I’m always excited when it’s time for the Nordstrom anniversary sale. As a long-time, devoted Nordstrom customer, I know that sales at the store are not to be beat. And Nordstrom has big sales during the year. One, there is the half-yearly sale, which occurs twice a year. The dates for that sale are usually…
I never knew you could get alterations at Nordstrom until three things happened. One, I started getting clothes from Trunk Club (sadly, now closed down). Two, I joined The Nordy Club, the Nordstrom rewards program. Rewards including earning points towards “free” alterations at Nordstrom. And, three, I got a Nordstrom card. One of the card’s…
Did you know that Nordstrom restaurants are worth making time to visit? I know that I was suspicious when someone suggested I grab a meal at the cafe in my local Nordstrom department store. However, then I made time to eat there. And boy was I pleasantly surprised. Nordstrom cafe food is delicious. And it…
Decades ago when I was a beauty reporter for Allure Magazine, I covered the opening of the Nordstrom Spa at the Somerset Collection Mall. You see, I was living in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the time. That Nordstrom Spa — or Spa Nordstrom as it’s now called — was located in Troy, Michigan, about an…
After Trunk Club shut down, the Nordstrom Personal Shopper department reached out to let me know that they could set me up with a personal stylist near me. That is, since I was already an established customer at the Pittsburgh Nordstrom department store, I could work with one of their stylists at any time. Again,…
Why write an article about Nordstrom vs Nordstrom Rack? Because after the success of my Nordstrom Anniversary Sale article and the questions readers asked of me, I realized that many people don’t realize the differences between Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack. Yes, they are owned by the same company. And there is some overlap between Nordstrom…
I do so much of my clothes shopping at Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack that I never stopped to think about the brands that are exclusive to Nordstrom. However, in researching this article, I took a trip through my own closet. There, I found at least a dozen items that were Nordstrom private label brands. They…
Recently, I took advantage of the Nordstrom ship-to-store option, to my local Nordstrom Rack and wondered if I could use curbside pickup to get it. Unfortunately, the Nordstrom Rack location near me doesn’t have curbside pickup available. I assumed it would. However, I recently learned that no Nordstrom Rack locations offer Curbside Pickup. Even so,…
Unfortunately, Nordstrom announced in May 2022 that they were shutting down Trunk Club. I’m very sad to share that Nordstrom Trunk Club is closing/has closed. For other online styling options, including Stitch Fix, please check out this post. For information on shopping the Nordstrom anniversary sale annually, this article can help. In addition, you can…
As I predicted in this article about Amazon Prime Day, other retailers are offering their own shopping holidays. At one point we had Wayfair Way Day and then Target joined the fray with Target Deal Days shopping holiday in October. Then in 2023 Target introduced Circle Week. And it’s only grown since then, especially with…
Have you ever wondered who makes private label store brands? And did you wonder if these non-name brands were worth buying? For example, I never have a problem buying Kirkland brand products, which are the private label from Costco. I’ve discovered that Kirkland, the Costco store brand, makes better strawberry preserves than Smuckers. In addition,…
When you hear the phrase Target recycling, you may think about buying recycling bins and other supplies at Target. And you would be right–sort of. I mean, of course Target sells recycling bins and things made from recycled materials. However, what I’m referring to here is the recycling that you can do for free at…
I wrote this article about how to compare Uggs kids sizes with adult sizes for a simple reason: I wanted to provide information and resource to help you with your shopping. Therefore, while educating you on how you might save money on Uggs by buying children’s sizes — if you have small feet — I’m…
Are you looking for help figuring out how to convert youth to women’s shoe sizes? Or do you have a kid with big feet and you want to be able to buy them a shoe in a women’s size for a perfect fit? When my own daughters were little kids, they both went through puberty…
You know how I know how impossible it is to find the best wide width shoes for women? Because I have double wide feet. Do you have wide or double wide width feet like I do? Are you looking for double wide shoes for ladies? Maybe you even call your feet fat because they are…
Do you know the difference between Super Target vs Target stores? Turns out all of these iterations of Target are both different and the same. Yeah, I know that sounds oxymoronic. But stick with me as I explain the differences between Super Target vs Target. I learned so much in researching this article. What is…
When I first wrote a version of this article in February for Food Drink Life, asking why size-inclusive fashion doesn’t include women with wide feet, I had no idea that other writers were tracking the lack of inclusivity, too. Not so much from a shoe perspective but from a runway perspective. For example, Glamour UK…
Are you a procrastinator? And are looking for easy anniversary gifts you can buy at the last minute? In other words, who among us hasn’t put off buying a gift, be it a birthday present or last minute anniversary gift? I’ve been married for nearly 30 years, and I know when my wedding anniversary is….