I've found great deals online at Elite Appliance: www.eliteappliance.com They also just happen to have a showroom in Dallas that I was able to visit. So far so good on customer service, even though we haven't bought anything yet, I'm receiving multiple quotes on the kinds of items we are in the market for. The particular rep who was helping us asked us all the right questions, heard my questions and concerns, explained brands I wasn't familiar with, and tried to steer me in a general right direction for our wants and needs. Plus they offer all brands from high-end to not so and all the prices seem to be as reasonable as I can find. The showroom also had floor models and open box deals that were discounted even more. Hope that helps!

I totally get it. The house we own now was that way for me. I passed it at least twice a day for years. Though hard to see from the road, once I noticed it, I looked for it each time. The first day I looked in the newspaper for a larger house that would house our expanding family and business, there was an advertisement for an open house. "I know that house, I've always loved it. We need to go look." They were asking way too much money. The paint on the outside was peeling. The electric bill was sure to be more money than our current mortgage... We low balled them, contingent on the sale of our property. The realtor didn't even want to waste his time... Sure enough, the owners received a full price offer and we were dead in the water. We kept looking but couldn't find anything that met our needs for both business and family. This house had a full basement with an outside entrance and plenty of room for our family. Meanwhile we put our house on the market. As usual, we were selling it ourselves with no agents involved. It sold in one day. We were starting to freak out when we got a call from the Realtor stating the full price offer fell through. We upped our bid by $5,000 and made another insulting offer. This time, they countered. We countered back and ended up getting the house for $47,000. Less than the asking price. I was never so excited in my life. My dream house was built in 1912, was solid in build and had been updated in the early 70's. It had harvest gold everything, including shag carpets, plaid wallpaper in the kitchen with contrasting vinyl flooring. Some original windows existed but many had aluminum replacements that were failing and sliding glass aluminum doors that led to a rotting (huge) deck. It needed a new roof, electrical, a new well, plumbing and the paint was peeling. Bathrooms all needed work but I was thrilled. My best friend couldn't believe it when she saw it, after telling her I found my dream home. Lol. Twenty four years later, we are still throwing money at it but I still love my house and I honestly believe that my house loves me. I know it's a long story but I believe if that place is meant to be yours, it will be yours. Just keep the focus and good luck!! Believe!!!

I prefer Lands End styles better, and most of their clothing comes in petites. Bean doesn't offer nearly as much in petite sizing. I will admit to owning 5 of L.L.Beans Corduroy Big Shirts. If they come out with any more colors that I want, I'll get more. They wear, wash and dry like a dream. I love, love them! I have 4 Lands End Cotton cardigan sweaters all in the same style, and many other tops from Lands End. A quick count in my closet just now came to 9 tops and that is just the long sleeved ones. In the summer clothes box there are many more. I can't say that one brand is any better than the other. Both are always good quality. But like others said, Lands End seem to fit me better.

Oh, good! I just got home, and it's nice to see a bunch of you took advantage of the bargain. Desert_bound, did you figure it out? Somewhere in the ordering process there's a place that asks if you have a coupon, gift card, or promotion code. If you click one of the choices, it'll take you to another screen where you can type in the code and PIN. Socks mentioned Retailmenot......that's a great coupon site. I ordered two wind chimes from WindChime.com as Christmas gifts this week, and before I placed the order I checked Retailmenot -- and found a $10 off coupon code! The wind chimes were on sale, so all in all it was a very good deal.