We All Scream for Cheap Jeans!

OMG don't you just LOVE Overstock (with the exception of those horrid commercials?)

Just another reason to love them, besides their ridiculously low-priced shipping rates (like, everything is $2.95), is...

They're peddling Yanuk jeans, one of my all-time fave denim brands, for PRACTICALLY PEANUTS.


These hos are only $44.99. They're slim, swish, and just a little bit slutty: YAY! Perfect for a bachelorette party or asking your boss for a raise. Warning: buy a size or two up. These run way smaller than the usual Yanuk sizes.

Oh... and...


Double yay for these!
Only $50.99?
But that's nuts!

I KNOW!

I have a pair in a nearly identical style (detailing on the bum is a bit different), and they run LARGE, so order a size if not two smaller (and who doesn't love that?)

These are a serious steal, especially compared to their retail prices:
Yikes! Ouch! Whaaat?

And I personally think the Overstock ones are WAY cuter than the Tree ones that Lisa Rinna is pushing:
Who wants that on their ass? Not me, my little low-rent fashion friend!


Anyway. More Yanuks on Overstock. (Just don't order the last two pairs. They're hideous, and I'd simply faint if you bought them and told someone I recommended them to you. Because I DIDN'T!)

Paul & Joe, Meet the Bullseye

Sure, everyone says they just love Target, but I consider myself part of the elite Targaratti. I like to stay not only on top of what my favorite red-and-white chain is doing but also ahead of the curve. So, it's with MUCH excitement that I share the news that the next designers to feature a budget line in Target's Go International line is... France's Paul and Joe.

I completely heart Paul and Joe -- they're sort of like the Marc Jacobs (the Marc line, specifically) of France -- simple, elegant, not-too-trendy, ready-to-wear pieces. And now, thanks be to Target and the fact that America isn't on the Euro (thank God), I'll now be actually be able to afford a few pieces, if not an entire seasonal line.

If I find that the goods are il n'y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat, I'll totally be le miffed!

Check out the Target Fall 2006 Paul and Joe line here.

Air kisses to the owl shoulder bag in that first ensemble. Proving my theory that owls are the new black, at least for '06.

Part 2

So why are we here?
Well, you're here because you're bored, are an insomniac or fear direct human contact. And you're probably also here because you love a good deal.

Buying something for much MUCH less than its original value is exciting. You feel guilty. And you feel giddy. Then you feel GOOD.

Think of me as your pusher(wo)man. Your dealer. Your drug buddy. Or even your own personal shaman, leading you toward that holy guiding light that is thrift. That is a delectable rack of delicious markdowns. That is a color-coded coupon sale. That is... cheap shit.

Cheap Shit: An Odyssey

Part 1:

In the beginning... there was retail. And then there was discount. And which did she choose? The latter. Only because she couldn't afford the former. But in time, she would learn. And she would come to love... cheap shit. Why? Because you can get more of it. And because it feels like a drug high. And also... because it rules.