This one is about pants.

My job is one that requires me to wear dress clothes every day, and finding pants that fit really well is probably one of my biggest challenges.  Oh sure, laugh it up if you want, but I need to look good when I head to the office   This is particularly challenging for someone of my diminutive size, but this last fall I hit the jackpot when out looking for something else at Kohl’s.  It was there that I found the Dockers D4 line of relaxed fit khakis, and they are excellent.  I bought two pairs and they served me well all throughout my fall travel season.

Please forgive that momentary diversion from our normal content; I promise, there is a point here related to life and money.  When you decide to make all of your purchases with cash, everything that you buy takes on a new level of importance.  Add to this the fact that I’m wearing this stuff every day to work and I end up being really thoughtful about what I’m buying.

I’ve had it on my to-do list to pick up another pair of these for the winter/spring, but Kohl’s didn’t have them in the color I was looking for or on sale.  So where did I turn?  Why, the Internet, of course.  You know, that place where you never have to pay full price for anything.  I hit up Amazon first, and they had a selection of the same Dockers, but not really on sale, either.  So I headed over to Kohls online store to see if they had any in stock there.  They had plenty, and the first thing I noticed was that they had a buy one, get one half-off sale.  Nice.  Here’s what I was looking at in terms of total cost:

2 pairs of Dockers ($34.99 + $17.49) = $52.48
Sales tax = $3.15
Shipping = $8.95
Total = $64.58

Now, if there’s one thing I know it’s that if you’re willing to look for it, you can always find a promo code for free shipping.  I logged on to RetailMeNot, plugged in Kohls.com and saw that they have several codes that seemed to be working well for people.  I decided to use “SHOPNSAVE” which promised 15% off any purchase between January 26-27, 2010.  Went back to my order at Kohls and immediately noticed that it would accept not 1, but 2 promo codes.  So, I plugged in “FREEJAN” as well—free shipping on pretty much any order.

So, here’s how my purchase ended up:

2 pairs of Dockers = $52.48
15% off = -$7.48
Tax = $2.68
Shipping = FREE
Total = $47.29

Without any promotions and pants at regular price, the total would have been $83.13.  With the discount and promotion codes, I saved 44%, which is just excellent if you ask me.  Do your research—your pants will thank you.

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