Midday Bulletin: Tripped over Amazing Lilly Sale!

Lilly Pulitzer Lara Dress--originally $248. Marked down to $75 + addl 40% off.

Leaving this weekend for a few days on the Cape with my friend Anne and her daughter. Wanted to check out Lilly Pulitzer swimsuits. Haven't bought a swimsuit in years. Called the nearest Lilly store, Leapin' Lizards in Ridgewood, NJ and asked the nice young woman to put aside a few XLs for me. It's a half-hour drive up the Parkway.

Could not believe my luck. Everything in the store is 40% off, I think until the end of July! Everything! The file folders I use for work. The yearly planner [which goes 17 months, from August 2011 through December 2012]. Clearance items, like the Lara dress with golden chain neckline, which are already marked down in red ink. Market Bags, which are usually $9.95. [I love using mine at the grocery store.] Everything!

So I'm telling you--go! And I am so going back there for my folders and pads, etc.in the future--the young woman told me that every time you bring the bag you bought there back, you get 10% off.

P.S. The dress looks shorter on the model than it does on me. There was one left, and it fit me. As for the swimsuit, I didn't love the way the one-pieces looked on me. So I got a cute swim halter top in pattern Green Bean Daisy Darling that I hope to wear with a skirted bottom I already have.