Friday Bargain Bin

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Teardrop Diamond Hanging Vase, $1.99 (was $4.95) My best friend in the whole wide world has a cluster of these hanging over her kitchen island and it is so infuriating. Some even have ivy rooting in them. First off, must be nice to have a handy huzz who’ll rig up a complicated system to even hang them from in the first place. Second off, how do you find the time to change the water and wash them and keep ’em all sparkly when I am sitting over here drinking coffee out of the same unwashed mug for a week*?

V566860Colorblock Plunge One-piece, $29.99 (was $58.50) Apparently Vicky’s Secret is discontinuing their swim and clothing lines to focus exclusively on covering nipples with layers upon layers of foam. And covering buttcracks with negative layers of thread. Everything is on clearance, is what I’m saying.

64311.0.zoomGrow Up Leaf Necklace, $16.80 at checkout (was $35) Eat your heart out, Countess.

29033Lacy Caftan, $139.95 This isn’t on sale, but I just really want to talk about Soft Surroundings. Does anyone else get their catalogs and go through them over dinner with their toddler, asking the two-year-old to pick out the best item on each page? It’s like if a Valium plus one glass of wine decided to become clothing, and that is a compliment. Speaking of toddlers…

image2xxlLolly Nail Stickers, $7 (were $18.50) 

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Black Tassel Platform Shoes, $60 (were $160) ‘Twas suggested to me this eve that, considering my twisted ankle’s disinterest in healing, I should try platforms as an alternative to heels. I’ve never been so offended! Are these cute?

37412533_067_bAlbeit Eau De Parfum, $29.95 (was $48) Life stinks right now, yeah? Maybe this can help? It’s floral with “creamy musk” which sounds like it might do the trick.

36817757_011_aArabella Gown, $600 (was $2,200) Blinded by this discount.

504315789_1_tabletopPearlized Backgammon Set, $990 (was $1,650) I once asked a crush if he would teach me backgammon and he said no. Men.

*month

 

171 Comments

  1. bookwormV +43

    I do not even bother to paint my nails, but I am deeply tempted by those stickers.

    Trying to decide which feels more unreasonable, $2,200 for a dress or $1,650 for a backgammon set.

    1. atlasblue85 +123

      buy them both and only ever use them together. go on a trip and someone asks to play backgammon – “darling don’t be absurd, you know i didn’t bring my backgammon dress with me. it will just have to wait until next season.”

      1. braak +88

        yeah or you could just sit mysteriously in the park in a flowing white dress with an open backgammon set, silently daring passers-by to challenge you!

          1. braak +5

            I hope one day someone does a sandbox-style open game in like New York or something that’s just exactly the same as regular New York except filled with weird NPCs that have bizarre quests for you to do.

  2. theburnersmydestination +150

    Is anyone else ever tempted to buy something insanely expensive just for the sake of having it? I never do, but I do like to think of how much better my life would be if I could lounge around the house in nothing but a 100% silk robe and ten pounds of pearls around my neck. My nights of drinking beer and watching Bob’s Burgers would be so much classier.

    1. LadyPoopjokes +44

      I’ve been spending an inadvisable amount of money lately on what basically amount to fancy sweatpants for wearing around the house, so sort of.

      (I also wear them when I leave the house, but that happens…less often than you’d think)

      1. PickledOkra +16

        Ooo from where!? I’m in the market for slightly less crappy sweatpants/loungewear.

        1. suzynjackson +12

          I telecommute and recently “splurged” on gap simple pants and OMG I love them!

          1. Dangbattleship +2

            I bought those sweatpants, thanks! Just under $40 with the discount and free shipping, just saying…excited.

    2. jenihackett +133

      One of my former roommates was a stylist and when she moved out she left a ton of high-end samples that she got to keep from shoots behind, and the result is my current roommate tends to do exactly that – watch Bob’s Burgers while drinking (wine instead of beer) – in a ridiculous designer faux fur coat, draped with pearl necklaces and literal rose-tinted glasses.

      1. theburnersmydestination +27

        Wow, I want that life! Feel free to send any of those extras my way! lol

      2. tinypaperme +19

        I have a set of gigantic leaded crystal wine goblets that I haul out exclusively for use On Bad Days. I also have a pair of silver silk pj bottoms, but I never think to wear them when drinking from the goblets. Proper prior planning…

        1. RoseCamelia +13

          Henceforth your silver silk pajama bottoms shall live, neatly folded, in the cabinet with the leaded crystal wine goblets. I’m picturing them on the same shelf, fabric visible behind stemware. They belong together.

    3. lbolesta +18

      As soon as I have a job/disposable income, I am buying the shit out of this very affordable silk robe. It may have been linked here at some point? I mean, how else would I have found it.
      https://www.etsy.com/listing/254778781/silk-mint-…

      1. msjinxie +10

        There’s a lovely cotton caftan that was linked here and I bought it literally (LITERALLY) the moment I saw the link. It’s absolutely wonderful and I have no regrets, so highly recommend purchasing something from that shop the moment you are able.

    4. the_slapdash +14

      YES. So far I’ve managed not to, but YES. Preferably something completely incongruous with everything else I own, and maybe also really ugly? Just to emphasise the sheer ridiculousness of it?

    5. ashurredly +36

      I desperately want a ridiculously fancy, red ballgown that I would likely only ever wear around the house (but who knows! also to the grocery store!) and pretend to be Miss Havisham, only I got stood up at a ball not a wedding.

      1. lemonack +44

        I distinctly remember being twenty years old wearing a prom dress and high heels to Walmart at two in the morning because literally everything else I owned was dirty and I desperately needed to buy groceries.

        It was not actually even my prom dress, come to think of it.

        It was when I was in Florida, though, so no one even blinked.

    6. BiadeMedici +22

      Yes, yes I am. e.g., I have been fantasizing *for months* about getting one of those Buly Sacre scented candles that come in a heavy marble jar with like a bell-shaped glass cover over it. They cost over 100 euros!! Each!! For a candle!! That I would just burn alone in my crap studio!!

      come on, self

    7. leslieellenjones +19

      I used birthday money to buy myself a set of actual linen sheets (from Crate and Barrel–best price I could find and good quality) and I am very, very happy.

        1. leslieellenjones +9

          Definitely love them. I got a full size set plus 2 extra standard pillowcases for $300. Most of the places I found, it was at least $300 for a single sheet; there were a few less expensive places but reviews suggested the linen was really thin and they frayed easily. These feel substantial and well-sewn, and they come in a plethora of colors. I dye my hair purple so I wanted to get purple sheets, because with the best intentions, my hair sometimes bleeds onto my pillowcases. They had a shade that’s almost exactly the color of my hair, so it was like it was meant to be! For an indulgence, they are fabulous. If I happen to find a spare $300 lying around somewhere (uh huh), I might get another set.

        1. leslieellenjones +11

          They’re definitely not “crisp.” The weave is noticeable, but even fresh out of the bag, they feel very soft. Kind of like flannel without the overbearing warmth, if that makes sense? I feel very snuggly in them.

          1. brasspaperclip +10

            Awesome. I didn’t know until recently that linen sheets were a thing you could still buy. I’ve heard of them being passed down in families so I thought they were historical, like hope chests and troussou(?sp).

          2. leslieellenjones +10

            From what I can tell, they are (goddess help me) the new hip thing in bedly self-indulgence.

    8. fleurdamour +1

      One of my favorite things is sitting around my apartment drinking champagne for no good reason. People save it for special occasions so drinking it any old time just feels a little naughty. It doesn’t have to be expensive, it just has to taste good. The last one I tried was Blanc de Bleu, BLUE sparkling wine from California.

  3. catweazlol +39

    Man, I JUST got my first vase within the last year and I have flowers in it maybe once every few months and I felt like that was pretty grown up of me but now those fancy shmancy hanging vases are mocking me.

    1. theburnersmydestination +18

      You are better than I am. Someone brought me flowers and I had to go out and buy a vase for them. I fail at adulthood. See also: coasters.

      1. catweazlol +15

        The only reason I got one is that a grocery store opened a block from my apartment and in order to get to the actual groceries you have to walk through their flower shop and it was inevitable that one day I would break down and buy a vase and some hydrangeas.

      2. ashurredly +8

        A Lady bought me flowers and I had to put them in a very large glass. Someday, I’ll buy some flowers for myself and get a vase to go with them, but today is not that day.

      3. KitchenDancing +17

        That’s better what I did – I bought a bunch of daffodils once a week for the entire daffodil season and stuck them in an empty starbucks cup.

      4. Strophoria +10

        My bf picked me some pretty weeds and I had to stick em in an empty gin bottle because apparently I don’t even own a pitcher.

    2. alliana07 +14

      I have numerous small (bud) vases, but the only reason they ever have flowers in them is because I bought fake flowers, haha. I love the idea of having a vase of fresh flowers but 1) I’d forget and 2) it’s expensive to always replace them!

      1. catweazlol +10

        Oh my god, SO expensive! I was in a really sucky mood a couple of weeks ago and decided I wanted to have something pretty in my apartment so I bought a bunch of flowers to arrange in a vase and all together they cost like $30 and they were dead within a few days!

        1. JColleen +9

          If you have a Trader Joe’s near you, their flowers are the bomb, beautiful, usually long-lasting and (relatively) cheap. I have had hydrangeas from there that are so beautiful and perfect people think they my must be fake. Not sure what this says about the state of the world (or about the visitors to my house).

          1. Sugarsugar +14

            The best thing about the time I lived in Europe was that I lived in an area that grew tulips. Gorgeous tulips of every color were available in the local farmers market for dirt cheap. I bought them every week. Once, for my birthday, I went crazy and bought 40 tulips and it cost me less than 10 Euro (less than $15 US at the time). I still dream about those tulips.

    3. damskdrednwhite +13

      The rest of my life is a mess, but I bought myself a vase my first month (out of six) in Germany, and also have been saving jars and bottles, the result of which is that I currently have 7 vessels of various sizes containing the least expensive flowers (3-5 euros per bunch) I could find at the supermarket

    4. daisicles +8

      My dad once decided that my salad dressing cruet was a vase, so you’re doing pretty well in my book.

  4. ughanothername +66

    I haven’t washed my coffee mug at work since…November? I just rinse it out at the end of the day.

      1. ughanothername +32

        I’m just putting on airs. Trying to fake my way into fancy.

        But then sometimes I forget and coffee sits in my mug all weekend. Then I just make sure to rinse it in extra hot water.

    1. dakimel +41

      I just started listening to Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, which is about women during the Civil War, and this one who joined the Union as a man is careful not to show her domestic skills in case it’s a giveaway, so like the rest of the guys, she “washes” her plate after meals by:
      1) sopping all the food up with a hunk of bread; or
      2) scrubbing it with dirt then washing away the dirt with her spit

      And then it goes on to explain that dysentery & other illnesses killed more Union soldiers than did the Confederate guns. The devil you say!

      1. ughanothername +21

        🙁 Men are gross. She says, having just mentioned not washing her mug in months…

        ETA: also though that book sounds great. Would you recommend or is it not as great as it sounds?

        1. dakimel +15

          And here I thought that was an aspirational story

          No, really what it is, is a defense of your not-washing. So many people survived the dirt-spit plates, which means your office mug is totally safe

        2. annacardea +8

          I am not dakimel, but I have also read that book and it was wonderful! Highly recommended if you like women’s history and especially if you’re interested in Civil War history.

    2. Ivans_Sister +7

      I take mine home every Friday and wash it. But otherwise, living on the edge.

    3. twoburgers +16

      I justify this by reminding myself that since I don’t use cream or sugar, it’s not like the mug is getting sticky or gross.

  5. Crivens +15

    I totally leaf through the Soft Surroundings catalog as meditation. I have bought a few items over the years and been mostly disappointed with the quality. Sigh.

    1. paddlepickle +20

      I’m in the house and bedding section right now, and am sort of vascillating between ‘omg, my IKEA furniture is trash, I will never be truly happy until my home is full of white linen chaise lounges and tables that look like they’ve been taken directly from some ancient, ornately decorated sea vessel’ and ‘let’s be real I would spill coffee on all this white linen IMMEDIATELY’.

      1. MothsAndStars +21

        When I got divorced, I set about provisioning my new apartment with all-white bedding and ivory slipcovers for all the upholstered furniture. And then I adopted a solid-black kitten. And also I’m the kind of person who can’t go more than four days without spilling something in an unexpectedly spectacular way. Whatever, man. It’s all washable, and life is fucking short.

    2. paddlepickle +12

      Additional thoughts now that I’m in the clothes section: I went to Yom Kippur services this year and found out the night before that it’s a tradition there to wear all white, and I have no white clothes, and as I entered services I thought to myself “where on earth do all these wealthy jews even FIND all this spotless, flowy white linen?” Now I know!

      1. S. Pebbletush +13

        Oh man, I just bought a white dress from Boden during a sale for this exact purpose. “This will totally work for Yom Kippur for the next 2-3 years.”

    3. Fluffernutter +8

      Oh no! I had never heard of it before and spent the last hour drooling over some of their clothes. Sad to hear the stuff is not great quality. It all looks like it came out of a Nancy Myers movie!

      1. Crivens +2

        Part of the problem may have been the complicated laundering/dry clean nature of the clothes. But I bought one super beautiful flowing black velvet skirt and the elastic waist band had been sewn with a half turn like a mobius strip. It would never lay flat. A pair of pants had great sequin details but they were not stitched on very well and came off. It was a bummer, that catalog is an inspiration. Alas.

  6. irreverantontheinternet +81

    I recently told a friend that “I need more statement jewelry like I need to be punched in the throat by a baboon” but I’M BUYING THAT LEAF NECKLACE.

    And some discount bathing suits.

    1. irreverantontheinternet +8

      Talk me into or out of buying this to wear over my super cute hot pink LF Stores bra (like the one Ilana wears in Broad City): http://www.nastygal.com/sale/twist-of-fate-sheer-…

      1. MsNormaDesmond +11

        That bra the model is wearing is playing a very real game of “now you see it, now you don’t” and it’s pissing me the hell off.

        But you should def 1000% but that tank.

        1. MothsAndStars +9

          Yeah, that’s the thing. The whole “look at my bra, y’all!” business irritates me because I am Old so I just wear all my backless tops with nothing underneath, but you couldn’t do that with a top that sheer.

          And I really want the top but I can’t figure out how I’d wear it and not irritate myself and now I’m irrationally mad.

    2. Linda +7

      I don’t know if I’d look good with that necklace, but I really, really want it!

    3. shockofsputnik +13

      Look it’s kind of a mom place to shop but swear to goodness, Lands End has the best bathing suits and they’re 1/2 off this weekend.

      1. Kateality +1

        Land’s End has the very best t-shirts for small people. My dude wears his cross-section of the sun shirt and his planetary size diagram shirt constantly and they still look excellent.

  7. cosetthetable +46

    If I had a dramatically different body type, i’d be tempted to buy that dress immediately.

    1. aqueousmedium +39

      Same. Also if I had a dramatically different stance on marriage, I’d go find someone to marry immediately just so I could get married in that dress.

      1. logicbutton +36

        At least we know our alternate universe selves are living their best lives.

    2. mollyculetheory +35

      Yeah I am in the veeery beginning stages of wedding planning & was like “if that dress wouldn’t make me look like a more busty Spongebob in a white potato sack I would buy it right now”

  8. CleverManka +30

    I don’t know if it’s exhaustion (we’ve had at least two hours of thunderstorms every night this week, always between midnight and 4am–who else is suffering with me?) or what, but I’ve never been so tempted by something I saw on the Friday Bargain Bin as I am tempted by those fucking hanging vases.

    Wedge heels are the best imo, and the only thing I don’t like about those shoes are the tassels. If tassels are your thing, go for em! They are quite cute and stylish, IMO.

    1. irreverantontheinternet +8

      No thunderstorms yet but it is Too Hot at night and I’m resisting putting the air conditioners in the window because we’ve barely gone a month without the heat on I just want a cheap electric bill!!

      But seriously, if I had a quaint home and not a crappy attic apartment I’d be all over those vases. The cats would love them.

      1. startmyheart +5

        Your a/c dilemma is mine exactly. All I want is four to six weeks where I can sleep comfortably with the window open!

    2. Born_Secular +3

      I wear ear plugs every night so I’ve not been bothered by the storms, but I also wouldn’t hear tornado sirens at night, so. I was so glad I work from home and didn’t have to be out in yesterday’s storms that hit right about the time of the evening commute. Also so I could scurry to the basement when the sirens went off.

    3. oldmotherhibbard +2

      I feel like we’re neighbors, what with the thunderstorms here (and one night of sirens earlier this week). I’m ready for decent night’s sleep.

    4. Lynn +1

      I resisted wedges for a long time (they feel awkward to me the way they don’t bend when you walk), but I bought a pair with just a slight incline for work and they are the only work shoes I own that aren’t killing me at the end of a day when I’ve been running a conference for 12 hours.

    5. alder_tree +1

      Send one of them our way. I miss thunderstorms. I mean that both in the sense that we rarely get true thunderstorms and I enjoy the drama, and in the sense that the (very) few we get in the spring keep happening while I’m day-sleeping and are too far away to wake me up over the white noise machine. I think one happened while I was at work, where there’s no chance in hell I’d ever hear or see it.

      There’s only two things I miss about growing up on the east coast: warm ocean water, and thunderstorms.

  9. annecara +16

    That necklace is amazing and I covet it, but I know if I actually wore it it probably wouldn’t look nearly as good as it does on the model.

    1. ughanothername +18

      I have a small collection (like, maybe 2) awesome statement necklaces like that because I love them they’re so amazing. But I never wear them because every time I put them on I think “lol who am I kidding.”

      1. spring chickens +4

        noooo life is short, wear them!

        it will make everyone around you happier, too! people enjoy that good style vicariously!

    2. LeighTX +1

      If you love it, wear it! (a) You won’t be standing next to the model so no one can compare and (b) who cares anyway, you are amazing and that necklace is fantastic. Treat yourself! But not until I snag one for MYself. 😉

  10. jenihackett +32

    I know they’re not on sale, but the hanging glass tea light holders that are recommended from the bud vase page are giving me feelings. Vaguely science equipment looking glassware is my WEAKNESS, and these bud vases and tea light holders are pulling no punches.

    (Related: I might buy two bud vases and two tea light holders and have the FANCIEST of windows.)

    1. dashitall +15

      I just went to look and OOH YOU RIGHT. I don’t need to spend $15-20 on tea light holders. But then if I did I would have a glimmery fairy space. Right? No. Yes. No.

      1. jenihackett +16

        You’d have a glimmery fairy space that looks like STARS. Fire hazard? Maybe. Perfect atmosphere for being MAGICAL? Definitely.

        1. Thujaplicata +9

          you could avoid the fire hazard with little LED tea lights. Not quite as magical, but less stressful.

    2. SmrtCookie +11

      I have a couple of those tea light holders that I use for sewing bits like bobbins and safety pins. Buuuuuyyyy them, they are great.

      1. jenihackett +6

        Wait, that’s genius. I just have my thread holder pin tacked to a wall, but I would never lose my measuring tape again if it’s hanging right in front of my face.

    3. femmefan1946 +1

      Rule of three– you need an odd number. So either three tea lights and two vases or three vases and two tea lights.
      Trust me.

  11. bocadelperro +36

    I’m so very glad the first thing I thought when I saw those bud vases was “NOT EARTHQUAKE SAFE,” else I’d be sorely tempted by them. Thanks California!

  12. the_slapdash +40

    I clicked on the necklace to check out shipping to the UK, and it suggested that I might also like their “Victorian Crop Top” with cone-of-shame sleeves. It is fantastically unattractive and I feel quite a lot better for having seen it.

  13. Merripat +93

    Oh man, I thought the nail stickers collection was a shower curtain. Now I’m sad it’s not.

      1. Cath +14

        My guess was tea towel, and I too am disappointed (I’m very fond of printed tea towels; I have one that shows a complete Scrabble board and another that shows what types of beer go in which type of beer glass and they always end up hanging on the stove bar until long past the time when they need to go in the wash because I prefer them to the plain ones).

      2. Tarragoner +5

        Me too. Thinking I could by sheets of them and put in tiny frames. Because I’d pick them all of my fingernails in about two hours.

    1. perianwen +6

      I assumed it was some kind of patterned fabric, like from Spoonflower, and was extremely disappointed that it wasn’t.

  14. chickwhitman +50

    Yes to the Victoria’s Secret sale – I got a one-piece and two tops and two bottoms for like $80 bucks last week. The discount felt truly earned after combing through the site attempting to find styles without maximum pushup/ruffles/leopard print/crochet/incredibly impractically placed strings and cutouts, etc., but it is possible. I can warn against the Heavenly bikini bottoms though, which is give less of a sexy-high waisted effect and more of an festive beach diaper look.

    1. josietbarth +26

      And a third color combination called “patchouli zebra/cheetah.” Patchouli zebra!

  15. winterbymorning +50

    Speaking of really expensive things that I’m tempted to buy for no real reason: this jamon iberico master carving kit. It will set you back a mere $1995 for about 13 pounds of ham, a special stand to display your ham on, some fancy knives and pincers, and a single chainmail glove.

  16. blizzard +9

    Okay someone must have said this already but are those… foot popsicles on the stickers?

  17. sausagedog +12

    My mom would be happy to teach you backgammon! She taught me once but it never stuck.

    And thanks for the heads up on VS swimwear. I hate how all their stuff fits but I just threw out all my desiccated swimsuits in a moving/packing/cleaning frenzy and need one for a trip in two weeks.

    1. Sonora Webster +18

      Yeah, a great way to get invited on a beach trip is to throw out all your swimwear! The universe always hears when you do that.

    2. kellym89 +5

      Old Navy has 50% off swimwear right now – I tend to prefer their swim fit (and cheapness?) over VS.

  18. madknitter72 +68

    “creamy musk” just kind of makes me feel kinda queasy. Anyone else? Just me? OK

  19. mandarinmarie +39

    Ok but where do I buy a handy huzz. Would accept some kind of handiness training program for the existing huzz.

    1. Vynce +15

      Easier to learn to hang them yourself (actually, not that hard at all to do).

  20. raisedeyebrow +16

    Is it just me, or does Nasty Gal have some awesome bags in their sale right now? I added three bags to my cart before forcing myself to narrow it down to one.

    ALSO, I showed my husband that necklace, and his eyes got big and he said, “That is AWESOME.” So of course I’m buying it.

    1. miss_modular +4

      Oooh- Thanks for posting! I just bought one myself (the gray crossbody).

  21. damanoid +30

    Turns out the leaf necklace has a curse on it, so that anyone who wears it will appear about 60% Photoshopped.

    1. Currer_Belle +16

      Mmmmm doesn’t sound like a curse to me. Put me down for two of them.

      1. damanoid +44

        NOOO it’s a trap, don’t do it, that would work out to 120% cursed! Since you can’t be more than 100% Photoshopped, the leftover 20% will be motion capture animation taken from Andy Serkis! You’ll find yourself gloating and muttering things like: “The necklaces is ours, precious!” and “Our throatses is dissolving into the Wraith-world, precious!”

        On the other hand, if you happen to do that sort of thing already, then there’s no downside, I guess.

  22. msjinxie +19

    I truly can’t tell if I think those shoes are so ugly they’re great or…just ugly. Either way, though, as someone with a “trick” ankle I implore you to take a break from ANY shoes with height until it heals. I manage to tweak my ankle wearing flats sometimes, now, so I really have to be careful what shoes I wear. 🙁

    1. alder_tree +3

      I walk on the outside of my feet. My ankles love to roll. I do not get along with wedges.

  23. ashurredly +10

    That necklace is amazing. I would have difficulties convincing myself to wear it and doubt whether I could pull it off, but then probs get 2-3 people who are like “I love your necklace!” and feel vindicated.

  24. ladyhumungus +26

    I miss getting the Soft Surroundings catalog! So delightfully absurd. They must have given up on me because I never ordered one of their $70 cotton skirts. I used to play a game where I would count the pages that DIDN’T feature a cocktail or glass of wine (there were very few).

    1. ladyhumungus +14

      aaand now that reminds me of The Pyramid Collection catalog, which was delightfully absurd in a different way. How do I get back on those mailing lists without buying that stuff?

    2. daisicles +9

      Ohhh, now I have a fun new game for the catalog. My mother gets it because she’s ordered stuff from every random company you can think of and is now on 80 billion lists, and she foists it off on me. Previously I just delighted in reading off the cost for raw silk drapes and that silk-stuffed silk duvet that I desperately need, but now I’ll have to keep a look out for alcoholic beverages.

  25. PtacluspIIb +7

    Espionage cosmetics are also having a sale atm if you are looking for nail art

  26. sheetsinny +5

    Love the swimsuit, but need help finding a decent maternity one-piece that won’t break the bank! Any suggestions?

    1. SuiteFranglaise +3

      Zero! I use a big-coverage sports bra like Moving Comfort and some bikini-short bottoms because nothing with stomach coverage can contain my pregnant tum.

    2. emmysuhweeks +4

      I just bought a maternity one piece from Target. They had a few options that weren’t plain black, box shaped, and basically designed to make you feel like you look worse than even you feel.

      They had some options in brighter colors, some in halter but some also with cross-back (which I got because UGH halters). They also had some tankinis and pieces, if you’re interested.

      I got mine a size up, just because I’ll be third tri all summer and wanted plenty of room to grow, if needed.

      I think most one pieces were about $35 which doesn’t seem terrible? And although I haven’t put mine on yet (THANKS, ENDLESS RAIN THIS WEEK) — it seems well made. Reinforced boob pockets and decent straps and all.

  27. walrathem +3

    I brought the most recent Soft Surroundings catalog to my office because I like to go through it with a friend of mine. We make fun of *almost* everything.

    I kind of like the new beachy scent in that catalog? Does anyone else?

  28. Scotch_n_Stata +10

    Holy crap! Soft Suroundings! I am obsessed with caftans. They are my life mantra, and they are plentiful where I live (in India). I had no idea there was a schmancy U.S. catalog with SO MANY CAFTAN SOLUTIONS. Maybe I can move back… in a couple of years.

    1. S. Pebbletush +7

      Please say more about the caftans! Tell us of your caftan-sporting ways! I feel like I’m embracing my spinsterhood in style, and becoming “lady who wears chunky glasses, caftans, and dangly earrings” is inevitable, but it’s the caftan-wearing that is daunting. How do you style them? Are they an around-the-house thing or a weekend thing or …?

      Basically, this sounds awesome and I want to know more, since it seems like you’re living your best life.

  29. livingandcorporeal +7

    The model with the leaf necklace looks so knowing. Her eyes are staring into my soul.

  30. smiavs +10

    You guys, Soft Surroundings sells mullet shirts! https://www.softsurroundings.com/P/Tres_Jolie_Shi… I’m not sure I’ve ever been so baffled by a shirt before….

    1. spring chickens +6

      dear gods in heaven. And that shirt got 4 out of 5 stars from a meshuggenah somebody, too. Good reminder to self to stop trusting internet clothing reviews!

      1. smiavs +3

        Yeah, despite the fact that the pin fell out when she opened it, and part of the back that wasn’t well dyed!

      2. smiavs +3

        And this one has even more reviews. https://www.softsurroundings.com/P/Kaolin_Shirt/ Every one of them from a “trendy/stylish dresser.” Apparently, it’s “feminine to the nth degree.”

  31. rilo_cryley +9

    Does anyone know if Victoria’s Secret is doing swimwear clearance in stores, too? I’ve never bought a suit from there (and I’m a much different size than last time I bought any swimsuit), so I’d definitely need to try some things on. But my bunny peed on my old bikini top this week, so I’m in the market for a new one.

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