I received a gift card during Christmas for Belk and I was so excited to finally get to use it. Hubby, munchkin and I set out yesterday for the mall and made a bee line straight for Belk. Have you been inside a Belk store lately? The cheapest shirt that I could find ( on clearance PLUS an extra 40% off ) would have eaten up the whole card. I was flabbergasted ( totally DID spell that one right the first time). There was no way that I was spending a whole forty dollars on one single shirt. To some people that may seem like a great deal, but not this girl. I usually shop at Marshals, TJMAXX, Catos or Walmart. I couldn't even begin to fathom spending a whole 45 dollar gift card on one shirt.
We walked around giggling like little kids over the prices in this store. The clothes were very chic but WAY too pricy. I'm getting spit up on me...not walking the runway. I like to look fashionable but I can get designer clothes cheaper at discount stores why would I pay these ridiculous prices? Eventually I gave up with the clothes and decided to look elsewhere. My first stop was the Clinique counter, where I was quickly informed that a small face regiment was $ 60.00, but and I quote " It wont last you long so you might as well get our large set for only $ 90.00"...ok...thanks...and promptly walked away. I decided to go to their purses section and look at wallets. Surely there was a new wallet that I could find. My eyes landed on a sleek looking lime green one and I was getting a little excited when I saw a Clearance tag on the display. I flipped over the wallet and the price was $178.00 I literally gasped the words " holy crap" and hubby then said " put it carefully down.". That was when we left the store.
I mean c'mon...we're in a recession people! Who can afford those prices? I definitely felt out of place, and I could almost see the salesladies snickering at us when we walked out, but you know what I'm ok with that. I will never own a shirt that I paid more than fifteen bucks for nor a pair of pants more than twenty-five bucks...it's just not going to happen, designer or not. So I still have the card, maybe my relative was trying to class up my wardrobe I don't know. The truth is you can't take a cheap girl, put her in an expensive clothes store...even with free money and expect her to spend a lot of cash...it just doesn't happen. Oh well, I plan on looking online and seeing if they have anything there I can stomach spending the card on maybe half of a pant leg or something.....
I can totally relate I went there with a friend last week she was getting her hubby house shoes (145.00) for slipper's I was freaking out just being in that store...I looked at a purse and it was 345.00 I did like you placed it slowly down and walked out the store...In today's time I am all about getting the best deal or more bang for my buck...
ReplyDeleteCRAZY! There is a bazillion amount of things I could spend that type of money on rather than slippers and a purse. Hubby would shoot me if I bought him slippers that cost anything over five bucks. I think he would quite literally die if he saw a tag for $145.00
DeleteOK, this is TOTALLY RIDONKULOUS. Yes, that's not a real word, and I DO NOT CARE. I just took a picture I want to send you, and to somehow prove it's not a fake, I made sure you could see this blog page on my laptop screen with the pic of Meryl Streep from the Devil Wears Prada on it, and you are going to possibly crap a BRICK when you see it. You will never believe what I have. And no, it's not from Belk. But I know how you feel, I went into a Barney's store here in Seattle and just about DIED from the sticker shock. Really? Who wants a dress made out of lining only with inside out seams and a chewed up woll turtleneck with a crooked and WRINKLED industrial-strength zipper down the off-center middle of it that hangs like a sack anyway? Clearly, whoever they are, they will pay almost THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT. Sryusly. I had a witness. No BS. For realz. So tell me how to email you a picture.
ReplyDeleteOK you are now officially holding my curiosity. You can email me at Geauxtigers1803@gmail.com I'm pretty excited!
DeleteI AM JEALOUS. BIG TIME! That clutch looks IDENTICAL to the one I was looking at, alligator texture and all!! It is beautiful!!!!!
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