding up, and my little closet is already bursting at the seams.  So I reigned myself in and got the most practical cute shirt.  This one with black and white stripes and the long back.



Then I wandered around the store in search of some cute colored or floral skinny jeans.  I didn't find any that fit me, but I did find this really dark simple denim pair for $10 that actually fit well.

I had to check out their jewlery.  They always have cute stuff that is within my budget.  I found a few things I kinda liked that were not on sale.  Then I found quite a few necklaces that I really liked and realized that they were all on sale for $2.  So I got these three.

When I rang up I used the remainder of a gift card that I got last year.  So I paid $4.96 for a pair of jeans, a shirt, and three necklaces.  Wahoo!



My last stop was Victoria's Secret.  They had a few bins already set out for the Semi-Annual Sale.  I found a gorgeous bra for $19.99 (I thought).  $10 for an awesome bra!  I was so excited, so I went to ring up and realized that I had been distracted with Jackson and in a hurry and the sign actually said $19.99 and up.  The bra was still thirty odd dollars with my $10 off coupon.

I had to awkwardly tell the lady that I had been confused and that I didn't want the bra at that price.  Jackson at this point decided that he had had it and started screaming.  The cashier tried to hand me the bra and I probably was kind of rude when I said, "No. I don't want it."  Props to her because she was really cool about it and not rude at all when I came back to the register a few minutes later.

I was able to get him calmed down, which was nice, because I thought we were just going to have to go home at that point.  I found a concealer that was regularly $15.  It was on a 30% off sale and with my $10 off coupon I bought it for 53 cents.



So I went on a crazy fun little shopping spree and spent...$5.49






Thanks for reading!!
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P.S. I'm linking up with Beauty and the Greek and Manic Monday.

8 comments:

  1. Ok so you totally shop like me! I have an incredibly difficult time justifying a splurge and stick to my guns when it comes to cheap options. I do enjoy a few nice accessories from time to time though!

    So glad you found me yesterday as I'm just now catching up on all the links now!! Totally love me some $5 shirts. They may not hold up but It's completely worth a $6 trip! Nice score with the coupons too. I need some new concealer!! Great Post! :)

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    1. I'm glad I'm not the only crazy cheap shopper! I actually went back two days ago and they had marked the shirts down to $3. So I got a few more :)

      Thanks for stopping by!
      Jess

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  2. You are my kind of shopper! I squeeze the deals like no other. Great finds!

    Becky
    @bybmg
    bybmg.blogspot.com

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    1. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there shopping like I do!

      Thanks so much for visiting!
      Jess

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  3. Ah I love great deals! Spending less than 6 dollars.. that's impressive! I'm so bad when I go shopping! I always end up spending more than I should unfortunately! Great find though.. I especially love those necklaces!

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    1. Yeah I loved the necklaces too and when I found out they were $2 I had to have them :) Sometimes I spend too much too...especially if I find too many "deals." Ha ha!

      Thanks for stopping by!
      Jess

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  4. Love this! You shop just like I do. I always show my husband my receipts and how much I saved. He LOVES it! :)

    Thanks SO much for linking up!

    -Em

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    1. Thanks for stopping by and thanks so much for hosting the link party! I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves saving so much!

      Jess

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