Friday Bargain Bin

by Jane Marie · June 10, 2016

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Fashionology Tiny 100% Silver Letter Ring, $25 (was $44) OK, let’s play a game. These rings are no longer available in the letters pictured here, but they do have A, B, J, M, S and W left. What words can we make across our knucks? I’ll start: SWAB. Your turn. Make it count.

570160977_100_largeFeatherweight Long Sleeve Tee, $7.49 (was $34) Might have a new contender for Best Cheap Tissue T-Shirt.

80030373_01_lMet Museum Excavation of Tombs Print, $17.50 (was $35) So, the folks pictured here were digging up graves in the 1920s. They’re all dead now, for sure. How weird would it be if we went and dug up their graves? Graves. Think about ’em.

3605971024894_urbanspectrumUrban Spectrum Eyeshadow Palette, $39 (was $55) Is this worth it?

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Knotted Asymmetrical Skirt, $10.99 (was $26.99) Kill-em-at-the-picnic attire.

570174996ext1_largeLora Hoop Earrings, $24.50 (were $35) I have these earrings in silver and now I am so mad that they come in gold because gold is my color and I’ve actually just been humoring those silver earrings for two years and change now.

image1xxlMel by Melissa Sandals, $36 (were $61) Melissa’s plastic shoes are great for wearing to gross stuff because you can just hose them off when you get home. Think festivals, farms, pottery class, day care.

37027281_001_bSunflower Bean, “I Hear Voices” Single, $2.99 (was $7.98) Man, I miss the days of buying mystery 7″ records for three bucks based on the pretty album artwork. Anyone else? Anyone?

Jane Marie is a writer, mother, fighter and lover.

97 Comments

  1. sausagedog +164

    JAWA, if you like certain Star Wars aliens
    ABBA, in tribute to your favorite band
    SSSS, if you’re a snake

    1. ballisticjaguar +69

      JAWS if you’re a fan of a certain movie

      Edit: also BAM if you just wanna go for three letters.

      1. ballisticjaguar +79

        Oh and BASS if you play a bass instrument of some kind? Really like the fish?

        MASS if you’re Catholic or if you just really like physics or something.

        BAJA…which is a place. I think.

        Edit: ASS why did it take me this long to think of that?

        1. ballisticjaguar +59

          WAWA for people from the place in Ontario, or the people that LOVE that convenience store chain in the states somewhere.

          I am having a lot of fun with this!

      2. shellygrrl +21

        Or as an ode to those short pants you may’ve worn growing up in the 1980s or 90s.

      3. katerkins +10

        I’m clearly not into words right now because that is the only one I came up with

    7. SleepyBeepy +38

      BAAA, if you’re a sheep or a shepherd
      SAM, if your name and/or nickname is a diminutive of Samuel, Samantha, and others.
      BABA if you’re an Arabic/Swahili/Mandarin/Turkish-speaking Dad and/or you love your Dad
      ABBA, if same as above, but Hebrew

  4. OoTheHumanities +93

    JABS. Don’t come near these fingers, folks, they are waiting for you.

  6. kallitropos +37

    JAMB for when you need to shove your fist in a door to stop it from closing.

  8. GoatlessSon +42

    I’ve been in the market for a white shirt that isn’t transparent for my entire life, but I get the feeling this one is just photo trickery to make it SEEM like it’s not completely transparent. A filthy lie.

    1. knitting_pun +44

      In case you haven’t tried it already, I humbly recommend investing in a camisole roughly the same tone as your skin to wear underneath. I go for some kind of microfibre/silky lycra type thing, or potentially ultra-light merino, if you can come by it inexpensively (AKA super end-of-season sale or REI outlet). It is the only way, all white shirts are see-through. (You might be able to get away with just a skin-tone bra if the shirt is agreeable.)

      (Or just give up on white shirts forever like me because the minute you put it on you WILL get chocolate or salsa or life on it.)

      1. terb +25

        Ive got two white shirts for work and I wore lipstick to work twice and now there’s lipstick on both of them.

      2. ktmass +26

        In theory,I like this idea but I also hate wearing clothing in general and putting another layer of clothing under my clothing somewhat horrifies me. But that’s a personal problem.

    2. Herberta1 +22

      I don’t have a white one, but Duluth Trading Company makes t-shirts that are not made of gauze. They are also long enough to not expose my midriff every time I move.

      1. The Houstonian +11

        I have recently become a huge fan of Duluth Trading Company, for all the reasons above. They also wash very well – many other brands seem awesome until I wash them, and suddenly they have extremely tight arms and bare my midriff, but expand around the middle, and I feel like someone is playing a prank on me and has replaced all my shirts without my knowledge.

        1. Herberta1 +10

          In my experience, they run a bit roomier than a lot of brands, but that might depend on individual body type.

    3. BellaG +27

      It is transparent, though. If you look closely, you can see her bra underneath.

      I was looking, because I too have been looking for decent t-shirts that aren’t so transparent that people can see my bra. If I want people to see my bra, I wouldn’t be buying a damn shirt.

    4. Laura +14

      Eddie Bauer! I can wear their white tees with an assortment of pastel, nude AND white bras under florescent office lights without having a visible bra (my skin tone is a pastel pink though, so ymmv)!

      They have so many neckline/sleeve options, I work in a business casual office and wear one probably 2x a week at least. The cotton is so soft and thick, but not too hot. I am currently living my best life (eating steak and a hotdog on an 80° deck drinking an aperol spritz) in a charcoal short sleeve version of the tee, and am totally fine.

      And possibly the best thing? It does in bat the waist, and then goes out again at the hips! It seems so revolutionary, since all tees these days seem to be rectangles determined to make me feel bad about my lower belly, but this one gently skims along. I tell people all the time to buy their tees, I told my boss earlier this week!

  9. erindubitably +31

    JAMS

    for asking people if they want to listen to your sweet tunes.

    Or I guess if they want to eat your sweet preserves?

  11. MsNormaDesmond +91

    SWAM, for that apres-pool look

    MAWS, for those of you who are fans of gaping hungry mouths

    1. Kai_Ko +17

      Hey hey hey, some of us like our Devon Sawa to be Now and Then-flavoured, thanks.

    2. evieskye +52

      I need this for the times students call me “darling” or “sweetie.” I will just lift my fist and be like, “does this say, darling?” before punching them.

      1. somethingthatneedsnothing +40

        STUDENTS call you sweetie????? Can you… light them on fire??

        1. evieskye +24

          I wish. To be fair, it’s pretty casual around here, and a lot of them are older than me but still not ok. Have definitely had “Would you call [male instructor] sweetie?” convos.

          1. livingandcorporeal +19

            “Prof” is casual. “[your first name or nickname you’ve said is ok]” is casual. “Sweetie” is… WTF. That’s so gross.

  18. StiffyByng +64

    BAJS is Swedish (and borrowed Norwegian) for poop. Also I just googled it and it’s also the British association for Japanese Studies and now my formerly Japan-studying Scandinavian self can’t stop giggling.

  19. VioletandIrises +56

    Are we using the thumb? Because then you could do SAMBA, for the dance enthusiasts. Or MAMBA, for bug lovers.
    Or BAMBA, for…Ritchie Valens fans?

    1. rebeccalibrarian +11

      This just made me think of the Friends episode where Chandler is trying to make a whip crack sound and just goes “wha-pow”

  21. sneftel +101

    Get metalworking supplies. Melt some rings down and make new letters. Grow an extra finger. SQUOTCHLE. It’s what needs to be done.

    1. Mingus_Thurber +26

      SQUOT on one hand, CHLE on the other. It’s like a secret Toastie handshake, but with two hands.

  24. The Houstonian +33

    Let’s talk about that tomb excavation print. That’s the kind of print I could see in a friend’s house for literally years before I realized what it was… at first I would admire the black and white, then the mountains. One day I would notice that the people in it looked old. Eventually I might decide it looked old, and maybe guess that it was an excavation? But probably i’d think it was some sort of religious experience where people descend into the bowels of the earth like ants going into their hill.

  26. damanoid +103

    I’d like to believe that somebody will dig up my grave someday. If I could prepare for that, I would. In fact I’d like to deliberately mess with future generations. “Why was this person buried in a clown costume?” they’d ask after they opened my grave, along with “When will the nightmares end?” and “How did the automatic confetti horn still work after all this time?”

    Sadly I don’t have the resources to have my stuff interred with me, otherwise I’d totally do that too. In fact I’d be cool with just having my stuff buried, and they could just donate my carcass to science or leave it in a ditch somewhere. The ancient Egyptians believed they would need their stuff in the next world. I just don’t like the idea of it all being thrown away after I die. Yes, it’s garbage, but it’s my unique and personal garbage. Sealed properly in a watertight environment for a thousand years, it might well be a marvelous trove for archaeologists, a welcome addition to any museum display. “Late 20th-early 21st Century Pile of Crap.”

    1. Mingus_Thurber +26

      Thank you for that first paragraph, which led to my first out-loud-laugh of the day.

    2. Sarah +2

      I will NEED. You iPhone in the next life, provided the next life also has wifi, and why wouldn’t it?

  27. dorianneemmerton +83

    Is that… Is that an older model? A woman with lines on her face modelling? Has the world suddenly gotten better?

    1. Sonora Webster +33

      No, you’re just finding yourself in Chico’s! Like I did at a factory outlet mall when I was 15, when I looked around and thought, everything in here looks so… COMFY.

      1. MopRocks +6

        Lol, this is my new response to everything. I used to work at a Chico’s subsidiary, where we affectionately referred to the company as Shit-go’s, FAS., but you bet your buttons that they’re 90% of my closet and 100% of my underwear.

  30. grandma_nancy +29

    Those shoes are so cute but the specs say they have a “subtle bubblegum scent” and just…what?

    1. katerkins +11

      I have a pair of Mels (not those specific ones) and it’s more.. vaguely fruity? I think they put it in to disguise the other-wise gross plastic smell. It’s hard to describe but not overall disagreeable

      1. hummingrose +7

        Yeah, it’s pretty subtle (you won’t smell it when they’re on your feet) and goes away after a certain number of wears.

  31. meowmischen +39

    BAMW for bad ass mother-witch, obviously. No one else would get it, but we’d know.
    JAJAJAJA for loling with your fingers in Spanish.

  33. hagilles +15

    Kill-em-at-the-picnic is the aesthetic I have been searching for my whole life.

  35. thefancybeast +9

    Yes, that UD set is worth it. It arrived a couple days ago and I can’t stop playing with it. Good cover payoff, good blending, fairly little fallout. I bought it for the top two rows but actually like every single color in the box, which… never happens.

  36. godzillas_pizza +5

    Are we just not gonna talk about how that Urban Decay set has the most offensive names for the shades? I mean “madness”??
    So that set is only worth if you’re a neurotypical, white, middle class person.
    Yes, I’m throwing shade specifically at the people commenting here who bought it and loved it. I mean, for real? We gonn talk bout dis?

  37. mediumred +4

    ABJ, my initials. Although I normally don’t advertise that for obvious fellatio reasons.

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