Well, despite my current money woes I went ahead and purchased myself a new dress:

So why did I get this lovely garment when I should be saving money as a precaution??

Well I’ll tell you. I got it for a song!

It all started with Asian Pear. She had a $50 gift certificate she couldn’t use, so she gave it to me. I started looking at the dresses on Kiyonna and settled on the Flaunt dress (pictured above). It came recommended from some plus-size fashion blogs I read, and it looked like a good cut anyway. (If you’re interested in Kiyonna’s clothing, please consider clicking through the banner ad on my site. I get a small kickback for each sale made. Thanks!)

I hemmed and hawed and finally decided to get it. First I wanted it in black to be my LBD, but then when I found an LBD at the clothing swap I changed my mind. When I went on today I was ready to get it in a sexy red–but they were sold out! Noooo!!!

Luckily I also kind of liked it in the blue (it will probably look great on me since I’m blonde… every shade of blue goes with me!) so I decided to get it anyway.

Here’s the fun frugal part: it was only $38 Canadian!!!

With the help of Pear’s gift certificate, a free shipping promotion and a 20% off code I got for joining Kiyonna’s Facebook page I saved 66% off of the original price!

I’m pretty proud of myself.

There will be a small additional cost for shipping–I had it sent to my aunt in the US to get the free shipping, then she is going to mail it to me as a “gift” but it shouldn’t be more than $10 to get it here. And I’m ok with that!

Yay! I can’t wait for my new dress!