Housing Works Warehouse / Shop the Bag Sale Goodies Part 3

I was decluttering my picture files and it occurred I never finished this post.  SO in case anyone was wondering if it was worth going to the Housing Works Warehouse Sale aka shop the Bag Sale..the answer is a HELL YEAH!!!! Here's what I mean about being able to get your whole NYC season wardrobe in one trip. I already posted about some Misc accessories, Menshirts so here's the rest for me. I only picked up stuff that fit me perfectly and was to my taste but even looking at it you really could just get your whole wardrobe from this sale if you wanted.

Perfect work skirt for day when you wanted to be fancy.  The Dress Pants fit me perfectly and I need Khaki pants.  The Old Navy Blazer..I only picked up because it fit perfectly.  The BCBG Blazer was a big surprise because the fit was way better looking when I paired with my clothes.  And I really liked the ruffle detail on the Ella Moss top.

I would have been able to definately get more stuff, if I hadn't gotten so many sweaters but I couldn't resist cashmere!!!  The best find was the Rag & Bone Sweater it is like my favorite thing ever! It looks so fabulous with my skinny jeans love love it! I don't even wanna take a guess at how much a Rag & Bone sweater would cost me at retail.

And lastly, I love scarfs so I can't resist getting them! The Uniqlo Cashmere scarf was a great find because I'd just lost my favorite Uniqlo Cashmere Stole.  And the summer scarf and wrap add such a great pop of color to my outfits.  I usually have a real hard time paying for non-classic pieces so this SALE is the best ever.  Gosh it makes me so nostalgic.. when I move I'll never get to go to one again.  Granted I don't need more things but all these name brand items for $8.50 because of the Groupon!!!!!!! Even at regular price of $25 a bag it's a great deal alone the ONE UNIQLO scarf more than covered the whole cost.


I would totally go if I weren't decluttering and moving!! So if you are a real frugal fashionista get your butt to LIC for the sale.  Remember you can take your friends and just buy ONE bag.  There's one every weak in March heres the LINK !!

Housing Works Thrift Shop Buy the Bag event returns!!!

I am so so bummed, I can't shop for stuff!!!!!!  This event is one of my favorites!!  The power hour tickets for the one on Feb 18 is already sold out, but they are having one for Feb 25, tickets go on sale Feb 20th.  In this recession, this is an amazing experience.  They start general free admission at 11 am.  And you can just bring your own bag or use their less sturdy bag and just dig and stuff in.  And if you don't feel like its worth it then you can leave.  But it is a mad house!!!! Just literally piles of stuff on the floor, and huge side bins.

For those of you who don't remember, last time I made out with amazing stuff like super amazing stuff.  The line was super long though but even being in the back of the line, I made out with killer deals which I posted about.

http://housingworks.org/events/buy-the-bag/

This is an event not for the weak, I suggest bring your own SARS like mask and gloves and a friend.  Hmmm maybe I can bring a friend you can share a bag hint hint hmmm but honestly I don't know any fashionista that hard core, even though this event has gotten really popular lately.

Housing Works Warehouse Sale Goodies Part 2

Not to brag but EVERYTHING I got only cost me a total of $8.50!!  At this sale you’ll find a good amount of male Hipsters which is the norm. But this time, I actually saw a couple of Yuppies.  Which really does say something about the NYC economy; if you think about it.

So this post is about the Mens Shirts, I got at the sale.  The Banana Republic Non- Iron shirt and Canali shirt; I picked up because they were in like Excellent condition.  The shirts were still crisply ironed and the colors were super bright vs Faded and worn in.  And total retail would have been about $330.

Usually you’ll find a lot of worn in Brooks Brothers dress shirts. One thing to check for with all dress shirts is the collar and arm pit stains; which is super hard to remove.  If you don’t know about brands; it’s easiest to just  run your hands over the cotton.  You can usually feel which is expensive vs the common $20 dress shirt.

Which brings me to the Ermenegildo Zegna shirt.  Why would I buy this shirt when its worn in and definitely not regiftable?  Not because the tag said made in Italy.. but because the cotton was super high quality.  It’s the kind where as you wear down the shirt, it starts to feel almost like silk except you don’t have to dry clean!!  This is how quality shirts used to be made.  AKA awesome PJ’s!!

PS I apologize in advance for the bad quality of my pics, my real digital camera is out of batteries and its USB cord is AWOL

But hey this is a blog about how I'm gonna save 10k by end of this year and being frugal so yea not gonna waste money for nicer pics

Housing Works Warehouse Sale Goodies

I luv shopping!! This haul was pretty epic. Literally everyone there as intense as me, when it comes to deals lol. 

I was alil late because I stupidly thought who would be crazi enough to go shoppin during heat wave.  Boy, was I WRONG; apparently for broke ass NYers everyone!

Heres peek at the non Clothes I got; I actually really was looking for a toiletry bag for travel and leather belt  so finding it here was like the perfect score.  Kiss my ass retail stores.

BTW... they acutally are having some more sales this summer but at its normal bag price of $25

I'm going to try and resist going again but for those of you thinking of it heres the dealio.

You go in (no price for admission) and they will give you this good sized paper bag.  There will be tubs and tubs of clothes. O and they are so cool with you and a  friend sharing a bag. My strategy, I go for stuff that is not gonna take too much space in my bag unless its super amazin or CASHMERE (yes i noe i'm a cashmere whore).  Small acessories are the best but they go super fast.  I usually gather everything I'm interested in and then sort.  Tip: its best to roll up stuff so that you can fit the max amount of stuff. Here's pic of what I mean.  

Basically, when I decondensed my stuff from their paper bag it barely fit into my huge sturdy bag.  Big tip: BYOB because it will be no fun carry that one heavy paper bag home if it rips.

Housing Works Warehouse Sale

My favorite Charity in NYC is the Housing Works , which raises money to help New Yorkers Living with HIV/AIDS.  Seldom throughout the year they have their Warehouse Sales which is just a Frugal Fashionista's dream come true.  For 25 bucks they let you comb through tons of clothes and accessories and stuff as much as you can into one pretty big brown paper shopping bag.  I literally score my whole seasons wardrobe with one trip. And the BEST news today was that there is a GROUPON deal on it.  So instead of $25 a bag, you can buy a Groupon for $10!!! I almost had a heart attack at work when I saw this.

The deal ends in 3 hours today.  Warning though for retail only shoppers, it can be alil messy and I would definately recommend hand sanitizer at the end but its so so worth it.  It's for an amazing cause and you help save the environment alil.  Personally, if you don't mind the shifting through tons and tons of stuff and getting a huge bag full of treasures I'd buy more than one deal. I'm so tempted.  But I must resist, I honestly have to many clothes.
And if you've never done Groupon before you can use my referral code.
http://www.groupon.com/r/uu6821823

Another amazing tip, is if you have a Discover Credit card go through their ShopDiscover program because you get 15% rewards cash back. Which for me made the deal literally $8.50. Gotta love New York!