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Hooray — the Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale has begun (online, at least) today!
If you have time to take a look, these are the deals we're seeing:
- Great deals on lingerie from Natori, Wacoal, Commando, Hanky Panky, and Skims
- Lots of nice affordable options for workwear from Vince Camuto, Halogen, Open Edit, and CeCe
- Some of the middle-tier brands for workwear come down to really reasonable prices, including Favorite Daughter, Ted Baker, Reiss, and even some L’Agence
- Fancier workwear brands have nice deals also, including Smythe, Rag & Bone, Boss, Theory, Lafayette 148, Reiss, Vince — and designer brands like Akris, Veronica Beard, Smythe, Nili Lotan, Jil Sander, Khaite, Fendi, and Dolce & Gabanna
- There are more party options than work options, but lots of nice deals on FARM Rio, Maggy London, Eliza J, Diane von Furstenberg,
- Deals on (mostly) weekend wear like Treasure & Bond, Madewell, Marine Layer, and Good American
- Good sale options for shoes like Tory Burch, Sam Edelman, Marc Fisher LTD, AGL, Stuart Weitzman, Vionic, UGG
- Nice options for bags from Tumi, Tory Burch, Mansur Gavriel, and Longchamp
- Save on athleisure like Zella and Beyond Yoga
- Lots of sale jeans from Paige, Frame, Mother, Wit & Wisdom, AG, Topshop, and Good American
- Beauty sales – I'm seeing big sales on Tom Ford, as well as a lot of deals for NARS, Bobbi Brown, Oribe, ARMANI beauty, and LOTS of little gift sets.
Anon
Ooh stocked up on some of my Kiel’s. Thanks!
jm
What do you like from them – what makes them great overall?
jm
I’m looking at some of the cleansers but they say you can’t use around the eyes.
AIMS
Not the OP, but I really love their Magic Hair Elixer as a once a week hair treatment.
Anon
I like the Crème de Corps body crème, the whipped one, and one of my beard-sporting loved ones uses their beard oil. I also like the avocado eye cream.
Anon
This is the whipped body cream. It’s indulgent. The kind of thing I open on my birthday and enjoy for a while.
Anon
https://www.nordstrom.com/s/3131726?size=8%20oz
Series I
Can someone explain Series I bonds to me like I’m 5. I bought 10k of these last year when the yield was high. I just checked and the current interest is 3.38%. I’ve held mine over a year. Should I redeem them and put this in my savings account (which earns 5%) or better yet, towards a line of credit I have at a variable rate that currently has an 8% interest rate? What’s the downside of redeeming them? Thanks!
Anon
You pay a small penalty if you cash in before 5 years. I believe it’s 3 months of lost interest. There may be situations where that’s worth it.
If you anticipate paying educational expenses with them and you qualify by income, there are big advantages (the growth is tax free). https://www.treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/tax-information-ee-i-bonds/using-bonds-for-higher-education/
I bonds are an important part of our college savings for our kid, but we wouldn’t have them otherwise.