Hot Tip of the Week

1) Ugh, it’s swim suit shopping season again. If you’re in the market for a new swim suit, the first job is to allow a lot of time. Trying on suits to find that perfect one, takes time and patience. You’ll need to try on around ten suits to find the perfect one.

The most important factor is fit. A suit must fit well to be flattering. Forget about the tag size and try on a bunch of suits in a size range. You’ll want to get one with Lycra content for the best fit and quality.

2) Several Sales are in downtown LA this weekend. So it’s worth the effort to hit them all at once. The Warehouse Sale- LA Convention Center, The Von Dutch Sale, The Saint Grace Warehouse Sale are all within a couple miles of each other. Check the Hot Sales page. Go sic ‘em!

Hot Deal of the Week

Larry St. John Furniture Islands is closing their Eagle Rock location and liquidating all remaining sofas and loves seats at that location at 50%-70% below retail.

Open only on weekends now, you’ll find deals like an all leather sleeper sofa in a queen at $999. Retail on this beauty is $1888. A Barcelona sofa would normally retail at $1600. Larry St. John’s regular price is $1134, but at the closing sale in Eagle Rock it’s $799. An all leather sectional retails at $3768 But the Eagle Rock store’s closeout sale has it at $1495.
This is a cash and checks only sale. Bring your own truck, wrappings & help to load. Local delivery is available for an additional charge. All items are sold AS-IS… No returns, no credits, no warranties, no exchanges. Read More

Larry St. John Furniture Island, 2030 W. Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock

Sale is only at the Eagle Rock location on weekends only thru the end of April. It’s bargain business as usual at the Gardena Warehouse.

Hot Pick of the Week

If you’re whiter than a sheet of paper and want a bit of color before you bathing suit shop, try A Tan For All Seasons in Northridge. This full service tanning salon has 6 high Intense SunVision Beds, 1 Dr. Kem, 1VHR Suncapsule Standup, 1 VHR Sunsource and 1 Beau Soliel. They are the only tanning salon to offer $2 tans all day on Sundays. There are no contracts, no membership or hidden fees. Plus they are experts so they will work any skin type or body size. Shoppers Club accepted here. See here
A Tan For All Seasons, 8678 Lindley Ave., Northridge, CA 91325 818.993.1888

Funny Ha Ha of the Week

My bestest friend since I was seven, Liz forwarded this to me. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I got a good laugh out of it. Enjoy:)

Gates Vs GM
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

The Updates

NEW Hot Sales... Larry St. John furniture sale, Warehouse designer jean sale, Von Dutch, ABS Closeout Sale, Suburban Girlz Sample Sale, Eclectic Consignment Furniture Spring sale.... 03/21

Local liquidator....Buck a Roos ...save on just about anything...New in Bargain Finds...03/21

SaleGrab.com...our Website of the Week...03/20

Huge Shopping Mistakes to Avoid...Part 2 of 2... New in Zannee's Tips...03/19

See Suzanne's latest appearance on Your LA, NBC channel 4. Click Here and then click on her image...3/16

New bargain source for furniture...Designer Furniture Auctioneers ...New on the Home Page...and in More Best Bargains, under the Furniture category...03/16

Redecorating bliss....Kirkland's Home ......New in Bargain Finds...03/13

PinkBird.net...Fun jewelry for a mere pittance...our Website of the Week...03/13

Family Mementos ...Storage and framing...in Zannees Blog...03/12

Leather home furnishings for less....Arizona Leather Furniture Outlet ......New in Bargain Finds...03/07

Outlet-Online.net...designer fashions at serious discounts...our Website of the Week...03/07

Computer Installations...Chaos in all its glory......in Zannees Blog...03/07

Price Fixing Run Amok...The Surpreme Court will have a go at it...in Zannees Blog...02/28

Designer denim aficionados....Ultimate Styles ......New in Bargain Finds...02/28

Flying Sucks... in Zannees Blog...02/26

Huge Shopping Mistakes to Avoid...Part 1 of 2... New in Zannee's Tips...02/20

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Now go sic 'em

-Suzanne O'Connor
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