Dress Shirts

[filsdepac]

BTW, Robin, I believe the Men's Half-Yearly sale starts December 26. While going out on the day after Christmas is less than desirable, that's when Nordstrom will have the best selection on sale. By day 2 it is already somewhat picked over.

The ultimate is the anniversary sale each summer; even the new stuff is on sale and they have all the sizes. If you get a Nordstrom debit card, you get early access. I'm sure you know this, just saying for Robin to mark his calendar.

[Donuthole]

That is what the sales-dude told me too, so I'm effed. I'll be in St. George on the 26th. No Nordy in Saint Geordy.

Hey, i'll be in St. Double G as well. Let's grab breakfast, and we can commiserate about our non-presence at the NMHYS.

[RobinFinderson]

BTW, Robin, I believe the Men's Half-Yearly sale starts December 26. While going out on the day after Christmas is less than desirable, that's when Nordstrom will have the best selection on sale. By day 2 it is already somewhat picked over.

That is what the sales-dude told me too, so I'm effed. I'll be in St. George on the 26th. No Nordy in Saint Geordy.

[Donuthole]

BTW, Robin, I believe the Men's Half-Yearly sale starts December 26. While going out on the day after Christmas is less than desirable, that's when Nordstrom will have the best selection on sale. By day 2 it is already somewhat picked over.

[Shaka]

I gotta be honest here. When I read that a whole family of intelligent, beautiful, successful people choose Disneyland as their clan vacation, I lose some respect. Which is not to say that I don't appreciate your advice (Just the other day I went and scouted out the good shirts in advance of the sale). Disneyland? Is this some case of arrested development? It would take some HUGE incentive to get me to go anywhere near that place. Just my opinion, and probably a minority opinion at that, but I feel it with every fiber of my being.

Bah humbug!

[HauteCoug]

Hey, if you have kids, that is a whole different thing. But theme parks, in general, just creep me out. They are kind of like a park version of clowns, all painted up to be an exaggerated expression of something that they aren't, which is fun. All of the shaking, and getting splashed on a stupid log ride, and getting waved at by a bear, and the expensive horrible food... there isn't enough weed in SoCal to get me to enjoy Disneyland.

oh, and good luck with the sale. Ask the manager or assistant manager of sportwear and furnishings which items will be going on sale. I imagine a salesperson might not be totally helpful since they'll want a sale then and there, but the managers would be down to make an appointment with you.

I found out that the men's departments bring one third of their year's volume during the month of December. You guys don't like to shop a whole lot, do you?!

[HauteCoug]

Hey, if you have kids, that is a whole different thing. But theme parks, in general, just creep me out. They are kind of like a park version of clowns, all painted up to be an exaggerated expression of something that they aren't, which is fun. All of the shaking, and getting splashed on a stupid log ride, and getting waved at by a bear, and the expensive horrible food... there isn't enough weed in SoCal to get me to enjoy Disneyland.

It's more about the memories made for them, and the nostalgia for the rest of us. The kids are really what makes it so fun, and then it's an opportunity for us to be childlike with them. We all have other opportunities to take vacations and time away that are more suitable for our actual ages, but I love the experience I get to have with my nieces and nephews, as well as my siblings.

By the way, you sound like an ex-boyfriend of mine. We quite literally broke up the weekend after a Disneyland trip with our friends because he was such a jackass the whole time. I'm not saying you're innately a jackass, but I imagine you'd probably hate it as much as he did, and make sure that everyone knew it.

[RobinFinderson]

My kids are pretty young compared to most BYU grads my age with children. They still enjoy Disneyland, and we'll go every year until they stop loving it. I see nothing wrong with Disneyland at all.

Hey, if you have kids, that is a whole different thing. But theme parks, in general, just creep me out. They are kind of like a park version of clowns, all painted up to be an exaggerated expression of something that they aren't, which is fun. All of the shaking, and getting splashed on a stupid log ride, and getting waved at by a bear, and the expensive horrible food... there isn't enough weed in SoCal to get me to enjoy Disneyland.

[Viking]

I gotta be honest here. When I read that a whole family of intelligent, beautiful, successful people choose Disneyland as their clan vacation, I lose some respect. Which is not to say that I don't appreciate your advice (Just the other day I went and scouted out the good shirts in advance of the sale). Disneyland? Is this some case of arrested development? It would take some HUGE incentive to get me to go anywhere near that place. Just my opinion, and probably a minority opinion at that, but I feel it with every fiber of my being.

My kids are pretty young compared to most BYU grads my age with children. They still enjoy Disneyland, and we'll go every year until they stop loving it. I see nothing wrong with Disneyland at all.

[RobinFinderson]

p.s. I'm back from the Viking clan D-Land trip and it was great as usual, mostly controlled by Baby Viking's mood swings and the hilarious pictures the Viking kiddos take.

I gotta be honest here. When I read that a whole family of intelligent, beautiful, successful people choose Disneyland as their clan vacation, I lose some respect. Which is not to say that I don't appreciate your advice (Just the other day I went and scouted out the good shirts in advance of the sale). Disneyland? Is this some case of arrested development? It would take some HUGE incentive to get me to go anywhere near that place. Just my opinion, and probably a minority opinion at that, but I feel it with every fiber of my being.

[HauteCoug]

I agree, its a crazy policy. I never would have tried to return the shirt if they didn't tout that option as a selling point.

Mrs. Grace worked at Nordstrom when we first moved here and the stuff people would return was insane. Bras and underwear that were yellow and stained and from lines the store didn't even carry anymore.

And the policy regarding theft was equally nuts. Mrs. G could watch people grab stuff and shove it in their pockets and not do anything about it.

while I think that's gross, when you have a policy as open as they (and Costco) do then it's bound to be abused.

but seriously, yellow underwear? how disgusting is that?

As a response to all of the above - it basically guarantees that individuals who have thousands to spend will spend it with Nordstrom and not NM or Saks or Bloomies, because they know that if ANYTHING goes wrong, they will be taken care of. There are people who abuse it, but I'm pretty sure it's marginal as compared to the overall clientele.

I'm pretty sure Collectors pieces have different rules around them as far as returns go, and I know I've bought dresses that had a tag saying you could return the fine evening wear with tags still attached. But outside of those two cases I don't see anything else that would indicate that they wouldn't accept anything. It is what it is.

But it's definitely why I get my friends gifts from there, just in case something doesn't work. Also, they can track your purchases so effectively. It's pretty nice.

[TripletDaddy]

Victoria Secrets
Red Robins

A woman in my MIL's ward said she liked eating at "Mi Ranchitos."

[Portland Ute]

dang. right idea, execution needs work. I'm with you, though.

ZCMIs
Subways
Beehive Clothings

Victoria Secrets
Red Robins

[pellegrino]

Mrs. Grace worked at Nordstrom when we first moved here and the stuff people would return was insane. Bras and underwear that were yellow and stained and from lines the store didn't even carry anymore.

And the policy regarding theft was equally nuts. Mrs. G could watch people grab stuff and shove it in their pockets and not do anything about it.

while I think that's gross, when you have a policy as open as they (and Costco) do then it's bound to be abused.

but seriously, yellow underwear? how disgusting is that?

[MarkGrace]

Mrs. Grace worked at Nordstrom when we first moved here and the stuff people would return was insane. Bras and underwear that were yellow and stained and from lines the store didn't even carry anymore.

And the policy regarding theft was equally nuts. Mrs. G could watch people grab stuff and shove it in their pockets and not do anything about it.