J. Crew Warehouse sale

Wow. I think I had the cheap shopper experience of a lifetime yesterday. About a month ago I'd planned a trip with my best buddy Jen to Lynchburg, Virginia to check out the J. Crew outlet store.  We knew that occasionally they hosted huge warehouse sales on the same property but they typically are not announced until a couple of days before. Last Thursday we read a blog post announcing a warehouse sale that would coincide with our trip! Jackpot!

We drove down Friday and shopped the outlet store first. They had deals but only two extreme deals. There was a rack of white button down shirts for $5 each (regularly $50-$80.) Grabbed one.  Also, bathing suits were buy one or one peice, get one for a dollar. Got a cute skirted bikini for $16 (probably retailed for $120.) 
There were some $10 tees, $130 originally priced dresses for $50,etc. There was an additional 20% off all "regular" priced items.  Also, J.Crew heavily promotes their 15% discount for students and educators but it typically can't be combined with "extreme" deals.

Our cashier gave us some great tips on what to expect Saturday at the warehouse sale.  She explained that even though the sale begins at 8 AM many people camp out the night before!  She said that the weather may prevent many from trying that this time because of the pouring rain (as we left the store we saw a couple of tents and chairs already in place.)  She suggested we arrive by 6:00 AM to try to make sure we were in the first wave of people allowed to enter- only 200 at a time. She said if you're not in the first wave you sometimes have to wait 3-4 hours to get in.
Read tommorow's post to see what happened 😄!!

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