In that I'm in need of new pants, and the B&Ms are currently running the additional 30% off on sale purchases, I headed to Easton Town Center and Polaris yesterday to see what they had in stock. We'll just skip over the part where I buy the suiting pants for full price. It sickens me to spend that kind of cash on something I'll likely wear once, but I needed interview pants (that is to say, pants to wear during an interview) and nothing I have currently fits. It is what it is.
Perhaps my greatest "get" yesterday was the purchase of the Belmarin Pant (item 35583) in Dark Pewter for $13.99 (regular price $75).
Easton had about 10 of these in white left, and just one in mink, so after buying my pair there I headed over to Polaris to see if their sale section was more robust. They had two whole racks of these pants in Dark Pewter! But just a precaution, they were all mis-marked. Some were priced $49.99, some $29.99, some $19.99. The "right" price is $19.99 (which is what they rung up at the register), that's not including the additional 30% off. When they have so many of a particular item at such a heavy discount, it makes me wonder if there's something horribly wrong with these pants. For under $14 bucks I was willing to give them a go. They fit pretty true to size. Well, considering I'd eaten an entire pizza by myself just the night before......probably not the best time to go pant-shopping. Some people go out for drinks when they get stressed. I, apparently, eat my feelings.
The 30% off sale continues online and in stores through 11:59PM tonight (Sunday, April 17th).
4 comments:
I currently can't squeeze my butt into any of the JC pants. I ordered a popback denim pencil skirt yesterday in the hopes that it might fit. I've lost a little weight (finally!) lately and am on the right path (finally!) to lose some more. You should come on up to my end of town and check out the hip-hop class at Diamond Dance and Fitness.
I only made it into Easton yesterday, but I picked up a Saturday sweater and the blue boy shirt with the white collar. Wasn't sure how Polaris would be since they usually don't have much.
I'm happy to hear you've got an interview lined up! I've been thinking about you lately with all the news I've heard about your company. The software company I work for employs UI design/graphics people, but I'm not sure if there are any openings. They're based in Alpharetta, but are all over the world, so there could be the possibility of working from home- heck, I get to!
What a deal on those pants. Don't feel bad about full price pants that you'll feel confident in and get good use out of. They're a $125 investment for your thousands/year job :)
if you're still looking for interview pants, try uniqlo, at $39.99 they'll hem them for you and they're just really nice pants! that's what i did. have my jcrew interview today, not for a corporate position though
@Nicole: Thanks so much for the kind words. I've had quite a good many interviews in the past few weeks - recession or not, I must be in *the* industry, since everybody and everyone is hiring at the moment. As for the pants - I had to size up two sizes to find something that could get *my* butt into. :) I haven't been able to buy jeans at J.Crew since the days of the high-heel flares (what was that, 2008)? Good luck with the hip-hop dance class! I had a friend who tried that and she loved it!
@gigiofca: You've got a great point - if the pants get me the job, then they'll turn out to be a great investment!
@anya boedeker: Thanks so much for the tip! I was thinking of heading to Banana Republic (back in the day that was my go-to place to shop for work clothes, back when I still worked in an office and not from home in my pajamas). I'll definitely look into Uniqlo. Hope your interview went well!
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