M&S shock!

In January I decided to lose weight. I bought a posh fitted frock off the M&S sale rail, reduced from £55 to £5.49! Even better, it finally fits me now!

That happened to me in M&S once too - few years ago though! Lovely pair of jeans fitted perfectly but a bit long -£4.99. Took the hem up myself, and absolutely delighted with them. Can't help but smile at my bargain every time I wear them haha!

Years ago, my mother used to make clothes for M&S. They made things specially for the sales.

When we moved house years ago I saw a fantastic really stylish pure wool coat in the Oxford Street Pantheon store but it was far more than I could afford even without currently having the vast expense of moving. Some weeks later in our local branch there was the coat hanging at the front of the reduced rail, in my size, for £10. That has to be the best clothing buy I ever made as I wore that coat for years,. It always looked expensive and drew comments, and I finally passed it to a charity shop. Those were the days - pure new woolmark label, made in England, and made to last.

Gosh. I had no idea that they slashed their prices to such an extent. Some happy shoppers around!

Yesterday I went into our local M & S store for fruit and got sidetracked by the sale rails.
I got a long navy/white swishy calf length summer dress £39 for £7, and an embroidered white cotton top £29.50 for £3.99. Rails and Rails but I was in a great hurry for an appointment.... Darn !!

I was a bit miffed when I found the pretty top I'd bought for £11 in the sale was now £5.50, but then found a frilly shirt that DiL liked which was now £7 instead of £35. She wears it with a leather jacket and looks really cool (and not a bit M&S!)

I had a look online after reading this thread - but the sale has finished online and presumably all the stuff not sold has gone to the outlet stores.

There is not one anywhere near us.

That's even better.

I wasn't in an outlet just a main store.

I love to rummage in the clearance rails in our outlet. I've had some great bargains. I think it's just your luck, being there at the right time.
I once phoned my daughter at work to say I had picked up a £99 Per Una coat for £9 and did she want it. "I'm not sure," she said, "I'm being careful this month!" Of course, I ended up buying it for her.

I picked up a necklace that I liked in M&S a couple of years ago , when I got to the till it came up at about £1:99, I have worn it constantly and love it.
I have heard of this happening before, but how are we to know?

I am very small! Perhaps she didn't see me.

Or a sturdy umbrella.

Didn't you have your shillalah with you Mary ?

It just looked a nice blouse, then I spotted the price tag and wondered what it was made of.
Today in our M&S, I actually got pushed out of the way by an elderly lady, because she wanted to look at something on the £3 trouser rail and I was in her way! You take your life in your hands in our outlet.

Are you not tempted to casually leave the £99 price tag on Marydoll!

I just picked up a pair of trousers this morning and they were £3. I am delighted, as I would have paid a lot more for them.
I recently picked up a silk blouse for £5 in our M&S outlet . The original price tag of £99 was still on it, not that I would have paid that for it.

Lovely. I hate to shop so this never happens to me.

It's never happened to me before. Doubt it ever will again!

Lucky you Jane I find that all the bargains are in either size 10 or size 20, fine if they are your sizes, but hard luck for anybody else.

Lucky find. Usually if I find something like that it's in the wrong size.