Bargain Shopping

Anyone who knows me, knows I love a good deal. A little too much. Greg teases me that I'll save us so much money we'll end up in the poor house. (I have a habit of buying a lot of stuff at 75-90% off . . . more stuff than we need, it's just SUCH a fantastic deal!)

Anyway, I was looking on RC Willey's website the other day, because with our tax return, one of my splurges was a new freezer for our garage, so I can buy other great deals (like 40 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts for $60, that won't fit in our kitchen refrigerator/freezer). I found a fantastic deal on their site, a freezer for $429 that was $599 everywhere else I looked online. I was fairly pleased. Then, for fun, I started looking at their clearance section. Oh my gosh people, if you haven't looked at their online clearance, go their NOW! Right now!! (OK, you can finish reading this first, but then go!) Amazing! Really, REALLY great, high quality furniture pieces, for HUGE savings.

Our tall, thin dresser looks kinda funny on the big wall of our bedroom. I've thought about buying a new piece of furniture, but I wanted something nice, and we don't have that kinda money so recently after buying a new house. Then I saw this:

Regularly $1799.00. As much as $2499 on other websites.

Clearance price at RC Willey: $199.99. I am not kidding. It was the last one and they'd sold out of most of the other pieces in the set, so they were clearancing this piece out at nearly 90% off. It was still in the box and everything. We picked it up yesterday. (It comes in two pieces, a top and a bottom . . . one piece weighs almost 300lbs! The other piece wasn't much less. It's solid.) It makes me giddy just thinking about it. (Oh, and since our current headboard is a dark cherry color, I also got a new Oak headboard (admittedly a simple one, but it matches well and is pretty) on clearance for $29.99 too.)

But if you're REALLY looking for a great deal, they have dozens of different mirrors on clearance. These are like the mirrors that attach onto a dresser or vanity, but they have a ton that never sold (since I'm assuming not everyone who buys a dresser buys the $500 mirror that goes with it.) I bought this one (it is FAR more beautiful in person than this picture lets on). List price: $500. RC Willey's price: $399.99.

My price: $9.99. There were tons of mirrors like this for $9.99, some even $5.99, ranging in regular price of $199-$899.)
This mirror is a solid, nice piece of furniture. It's huge and weighs almost 70 lbs. Greg's already figuring out how to rig something to safely mount it on the wall. (I had no need for one on a dresser, nor would it match our current dresser, but I figured $9.99 was worth seeing if we could put it up on the wall, and if not, it was going in the playroom, as a dress up mirror, just anchored to the wall but sitting on the floor.) Seriously you guys, it is probably the prettiest mirror I've ever bought! I'm still a little bargain-buzzed.

If you are in any need of a king size bed frame, or a mirror, or pretty armoires, or nightstands. You should go check it out!

Oh, my personal favorite clearance item (still $1000 at 50% off though) . . . had to be the Pirates of the Caribbean bed . . .