Deal King Extraordinaire, Mike, conjured up his amazing savings abilities once again. He woke me one night last week (or was it the week before?) to say that he had found incredible deals at the Sears.com store and thought I should take a look. Convinced by the earnestness in his voice, I dragged my ass out of bed to discover that he was more than right. Sears was closing out its summer clothes line and had discounted items down to pocket change.

For a grand total of $12.94, including tax ($.85) and shipping ($6.25), I managed to snag two tank tops, a stretch cami, an embroidered henley, a tee shirt, and a very nice Liz Claiborne button down. Yes, beachcombers, you read that right. 6 shirts for $12.94.

I received my order today and am quite pleased with the merchandise. I have to admit that clothing companies have certainly adjusted their definition of “small” to fit an ever growing populace, but with one wash, I should be able to shrink most of it to fit nicely. As an added bonus, the clothes came with their original price tags so I was able to calculate that I should have paid $103.96 for all of these items (if I were a sucker, of course). How’s that for savings?!?

Thanks for waking me and encouraging a healthy clothes habit, Mike!