Burlington Coat Factory (some of the stores) have a great selection on costume jewelry for cheap. The price range is equivalent to Forever VII’s costume jewelry range of $2.99 - $9.99 per item. I was happy to pick up a few things from the bunch about two weeks ago…I’m going to need to go back soon. Here is what I bought:
A close up of my lovely ring…
The Sunday before last I purposely took the drive in bad weather to go up to Tannersville, PA to go to the Coach Factory Store. Coach sent me another 20% off postcard set to expire on December 24, 2009 so I wanted to use it this time. I get to the factory store and they are having a 50% off plus 20% off sale going on so I didn’t even need to use my postcard. I picked up only two bags because they were the only ones I liked and were my style out of all of the bags there.
I spotted this burgandy bag with traditional coach design all over it and immediately went for it. The strap is in patent leather and also in a burgandy color which I love because it’s chic and not cute like the pink and sky blue baggies they had all around me. The bag is also large and strong so that was another plus for myself. I wore this bag a couple days last week and I’ve gotten lots of compliments on it. Price: $398 Sale: $159 -50% off + 20% off.
And I also picked up another Zoe in black. I already have one in red (which I adore) so I got a black one because I love the ZOE so much and the color is totally me (I am a dark soul, but in a positive way). And that’s all I found that really fit me…unfortunately. People were buying 10 and 12 bags each and I’m guessing they were all for Christmas gifts. Anyway, I love the Zoe because it’s a large bag and it goes right over my shoulder AND I can wear it everyday if I want. Love. Price: 398 Sale: 159 - 50% off + 20% off.
OK so this past weekend I picked up a few pairs of earrings and a cute ring from Claire’s. What had happened was (lol) that on the way to the outlet stores in Tannersville, PA I forgot to put my earrings on and left them home so I was out and about walking around bare. I don’t like it when I don’t have any earrings on so when I ran into Claire’s I told Hubby we needed to go in. The Claire’s at the outlet store is not a discount Claire’s. It is a regular Claire’s which sucks because it has the same deals as the Claire’s in the regular shopping malls.
Moving on…Claire’s has a buy 2 get 1 free type of deal on all earrings everywhere so that’s what I did…I picked out three pairs of earrings, which are all so cute by the way, and accidentally ran into this cute and unique ring that I had to have. The ring looks like it’s crying Christmas ball ornaments and not the mention, it jingles when you move your hand! Ha! I call it my “Silver Jingle Ball Ring”. I had to get it because it sounds annoying and I love to get on peoples nerves so why not????
OK! I’m done writing so here are some pics of my costume jewelry haul from Claire’s…
FYI: On my nails I’m wearing Metro Chic nail polish made by Sephora by O.P.I. Isn’t my ring cute???!!!
I didn’t mean to haul any costume jewelry, but I got some good deals on some pretty pieces so here they are…
This first pic is of a necklace which is a Claire’s brand that I got from a Chinese dollar store in Chinatown (Manhattan, NY). The stones in it look like stones, but they are plastic and the chain is made of cheap metal links and so is the back of the pendant that holds the plastic stones. I like it. It’s light weight and it looks good when I’m dressed casually in black. I got it for a 2 dollars.
The next pic is of the rest of my Chinese dollar store haul. All pieces are Claire’s brand and I got them for $1.25 each. The black earrings are black and I think they are so cute and different. I’ve only seen earrings like that in metal so when I saw it in black and in plastic I jumped on it. Love. The silver earrings are just cute. I can wear these earrings out or to work…I love the charms that hang from them a lot and they are made out of a light weight metal. The bracelets I bought are identical and are just dark silver plastic, shiney beads on a thin rubber band which is unfortunate. I bought a second one just in case I break one. I decided to wear one to work. I wouldn’t wear these out because I can get drunk and break it. Ha! Very pretty though. I know that Forever 21 carries the same bracelets, but the rubber band is better quality.
Lastly, I went to Payless Shoe Source to get my little one a pair of Dora boots…the ones that look like UGG boots and I ran into $2.00 earrings. Most of the earrings were marked down from $9.99 so I had to buy. The earrings speaks for themselves. I have misplaced one earring and I’m sure it’s in the car some where so I posted the one I had with me. I hope I can find it!!!!!
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