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Originally posted by noelle:
lovey,

I still want MORE even though they didn't have everything I wanted.

I keep making another list, but I know it's to even think about getting more.

I am very happy with this sale, and I wish I wasn't.

I know what you mean about making another list - I'm doing the same thing, even though I already made two huge hauls. Ack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm happy with it...I only spent $25...then again, the sale isn't done yet...

Let me think about what I have left to buy. I need to go get another Peach Nectar shower gel & I really would like to find some of the Jaqua stuff that's 50% off @ the regular stores that some people have been talking about. I've reached the maximum threshold of TD Tiramisu Veneziano body washes that I can have in my stash, but it might be realistic if I were to find more TD Amaretti body washes. Although I can still dream of Cinnamon Frosting & Raspberry Granita, can't I? But I'm trying not to spend too much more $ so I'll have some $ left for all the things that come out after the sale.

On another note, we all know the Wallflowers is this wk.'s special. And I think BBW Mgr. posted that home fragrance oils is the weekly special for Week 3, but what are the weekly specials for Weeks 2 & 4-6?

I *think* someone posted that the special for week 2 is Signature Collection body care at 3/$18. I could be wrong, though. . . .

I got a postcard today that said week 2 was $5 select cleansers and moisturizers. save up to $10.

Ah - okay.

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Originally posted by BBW Rawks:
I *think* someone posted that the special for week 2 is Signature Collection body care at 3/$18. I could be wrong, though. . . .

That was me & you're correct. Also the anti-bacs will be 4/$10 for those that didn't take advantage of the 5/$10, this is a good deal too.

I don't know about ya'll but I'm gonna be scoping out the stores for #8 boxes Thanks Edward for the info

Thanks Remy. I have just one bottle and have been looking on ebay but so far I have found none. Thanks for looking for me, lucky duck.

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Originally posted by blueline:
Quick question for you all who've dealt with these sales before--do they roll out new stuff every week, every few days, or how does that all work? I'm just wondering when I should head back to the mall (tomorrow I'll probably go to a standalone store that's near here that I didn't make it to today to pick up a couple of things I forgot anyway). TIA for any advice, plans of attack, etc.

I did notice that there were some different things in the clearance area today that were not there yesterday. So perhaps they do put out something different everyday. I'm going to try hard not to go back until Friday.

The $5 on select cleansers sounds good. I'm hoping there's some Signature Collection & CO Bigelow stuff in that assortment. I doubt they'd be nice enough to put current TD body washes on sale.

Ooh, thanks for all the great info everybody! I was bad and went to 2 more stores today (well, actually 1 new one and 1 of the ones I hit yesterday....one of the SAs saw me come in and said something to the effect of, "Hi! Are you familiar with our sale?" I just told her that hers was the 5th store in 2 days I'd been to...and the frightening thing is that I'm probably gonna go to a few different ones tomorrow after work, too, probably a big one that's supposedly an outlet but seems to have the same merch/pricing as flagship stores and one or 2 in lesser-traveled, ghetto-ish kinda malls.

Here's hoping for many, many #8 boxes!!

All of the store I have been in in the past 2 days have been packed! I've waited in lines all the way to the front of the store. It's crazy. I've seen people with 3 shopping bags stuffed with wallflowers. The lady in front of me bought 21 anti-bacs. Why at 3/$10, I'm not sure...... I've seen people with multiple bags stuffed to the brink in stores. It's kinda crazy! Thankfully, I'm trying, my hardest to space things out!!! And it's not really working.

The stores near me haven't been all that crowded, surprisingly. Maybe I'm just going at odd times or something. I dunno.

I'm praying that my friend will agree to go with me to Ann Arbor Thursday. Since my car is being a jerk, I have to rely on others to feed my BBW addiction! That's hard now that I live in the middle of nowhere! The store in Ann Arbor is huge. I went there in January and almost wet my pants when I saw how much awesome stuff they had. I seriously hope my friend will agree with me to go out there...

The 3 for $18 Pleasures and 4 for $10 antibac were just over the weekend, I think. This week I have seen different promotions in different stores, including 5 for $25 Pleasures, 3 for $10 antibac, and $5 moisturizers. I also noticed the Breathe Gradual Tanning Lotions are $8.

Oh yes, there were lots of True Blue Spa items 2 for $15 as well, including the Island stuff. I will be going to another of my regular stores today, and perhaps a flagship tomorrow, so I will post what promotions I see.

Wendy: That Ann Arbor store is great because it has a WBCC attached to it.

The Troy store is even better, though, because it's a flagship.

Where in Michigan do you live, if you don't mind me asking?

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The store in Ann Arbor is huge. I went there in January and almost wet my pants when I saw how much awesome stuff they had

Wendy, that's hilarious!!

While I am very happy with this sale, as I am with every sale Bath & Body Works has, I miss the sales that occurred up until about 3-4 years ago, before the dreaded "dig through me to the bottom, I dare you, because I am held together envelope-style" red buckets.

I would look through the tan barrels (later painted white) with their shallow tops and find awesome scents and home decor items long discontinued. I remember driving to 15 different stores all over the city because I would always find different treasures at each store, and I don't mean different treasures as in Tutti Dolci Apple Torta at one store and Henri Bendel Vanilla Flower at another.

I remember finding... a trove of Nutcracker-style bottles at 50% and then 75% off at one mall that was in a less-traveled area... a bottle of Breezy Berry After-Sun Cooling Gel, a very nice scent... a votive holder that matched my best friend's BBW At Home dishes, even though the line had been discontinued for several years... even one or two years ago, snowmen figures and huge planters for 75% off at flagship stores that I had never even seen, and which I still use to decorate my house.

The sales are still great. However, I miss the unpredictability of the stock. Now, it may not be predictable which items will be in which stores during the sales, but it is pretty predictable that there will be the same Classics scents and discontinued lines on sale. I miss the sales of years past, when anything and everything could appear in those barrels.

Even just a few years ago, it seemed like I would find weird discontinued stuff. Before I was a huge BBW buff like I am now, I would see all kinds of stuff. Now I wish I would have bought them.

BBW Rawks, I'm in the southeast.