HAUL: $100 at Salvation Army

Yesterday I had some time to kill for about 4 hours while my car underwent some work. I had the auto shop's courtesy shuttle drop me off at my favorite Salvation Army Family Store, where I proceeded to nab some really great deals before the shuttle came back to pick me up.

The Goods

Blue & gray flowered dress

Flowered dress

Black lace dress

Blue & white dress

Fuschia tank top

Black & white tank top

White V-neck tank top

Button-down shirt

Comfy jeans

Dark jeans

Black slacks

Bolero-style sweater

Silver cardigan sweater

Striped pitcher

Disposable plates

6 books

Glazed Murder, Jessica Beck

Simple French Desserts, Jill O'Connor

Murder Melts in Your Mouth, Nancy Martin

The Essential Pasta Cookbook, Whitecap Books

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Dog Care & Behavior, Bruce Fogle

Ultimate Cake, Barbara Maher

Altogether, I bought 21 items for $100.56 after taxes. Now that's a good shopping spree!

Continue reading for all the nitty-gritty details.

The Details

My haul today ranged from cookbooks to dresses and included:

• 4 dresses: 1 blue & gray flowered Chadwick's dress for $5.99, 1 pink & green flowered Talbot's dress for $3.99, 1 black lace XXI mini-dress for $4.99, and 1 New York & Company blue & white polka-dotted dress with removable straps for $9.99
  Compare at, respectively, $30+, $100+, $15+, and $60+.
• 3 tank tops: 1 fuschia New York & Company tank for $2.99, 1 black & white Jones New York tank for $2.99, and 1 fitted white New York & Company tank for $3.99
  Compare at $25+ for New York & Company and $30+ for Jones New York.
• 1 shirt: 1 teal plaid button-down long-sleeve shirt from Warp and Weft for $3.99
  Compare at $35+.
• 2 pairs of jeans: 1 pair of X2 "curvy" X31 jeans for $5.99 and 1 pair of J.Jill dark stretch jeans for $4.99
  Compare at $50 to $200 for X2 (custom-fit brand of jeans from Express) and $79 to $89 for J.Jill.
• 1 pair of slacks: 1 pair of black Lee comfort waistband stretch slacks for $4.99
  Compare at $54.
• 2 sweaters: 1 Ann Taylor black bolero-style 3/4-length sleeve sweater for $3.99 and 1 frenchi silver long-sleeve sweater for $3.99
  Compare at $68 to $78 for Ann Taylor and $38 to $68 for frenchi.
• 1 pitcher: 1 multi-colored striped ceramic pitcher for $5.99
  Compare at $9.99.
• 45 disposable plates: 3 brand new 15-plate sets of eco-friendly, biodegradable disposable plates made from corn syrup resin for $2.99/set
  Compare at $5/set.
• Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck
  #1 in the Donut Shop mystery series
  MSRP: $7.99 | PP: $0.99 | Savings: 88% | Amazon.com or BN.com
• Simple French Desserts by Jill O'Connor
  MSRP: $16.95 | PP: $3.99 | Savings: 77% | Chronicle Books
• Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy Martin
  #7 in the Blackbird Sisters mystery series
  MSRP: $22.95 | PP: $1.99 | Savings: 91% | Amazon.com or BN.com
• The Essential Pasta Cookbook by Whitecap Books
  List Price: $19.95 | PP: $3.99 | Savings: 80% | BN.com
• The Complete Illustrated Guide to Dog Care & Behavior by Bruce Fogle
  List Price: $19.98 | PP: $3.99 | Savings: 80% | BN.com
• Ultimate Cake by Barbara Maher
  List Price: $24.95 | PP: $3.99 | Savings: 84% | BN.com