5 Days Post-POE - GREAT!

[Ellie-n-Vladimir 3]

Just sayin' that her first impression of clothes in the big box and those that women were wearing on the street were "not modern". You know, we know that RUB women dress well with or without food on the table. Gotta take her to Macy's and DSW pretty soon.

Be ready that 80% of Macy's stuff will be rejected. & 99% of JP.

[Ellie-n-Vladimir 3]

My wife started there. Now she has graduated to the Escada and Maxmara stores.

We all started there, no exception. And change our stores by degrees.

When the time comes, the girls will move to Escada & Maxmara (good stuff, yes) and replace it for something better.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

[Re: Ecuatorianas' purses] Is there a rule or something?

Absolutely, si man (sigh, man).

Like Gary's Alla, women who are truly serious about finding the best stuff will hit the resale stores and garage sales, si man. From my standpoint as an Americano, I have something like 19 suits, 13 of which I bought resale; perhaps 150 shirts, almost all resale; and I'm admitting to an addiction here by stating that I'm back up to 80 or more ties, almost all purchased resale. Everything is designer or of otherwise very high quality. There's a downside, however: If I have to pay more than $3.50 for a tie, I palpably feel that I'm being ripped off, si man!

Edited to add: Back when I foolishly paid department-store prices for shirts, and one would get torn or stained or otherwise damaged, I'd be crushed. Now, it's pleasantly different!

Edited July 18, 2011 by TBoneTX

[Captain Hammer 113]

I must be the only guy here who doesn't know where all his wife's favorite shopping hang-outs are.

[MishaMoose 2]

Fillene's Basement might prove worthwhile. My daughter introduced me to it in Baltimore and I bleive we have one in Columbus.

Zhenya has great taste in clothes IMO and seems to be interested in bargins too. I am looking forward to the manditory shopping expeditions with both great interest and foreboding

[Brad and Vika 129]

Be ready that 80% of Macy's stuff will be rejected. & 99% of JP.

It didn't work out that way here. The thing is, JP clothes on sale are usually (apparently, as I wouldn't know first hand ) less expensive. There seems to be a trade-off, although she will hit the mall with her BFF if there is a big sale on. She is frugal enough that I don't sweat it - usually.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

I must be the only guy here who doesn't know where all his wife's favorite shopping hang-outs are.

Ask your credit-card statement, gulp man.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I must be the only guy here who doesn't know where all his wife's favorite shopping hang-outs are.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Absolutely, si man (sigh, man).

Like Gary's Alla, women who are truly serious about finding the best stuff will hit the resale stores and garage sales, si man. From my standpoint as an Americano, I have something like 19 suits, 13 of which I bought resale; perhaps 150 shirts, almost all resale; and I'm admitting to an addiction here by stating that I'm back up to 80 or more ties, almost all purchased resale. Everything is designer or of otherwise very high quality. There's a downside, however: If I have to pay more than $3.50 for a tie, I palpably feel that I'm being ripped off, si man!

Edited to add: Back when I foolishly paid department-store prices for shirts, and one would get torn or stained or otherwise damaged, I'd be crushed. Now, it's pleasantly different!

I agree with your shopping habits and Alla goes back to Ukraine like a Rock Star every year with all her bargains she brings for gifts. She is going there in early August and will hit the garage sales this weekend. One of her very good and old friends has a small boy, about 4 years old now. They both work as school teachers so do not make much money. Alla will hit the garage sales and buy a suitcase full of child's clothing for $10, no kidding! She buys this stuff for 10 cents or 25 cents for each piece. She will set aside a whole pile of clothes and then ask "How much for all of this?" $3 OK. Seriously, can you bring a better gift to parents working hard to make ends meet? Myself and the boys get relegated to sharing a carry on bag so all the gifts get loaded up in the suitcases. She also has a computer for her friend, Alla, (her freind paid for it, she just picked it up at the store and will deliver it) not mention all the clothes for Alla she bought at after Christmas and closeout sales. When the two of them get together I call it "Alla squared"

I have bought most of my power tools at garage sales, gas weedeater for $5, table saw, perfect condition $50, radial arm saw, jointer, belt/disc sander...all for less than what one of those would cost new.

But I have to question your need for so many suits and ties. Ties? ####### is a tie? I have 80 or more guns and -0- ties. If you ever need to get rid of any, send them here and I will shoot them

[Captain Hammer 113]

Ask your credit-card statement, gulp man.

Heh. I just don't have a lot of interest in tracking her shopping habits. She goes out, she buys clothes she likes and that look nice on her, and that's about as much as I care to know about it. To each their own, but it doesn't interest me in the slightest where she spends her money. I do know she has an aversion to second hand clothes ("I don't want other peoples' bugs" ), but otherwise all I know is she goes out and comes back with nice stuff.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

I have 80 or more guns and -0- ties. If you ever need to get rid of any, send them here and I will shoot them

Several have been sentenced to death and will be on the way, si man.

aversion to second hand clothes ("I don't want other peoples' bugs"

That's what hot-water washes, or the dry-cleaners, are for, si man. After either of those processes, no one would ever know where the stuff came from, no man (= overpriced department stores, uff man).

[slim 1,525]

I know which stores because we get the catalogs several times a week.

I hate it when the new VS and bebe catalogs are mixed in with my pile of junk mail I read on the throne every day.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Heh. I just don't have a lot of interest in tracking her shopping habits. She goes out, she buys clothes she likes and that look nice on her, and that's about as much as I care to know about it. To each their own, but it doesn't interest me in the slightest where she spends her money. I do know she has an aversion to second hand clothes ("I don't want other peoples' bugs" ), but otherwise all I know is she goes out and comes back with nice stuff.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Several have been sentenced to death and will be on the way, si man.

That's what hot-water washes, or the dry-cleaners, are for, si man. After either of those processes, no one would ever know where the stuff came from, no man (= overpriced department stores, uff man).

Up in Dallas there is a place called "Trail Dust" steak house. Used to be one of my favorites, awesome fried mushrooms. Anyway, if you wear a tie in there, they will cut it off and tack it on the wall, then I think they give you a free drink and enter you in a contect to win a gift cerificate. Every inch of the walls are covered with cut-off ties.

[Captain Hammer 113]

That's what hot-water washes, or the dry-cleaners, are for, si man. After either of those processes, no one would ever know where the stuff came from, no man (= overpriced department stores, uff man).

That's the reasonable answer, but you know how that goes.

Don't hurt yourself Gary.

I know which stores because we get the catalogs several times a week.

I hate it when the new VS and bebe catalogs are mixed in with my pile of junk mail I read on the throne every day.

Sadly, my Golf Digests have been relegated to the den, no throne-reading for me.