Vente by Vanessa

Are you sitting down?  If not you should.  I'm about to reveal some amazing deals! Most of you are probably familiar with Talbots, here is their Wikipedia description - " Talbots  is an American retailer and direct marketer of women’s classic clothing, shoes and accessories ".  It's my go-to store for cute skirts, nice dresses and well made trousers.  Let me back up - the OUTLET is my go-to store. There is an outlet located in Cockeysville, MD and the sales are unbelievable (not to mention the fact that there is a great barbecue spot nearby, incredible cupcakes in the same strip mall and Wegmans is just down the street.)  The store carries petites, misses and women's sizes as well as shoes and a limited number of accessories.  Racks are typically marked between 30 - 80% off of already reduced prices.  Sometimes there are $5, $7 and $10 racks. Today may have been the best shopping adventure I've had there in years.  Exhibit 1- great "wor...

So it's no secret that I'm all about the cheap.  So when looking for a cell phone case for my son I wasn't too eager to buy the $30 one offered at AT&T.  Couldn't find one that would fit at the mall kiosks so I went online and I struck gold at Amazon!  I bought a case for Ben, two for myself and Ipod cases for everyone!  And my grand total, with free shipping- about $6.  Amazing, I know.  What's the catch, you ask?  The Amazon retailer was located in China and while the shipping was free it took about three weeks for all of the items to arrive (although Ben's case came in about a week.)  The cases were all basic, like those you find at 5 Below but they were waaaay below. As you probably guessed after this successful Asian adventure, I'm hooked.  My next purchase, from a different China based Amazon vendor was this cute $3 scarf (and there's my cute niece too)- And last but certainly not least, I found the mother of all Chinese...