Friday Bargain Bin: What to Do With Your Allowance This Week

Vintage Bookshelf Scrabble, $34.49 (was $69)
A good place to start spending all that holiday loot someone gave you is on stuff that makes you look smarter. Or at least like you have smart people over for game night.

Yes Dear Ring, $34.99 (was $54)
Lemme guess: no one got you this for Christmas, right? Do you, girl!

Helmut Lang Draped Crepe LBD, $139.50 (was $310)
Perfect. This is the sort of dress you always need but never buy and then you are always mad when you need it that you didn’t buy it when you had the chance. I’m just sayin’.

Accordion Corset Belt, $29.95 (was $58)
Leather belts on sale at Anthro FTW.

Let’s Make Some Great Art, $13.57 (was $19.95)
If anything even generally self improvement-ish is one of your resolutions, this book has you covered. Make a mobile!

Vanessa Bruno Pouchette in Leather, $91 (was $182)
All-season sequins? Go iiin.

Belted Flutter Sleeve Dress, $129.90 (was $218)
First date? Check. Job interview? Check. (Someone else’s) wedding? Check. (Your own) divorce hearing? Check.

Chuck Klosterman’s HYPERtheticals, $10.19 (were $14.99)
Got these for my mom’s boyfriend for Xmas and we were, as my mom would say, “Hootin’ and a hollerin’ til gad knows what time? Janie, did you girls finish ALL the wine?!”

Rag and Bone Keaton Sunglasses, $119 (were $345)
I feel like Alabama would rock these.

J. Crew Cotton Track Pants, $30 (were $60)
Don’t these look sooo squishy? Now, you can have them, but don’t you DARE wear them the way that nasty, nasty mannequin is in that other shot that I’m not gonna reprint here yeesh, all out in public with heels on and shit.

Bone China Tortoise Shell Object, $19.99 (was $34)
I don’t know what/why this is but I want it.

Sam Edelman Wedge Sandals, $75 (were $150)
Have you done the hugemongous wedge thing yet? In my guesstimation you’ve got about six months left, so get ’em while they’re cheap.

Elizabeth and James Print Silk Pant, $167.50 (were $335)
Look. Just somebody buy these for me, okay? Don’t worry about it. What!? It’ll be fine!

Pretty Polaroid Notecards, $7.99 (were $14.95)
Me: Did you send out your thank you cards yet?
You: Mo-om, shuuut uuup-ah.

House, $4 MILLION EARTH DOLLARS
If you got me this I would seriously do whatever you want. Anything. What? In either of the pools! Like I’m gonna be particular.