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When I Went On Vacation, I brought…

Hello again!

First things first: I have been on vacation! I wanted to show you the three outfits I brought, in addition to the airplane/ travel clothes I wore on travel days, that are comfy, comfy, but not something I took pictures of.

Bruised Berry Spacedye outfit. Bruised berry 105 F Singlet, Bruised Berry Spacedye Inspire Crops and Flow Y bra

Ziggy Wee October Angel Wing Cool Racerback and matching Bang Buster, Heathered Fossil Dhanarasana Crop.

Special Edition USA Scuba Hoodie, See Me Run Slipless Headband, In the Flow dress in Heathered Medium Grey, Heathered Fossil Vinyasa Scarf

Second: I did not cover this weeks upload, I won’t be covering them all, but also: It was so boring. There were a few tops released, but that was about it. Lululemon said that the new Savasana wraps would be coming out in July- let’s hope they arrive next week. Even “We Made Too Much” was boring this week, with only re-stocks of things that were already on markdown. I went to my local store, bored from the disappointing upload and left with a Wamo Camo CRB on markdown. Have y’all purchased anything recently? I’m loving Bruised Berry, but I pretty much have everything I want from that colorway as of right now- although I am tempted by the heathered Swiftlies.

Swiftly Scoop Neck Short Sleeve in Heathered Bruised Berry

Swiftly Racerback in Heathered Bruised Berry

UPDATE: I see that the Stride Jackets are coming back this week, and I think that’s a lot of excitement for many Lulu addicts. I would prefer them to be released in more colorful patterns, but I think they’ll be gorgeous anyways.

Lululemon Outfit of the Day

In honor of my recent post, “All About Savasana Wraps,” I have decided to wear mine today!

I hope you like it!

This is the Savasana Wrap in Razzmatazz Ombre. I’ve paired it with my Wunder Under Crops in Vintage Pink/ Cadet Blue Space Dye. And, when I’m not rocking the toe shoes (Vibrams), I’m wearing my trusty Toms.

Thanks for visiting!

UPDATE!

Browsing the groups, specifically, Lululemon A to Z, which is amazing for color recognition, I have updated the color to reflect the collective knowledge of the ladies in A to Z. Here’s a link to the best group to find out what you have- if you’re unsure about item name or color: https://www.facebook.com/groups/203830626427843/

All About The Savasana Wrap!

So, I have a small confession, I only own one of these amazing things. But this post is going to be ALL ABOUT The Savasana Wrap.

I absolutely love the Savasana wrap. It’s perfect for fall, and coming out again in July! I’m so excited!

Here’s the product information about the wrap:

1. This long, loose-fit style is great for layering on the way

to the studio and ideal as a blanket during savasana!

2. Our own blend of breathable cotton French terry

with stretch so it won’t bag out!

3. Use one, two, three or all the snaps to customize fit

4. Cozy side pockets to keep your hands warm

5. Preshrunk so that there are no surprises when washed!

Fit: The Savasana wrap is a very forgiving item, with regards to fit. The main metric I would consider when purchasing one is the sleeves. If the sleeves are too tight, it’s probably not going to be very comfortable, and if they’re too loose it might look frumpy. I wear my regular size in the Savasana wrap, so I would say that they’re true to size. But I’ve heard that some people size down. I would also be a great maternity piece, as there’s a lot of room in the front.

There are a few different ways to wear the Savasana wrap. You can wear it with all the snaps done up.

All the Buttons done up, with the collar turned down.

You can wear it with some of the buttons done up. And Lululemon often makes the liner adorable! Some cute examples:

Savasana Wrap with Pencil Sketch Interior

As you can see, if you wear it with some of the buttons done up, and the liner exposed, it actually looks even cuter than with all the buttons done up, in my opinion. The final option is to leave it completely open. You’ll find some examples below:

Heathered Wren / Coal Strata Stripe Savasana Wrap worn open

Savasana Wrap, worn open. Not 100% sure on the color. This was featured on "Hey Lululemon.com" during the contest, and I've never seen it before. My best guess is that this is one of the colours that will be available in July. — Savasana Wrap, worn open. Not 100% sure on the color. This was featured on “Hey Lululemon.com” during the contest, and I’ve never seen it before. My best guess is that this is one of the colours that will be available in July.

As mentioned in the product information, these Savasana wraps are designed to be used as a blanket during Savasana. When laid out, they are square. Here’s an example.

I have another post called “All about Scuba Hoodies,” if you enjoyed this one.

I also want to mention that last time these were released they retailed for $118, I hope Lululemon sticks with that price point.

Anyways, I really can’t wait to get my hands on these. I really hope to see some creative designs and the good old fashioned quality that was typical of these in prior releases. What are your thoughts on the Savasana wrap? Adorable? Fashionable? Frumpy? Let me know in the comments below!

UPDATE: July 29th, 2014

Today’s the day that Lululemon uploaded the NEW 2014 Savasana wraps! I’m happy to report that they DID stick with the $118 retail price.

Savasana Wrap in Black with Cadet Blue liner

Savasana Wrap in Heathered Dune, Bruised Berry liner

As far as the liner colours- I’ll be honest, I’m guessing. Both are now sold out/ out of stock. I have yet to purchase one. The reason being that I am still waiting for the Dune/ Jewelled Magenta one that I believe will be the next colour released. It’s just a guess, but honestly, I’ve never seen the colour pictured above. Have any of you? If you know what it is, please let me know. Maybe I’m just engaging in wishful thinking, but I really hope there’s one with a Jewelled Magenta liner. *nudge, nudge, Lulu*

UPDATE:

So, it looks like Canada sold out in the Dune colour in 5 minutes and they’re getting Black next week. I’m still hopeful that we’ll get another color, but I’m starting to doubt it. I wonder if it will be available in the fall, perhaps? Or Christmas? I was really hoping that we’d get something more stain resistant than Dune and more exciting than black. (Or, if it has to be dune, that pretty Jewelled Magenta (?) liner will do nicely… I just won’t wear it around my little ones.) I have a black Gratitude Wrap and I just don’t need a Black Savasana Wrap.

As for the colours of the liners: I found a photo:

So, I was right about the Cadet Blue, but wrong about the Bruised Berry, as we can see from the photo it is Deep Zinfandel.

If we do get another colour, or if I hear anything- I’ll update here 🙂

UPDATE: July 31, 2014

From what I’m reading on Hey Lululemon.com, I don’t believe that we will be getting another colour SOON. However, I am still curious as to whether we’ll be getting one in the Fall, or November, right before the Christmas season. The comments made by Lululemon’s representatives said that they’d be releasing all the inventory at once, though there was a problem with the Dune on the Canadian side, so that will be released next week. I am still curious about the one I posted above and again, if any of you have seen the ‘what looks to be Jewelled Magenta lined Dune’ please let me know. If I see a re-stock, trust me, I’ll let you know, but somehow I imagine that eBay and the Facebook auction boards will see these first.

I guess that’s all for now-

Thanks for reading!

UPDATE: HeyLululemon.com has been retired by Lululemon as of May 16, 2016

Lululemon Outfit Of The Day

Hey y’all! Like I said, I really think it would be fun to do Outfits of the Day on this blog. I don’t know how many I’ll end up doing, or if I’ll do them every day or every few days, but here’s the second instalment of my OOTD!

Here I’m wearing a Heathered Paris Perfection Long Sleeve Swiftly, layered over a Paris Perfection Cool Racerback, paired with Plum Speed Tights.

Lululemon Outfit of the Day 1

I kind of want to start having a little more fun on here and I think an “outfit of the day” post will be a fabulous way to add some fun to this blog. So without further ado…

Pictured here is a Flash Flow Y bra, a Zing Pink 105 Singlet and Wunder Under Crops in Heathered Ultraviolet.

I love my 105 Singlets, I even wrote about them here.

Also pictured are my Vibram Five Fingers shoes, I wrote about those too, here.

What do you think about my outfit? Pretty bright, huh? Thanks for visiting!

Upload!

I want to do some new things on my blog- and I thought it could be fun to cover uploads more often than… rarely.

The Runsie got uploaded in black, and flowabunga black angel wing/ black. It’s made of Swift Ultra Light, has a secret pocket and the straps are adjustable.

The Runsie in Flowabunga Angel Wing Black/ Black

Here’s another fun photo. Here we see it in plain black as well. I think I might try this, it looks so comfortable.

Here’s the front:

The Stuff Your Bra Tank II is out in bleached coral/flowabunga mini multi, steep stripe cadet blue horizontal/cadet blue, opal and of course, plain black.

Here are a couple of fun photos:

Stuff Your Bra Tank 2 in steep stripe cadet blue horizontal/cadet blue

Those flats are cute- they kind of look like Tieks minus the blue base. I’m definitely going to try this tank on. It look super cute on her.

Here’s the Stuff Your Bra Tank in bleached coral/flowabunga mini multi, pictured with the Up Your Pace crops

Stuff Your Bra Tank in bleached coral/flowabunga mini multi with matching black/ bleached coral Up Your Pace Crops

This tank is looking great on everybody! Can’t wait to try it!

What are y’all gonna try/ buy?

Things I’m Loving Right Now!

I thought it was time for another instalment of “Things I’m Loving Right Now!” I haven’t done one in a while, and I felt that it was necessary to share these. I am absolutely in Lulu Love with these Inspire Crops.

They’re so gorgeous! However, I recently purchased the Not So Petit Fleur Inspire Crops, which are also made of the Full-On Luxtreme material and I found them to be too stiff. They didn’t hug my curves the way my other Luxtreme Inspire crops do. They fell down a little, and I felt like they might need to be broken in or something. Not like how my other Luxtreme crops fit perfectly the first time I tried them on. I also felt the need to size up, which was fine, it’s just that the Full-On Luxtreme material is not as stretchy as the original Luxtreme. I’m glad I bought these on mark down because I just don’t see me getting a whole lot of use out of them. They’re a very pretty pattern, in my opinion. Even though some people thought that they looked like granite counter top material, I still liked this pattern. They were marked down to $59, so I picked them up. Here they are:

Aren’t they pretty? Too bad they don’t fit as well as other Inspire crops I own. Oh well… Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else felt this way about the Full-On Luxtreme? Do you size up? Do you find it stiffer? Do they fall down on you at all? Are they perfect and you have no idea what I’m talking about? Either way: I would love to hear your opinion!

Thanks for reading!

How to get the BEST Deals on Lululemon

Hello everyone! I thought it would be fun for me to write an article, to help my loyal readers, and random Internet people who search for “how to find good deals on Lululemon.” In this article, I will cover all of my favorite methods for acquiring Lululemon for less than retail. Some of them require luck, others require time. All of them produce results.

I hope you find it useful!

eBay

There are a few ways to get cheap Lululemon clothes on eBay. While it is true that many of the items will sell for lower than retail, (as they are used, although, as I discuss in many other posts, there are exceptions), other items will sell for lower than average. For someone who is looking for a good deal, such as yourself, not only do you want to pay less than retail, you want to pay less than average. The average price an item sells for on eBay is what I call the market value of the item. However, once in a while, an item will sell for a great deal less than that price on eBay. It’s these outliers that I hope to help you obtain.

There are two ways to do this. One requires time. This method has you input your most general search term: whatever you are looking for, let’s say you’re looking for anything in a size 6, so you search eBay listings for “Lululemon 6.” After that, change the settings to “Ending Soonest,” and “Auction Only.” Then, you can browse the listings that are ending soonest for great deals. This can take a long time, I usually look through for the next 24 hours. I also recommend doing this on mid-week days, and other days when eBay is not going to be as busy, but those are very general terms on how to get good deals on eBay. I’ll try to stay Lululemon specific.

The second way requires a bit of luck! You can get good deals on Lululemon if you subscribe to mobile alerts from eBay that tell you when specific search terms you input come on the market. This is when you want to input your very specific search terms. Let’s say, for example, that your unicorn is a pair of Quiet Stripe Wunder Unders in a size 6. I would save & ask for eBay alerts for “Quiet Stripe Wunder Under 6.” Then, when someone lists some, you’ll be notified. The main way you can benefit from this is when someone posts a listing with a “Buy It Now” option. If you see it first, and you like the price, you can buy it then and get a great deal!

Groups

There are numerous groups dedicated to the buying, selling and trading of Lululemon items. Sometimes the best deals are located in long threads on pages like The Lululemon Market, other times the best deals are found in “Buy It Now” prices on the auction pages. Many of the auction pages also have $DOLLAR DOLLAR$ days, where all starting bids must be $1. Most decent items go for about market value, but once in a while an unpopular item in an unpopular size will go for much less.

Lulu Bones: subscribe to updates.

Other than trolling eBay and the groups for great deals, my favorite “low-priced” value page for Lululemon items is Lulu Bones. If you subscribe to updates from the page and have them sent to your mobile phone, you’re sure to spot the good deals as they arrive “in stock” on the page. People list their heavily used or slightly damaged Lululemon items here for CHEAP! The admins have set price limits, so no gouging occurs. You just have to decide whether the bleach stain or tiny hole is a problem for you.

Local Scores!

While this option is not necessarily available to everyone, I find that some of the very best deals I hear about are through local pages, thrift shops and, to a lesser extent, consignment stores. By local pages, I am referring primarily to Craigslist and Kijiji. Basically, local pages that foster transactions on an individual basis. I have a search saved on the Home Screen of my cell phone and I click it once in a while to see if there are any new items for sale. It makes it easier for me because I don’t have to go to the website and enter my search terms.

I think the term “thrift shop” is universally understood, but it’s important to know when to go in order to find the best deals. Obviously, if you have any way of knowing when they restock, that’s a good day to go, but if you’re unsure, I’d at least plan to go early in the morning, so that if they had restocked, at least you would be the first to get the deal.

The third place I’ve heard of people getting decent deals is in consignment shops. If you want to, you might be able to talk to the shop owner to see if any Lululemon items have come in recently. I find that consignment shop owners are often interested in helping me find specific items.

WMTM Upload TIME

Although it can be sporadic, especially around the holidays, I’ve found that We Made Too Much, Lululemon’s ‘sale’ section, gets uploaded very early on Thursday mornings.

Sales at your local shops.

The best days to go shopping at your local store, in my opinion are on the weekends. I’ve found that when I go in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the markdown racks are full of great deals, and when I go during the week, sometimes there’s not even a markdown rack on the sales floor. I’ve definitely gone in on a Tuesday only to walk out with nothing because I was looking for a deal, but found nothing on sale.

The Outlets

Again, this is a method that is location dependant, but if you find occasion to frequent an Outlet, I’d highly recommend it. Even if you are a popular size, like a 6, you might still be able to find some heavily marked down socks, underwear, bags, accessories, etc… In case you’re interested, here is a list of the locations of Lululemon outlets:

Fort Worth University Park Village – Fort Worth, TX (817) 882-8075 Lululemon Outlet Fort Worth

Minneapolis Albertville Premium Outlets – Albertville, MN (763) 497-0240 Lululemon Outlet Albertville

New York City Woodbury Common Premium Outlets – Central Valley, NY (845) 928-5470 Lululemon Outlet Central Valley

Portland, ME The Kittery Outlets – Kittery, ME (207) 438-9347 Lululemon Outlet Kittery

San Antonio San Marcos Premium Outlets – San Marcos, TX (512) 353-0281 Lululemon Outlet San Marcos

San Jose Gilroy Premium Outlets – Gilroy, CA (408) 846-4281 Lululemon Outlet Gilroy

Seattle The Outlet Shoppes at Burlington – Burlington, WA (360) 707-2982 Lululemon Outlet Burlington

Toronto Vaughan Mills – Vaughan, ON (905) 669-2039 Lululemon Outlet Vaughan

Walt Disney World Orlando Premium Outlets – Vineland Ave – Orlando, FL (407) 238-1076

Warehouse Sales

Much like the outlet locations, your attendance at the Warehouse sales will also likely be location dependant. The only exception I can think of is when Lululemon hosted a “Canadian Warehouse Sale,” online in mid-January of this year (2014). I have known women who have travelled up to 5 hours by car to attend a warehouse sale. I’ve never known a Lululemon addict to say that it wasn’t worth it and many return with quite sizeable hauls.

They often host warehouse sales in many different locations across North America, but the best way to stay informed about when and where they’ll be happening is to follow Lululemon’s blog or follow Lulumum or Lululemon Addict, as they typically cover warehouse sale information in their blogs. You can also follow me for news about Lululemon, and because you enjoyed this post. Congratulations, you’ve made it to the end! Now go forth and get a deal! Thanks for reading!

UPDATE!
I recently found this fabulous group that shares deals with each other that they find on eBay! It’s called Lululemon Deal Alerts and I love the concept! I signed up or alerts for this group too!

UPDATE Jan 2017

I recently discovered a group called Lululand. I love it! They share in-store markdowns and angel products to you! (Angel: someone who will purchase and ship and item to you)

PayPal, vs EMT, for my Canadian friends.

This question is periodically asked on the forums and there is a very important distinction between PayPal and EMT. I discuss PayPal at length in my post about Paying with PayPal: Goods or Gift?. For sellers, EMT is not risky. It’s like someone putting money in your account without having to send them anything first. There is zero recourse if you don’t send the item except that you might get removed from the group in which you arranged the sale. So, you should definitely save the post office receipt in order to prove to any group admins that the item was sent, should the post office lose it, or if it is stolen (etc.). I write about different Facebook groups to join in my post about How To Enter the Lululemon Market. As a seller it makes sense to use EMT as there are also no PayPal fees, and although it’s customary for buyers to add PayPal fees to their purchase, it still makes the item cheaper for the buyer if they don’t want to pay fees, but they could also pay as gift on PayPal and have the same level of protection (none). As a Buyer, EMT is very risky. Personally, I use EMT in two circumstances: 1: the item is very inexpensive ($20 or less) and the seller has requested that I pay with EMT. Otherwise, I might pay as gift on PayPal. 2: I trust the seller, who has been a long-standing member of the Lulu community and who I know would not risk her reputation for my money. I have EMT’d money a total of two times. I can imagine that by now, you can see where I’m going with this and that is that I overwhelmingly do not recommend EMT to buyers. It’s actually worse than paying as Gift on PayPal because there’s a chance that you can beg PayPal to refund you OR if you paid by credit card through PayPal you can ask your credit card to repay you. With EMT, it’s like paying in cash, then waiting for someone to go back home and get the item to you, while you wait.

I hope that this is informative to people, and I think that many of the scams that don’t involve counterfeit items have in some way been linked to EMT payments. So, I hope that this post helps people better understand their level of protection with EMT and to avoid scammers.

How to Determine the Value of Your Item- Part 3- Colors

I’ve written a main post about how to determine the value of your item & I’ve written another post on the same subject except regarding different fabrics. I would like to continue this train of thought, except regarding different colorways. It’s quite a phenomenon that some Lululemon items sell well on the aftermarket for retail or less in one color, but way over retail in another color. For example, most Gratitude Wraps are selling for between $130 and $200, but Stitch (color name) gratitude wraps are selling for an astounding $400! Here is one example of a competed listing:

This Gratitude Wrap sold for $450 on eBay.

So, there’s just one example of how an item can sell for a decent amount in one color, but for an astounding amount in another color.

So, lets explore other, similar examples. In a previous post I talked about a March We Are From Space Scuba hoodie that was absolutely gorgeous. Typically, I see it sell for somewhere around $150, but I’ve also seen it listed for as low as $120. However, MANY other Scuba hoodies sell for less than half that (depending on the condition), so once again, we see an example where an item, simply due to the colour, sells for a considerably higher price than retail. In general, Scubas sell for around $60, depending on condition of course, but for some reason I have noticed that people have difficulty selling them. My theory is that the shipping cost is so high (especially in Canada) that it would be almost unreasonable to sell them for less than $70- including shipping (meaning you get only about half of retail value ($50) for yourself), but most people (including myself) don’t like to pay much for used Scubas (unless they’re rare or amazing), so they remain unsold, as people would rather keep an item in their closet than absorb a significant loss. The reason I don’t like to pay much for Scubas is because, for me, a lot of their appeal comes from the cozy, soft interior and that diminishes after just a few washes, so for me, it’s not worth it to buy them used. It’s hard to find a Scuba in EUC for sale- at a reasonable price. However, to my point: there are special, unique colors in a lot of things Lululemon has made that make it more valuable.

Sea Wheeze Items

In my personal opinion, Sea Wheeze items are way over priced. But they are genuinely quite rare, so once they hit eBay, they get marked up significantly. They are your traditional items, CRBs, Speed shorts, Scuba Hoodies (etc), but they come in Sea Wheeze colors with a special Sea Wheeze insignia on them. Some of the stuff is cute, but a CRB is not worth $100 to me, no matter how cute it is.

This CRB from Sea Wheeze is selling on eBay for around $100.

I think that I will likely add more examples of colors that fetch higher prices in the future, but for now, I’ll leave it at this and remind you that before you sell your item it is really important to know what color it is, this way you can research the market value of your item. If you don’t know what color your item is I have a few pointers listed in previous posts and discuss it specifically here. Once you know what your item is, you’ll know what market value is and be able to fairly (for yourself and your buyers) price your item.

Happy Selling!