Monday, December 2, 2013

My best (dish) buy of the season -- so far!

Now some of my family and friends really do find bargains while shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but I scored what I say is one of my best buys of the year on what I'll call a Savvy Saturday a few weeks back. I spotted these mugs and dessert plates in a Martha Stewart display at Macy's and absolutely fell in love. The pattern is called Holiday Vintage Paper, and it looks exactly like the Christmas wrapping paper I remember when I was a little girl! Oh, how I wanted these dishes, but the set of four mugs was $70 and the set of four plates was $54. So, $124 for frivolous new Christmas dishes? Nah. Besides, the display said they weren't on sale, unlike another Martha pattern that was nearby.

Not one to give up easily, I went online when I got home that night and guess what? The dishes were half off! Hooray! (Don't you just love how the mugs even come with matching ceramic spoons?)

But half off isn't nearly good enough. Macy's had a special sale online that weekend, and I got another 15 percent off. Hooray again! (Don't you just love this vintage style Santa? Love-love-love this guy!)

But that's not all! I sometimes take surveys online and earn "rewards points" that I typically use to get my magazine subscriptions for free. Well, I've gotten bored with all the magazines and decided to use rewards points to get two (free to me) $25 Macy's e-gift cards. That, my friends, is how I got $124 worth of new dishes down to the final price of (drum roll, please), $2.68. So when everyone else is standing in line hearing "Ho! Ho! Ho!", I'm sitting home thinking, "Ha! Ha! Ha!" Now ... tea and cookies, anyone? I'm ready!

12 comments:

  1. So cute! Love the spoons! And you really are a savvy shopper.

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  2. You are your mother's daughter, and if she's able to look down and see your savvy shopping, she's smiling and thinking, "That's my girl!" ;-)
    Love your new Christmas dishes at bargain prices!

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  3. Oh clever you! Your mom would be so proud. And I do love the dishes and mugs with the spoons. So festive and reminiscent of Christmases past.

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  4. A Shopping Diva you are!! Such a cute Santa set! Way to go!!

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  5. Great find...and so perfect for the season! Love the pattern!
    Ruth

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  6. You really are a super shopper!

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  7. You are the ultimate bargain shopper! Amazing how you whittled that price down to nothing! And such a fun new addition to your holiday plates! You go girl!

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  8. Oh, you've made me laugh Angela! The dishes do remind me of wrapping paper patterns so long ago and what a deal you got in the end. Good for you, enjoy the dishes.
    Judith

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  9. Great money saving ideas and love the dishes, too. Blessings

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  10. Lovely dishes. And a great deal too. Your Mom would be proud. :-)

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  11. Your new Holiday Vintage Paper pattern dishes are great. I bet you'll smile everytime you use them and think of the great bargain price.

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