made a joke about the store and never really thought about it. Then, on a random weekend during the holiday season in 2005, we went into Kohl's. Mostly because I was pregnant and spent most weekends walking around malls and stores that December to increase my circulation....Anyway....we went in and happened to come upon a sale of a lifetime. There were signs everywhere for 50-75% off. I asked the manager at the time if the store was always 50-70% off, she told me most Kohl's do a huge sale the first weekend of December. She said that they usually always have something 1/2 off throughout the year, but on these weekends, they will put items on sale for 50-75% off that never goes on sale any other time.
I seemed sceptical seeing as they always seemed to have something on sale so what made this weekend so different. I quickly realized while we went through the store, that people were grabbing things left and right. We asked a couple people about it that were there, and they all mostly said, "Some of these things never go on sale here, so this is the weekend to buy". Another manager told us that most people think the good deals are during Black Friday, but a lot of their stores put their best sales on the weekend after thanksgiving (1st weekend in December) to get people to keep shopping.
Needless to say, we came out of the store with hard to pass up deals. We gave pearl earrings to the mothers in the family and got them at 75% off, meaning we spent $15 per earring set! We picked up that weekend about $500 worth in gifts at the regular price paying only about $125.
So...every year since during the 1st weekend in December, we pack up and go shopping. This year, my parents gave us our Christmas money early to shop with since they know the deals we find.
We went on Friday night so that we could hit the specials before the Saturday rush. My husband found several things. I found matching Carter Christmas pajama sets for the boys for 75 % off:) There were only two sizes left in the green ones, a 4T and 2T. I grabbed them and tried them on the boys and....they fit perfectly!
I got a little excited because one of the brands I really love there is SimplyVera by Vera Wang. Her clothes often range from $40-over $100 per item, so when I saw the 65% off signs above her section, it made my night.
After a couple hours shopping......awhile longer in the "family dressing" room with me, my husband, our two boys, our cart, and our stroller......we headed to the check-out....another successful annual shopping trip.
I leave you with a piece called "What I learned in the Family Dressing Room at Kohl's".
What I Learned in the Family Dressing Room at Kohl's.....
- That family dressing room doesn't really mean that you can fit your whole family in it
- That one year olds can and will climb under the dressing room walls into other dressing rooms
- That almost three year olds don't really understand the concept of "trying things on"
- That it is really easy with 4 people to get the "I want to buy this" pile mixed up with the "I don't want to buy this" pile
- That you shouldn't ask your husband if something looks cute on while he is also trying things on....men can't do all that at once
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