weekday shopping, it's possible

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i made it to the mara hoffman sample sale tonight. it was manageable chaos with the after-work crowd and totally worth the trip downtown. as advertised, merchandise from the spring/summer collection and samples were 80% off, and nothing was priced over $100. there were gorgeous dresses, in small sizes, and after trying on about 10 of them, i picked out one amazing one (pics later...too lazy now). there were also some cute maxi dresses. the sale runs until sunday, and i'm hoping that prices will drop on the last day (as they often do). might be worth checking out again this weekend.

my second stop was the misoreno sample sale which has been ongoing this week, advertising merchandise from miss sixty & energie, with nothing over $29.99. true to word, prices topped out at $29.99, but the miss sixty dresses and skirts (which is what i was looking for) were total crap.

since i was downtown anyway, i bravely decided to check out the dsw gucci sale. earlier this week dsw had been advertising that they would be receiving stock from a secret designer thursday, and pretty much half of the city knew that it was gucci. the only words to describe the scene when i arrived at the dsw union square store was crazy madness. shoppers there weren't going crazy, they were already cr--aazzy. they were elbow to elbow and madly grabbing at merchandise as it was being stocked. gucci bags which retail at $1200 were priced at $400. there were also wallets, luggage tags, scarves, belts, and keychains. but by far, the deal to be had were the shoes. there were some really nice knee-high boots and classic pumps (both of which i do not need at the moment). what i considered the best deal were the booties. good enough of a deal to purchase? yes.

after lining up in dsw to pay (which btw took almost an hour), i headed down the block to pick up some food from trader joe's. at least the queue wasn't as deadly there.

tomorrow is the kenneth cole 925 technology silver edition footwear collection release at the rockefellar store. the black booties and flats in the collection are probably worth checking out in person. apparently mr. cole, himself, will be at the release to sign your shoes (if desired).