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SCORE REPORT: 2015 Nordstrom Anniversary Sale!

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Hello Everybody!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!  
Sit back and grab a cup of coffee. 
Throw an extra shot of espresso in there too.  You’re gonna need it.
Not a coffee girl?  Get a Big Gulp.  😉
We’re about to have a lot of fun!
Last year you all gave me the feedback that you not only loved the contest aspect of the Score Report (remember one of you is going to win $250 to Nordstrom today!), but you also enjoyed seeing pieces on people other than me…styled differently….and on other body types!
I love this little community we’ve created over here, and even if it meant sorting through over 700 pictures (WOW!), I wanted to do it again this year! 
So, welcome to the 2015 Anniversary Sale Score Report!




First of all, you girls knocked my socks off with the enthusiasm you had for your scores this year!
I know I have a flare for the dramatic and tend to get overly excited about some items, but some of you girls are SERIOUSLY passionate about your finds!  
YOU ARE MY PEOPLE!
  We should all be besties.
 Like we should all meet up at Nordstrom one day, have lunch at The Bistro (we will TOTALLY get the bread pudding for dessert, I promise you’ll love it), and shop our faces off. 
We would have a blast.
We would also stimulate the economy because we clearly like to shop!  


So y’alls enthusiasm for items was contagious.  You confirmed my feelings about my favorite items, and you got me excited about some things that I hadn’t seen yet in the sale! And it was so good for my heart to read all of your sweet words.
You girls are DARLING.
You are also super sweet. 
And let me tell you what else.
You are FUNNY!  I laughed out loud on many occasions.


I did my best to divide the entries into categories to make this post as user friendly as possible!
Each category will have a slide show (instead of collages like last year).
Then, after each video slide show, I will include some e-mail testimonials from you ladies!  I will also have little clickable thumbnails of items represented in the collages that are 
still available in the sale.  
I always kind of start to panic when I know there are only a handful of days left in the sale.  On one hand, I’m SO OVER the sale.  On the other hand, I don’t want to regret not getting a couple of items that I’ve been on the fence about.
#thestruggleisreal


Oh wait..one more thing before we get started.
I really wanted to include every picture that was sent to me in today’s score report.  But that just became impossible due to the number of entries I received.  However, even if your picture does not show up in a collage, don’t worry….. you did get credit for all pictured entries!


So…let’s get this party started!
We might as well start with the infamous blardigan.
I received the most pictures and e-mails about this item, and I cannot tell you how it tickles me that  you girls are just as crazy for your blardigans as I am.
In fact, I think some of you might even be more obsessed than I am, and that’s hard to do,
because I’m pretty much borderline psychotic. 

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Blardigans!
#wovenbyangels
#stolenbychildren




e-mail testimonials:
I have to say I was skeptical about the “blardigan” but wow is
it soft! My 2 year old son kept touching it saying “that soft mommy!” – Janelle

I know you have heard this on repeat, but I’ve heard you talk about the blardigan, so I finally pulled the trigger. O!M!G!  Most comfortable thing on the planet.  My two teenage daughters are now begging for one too.  I love the stripes and I will definitely be ordering several more.  For myself :)…and for gifts as well! – Jamie


O.M.G. I will never NOT listen to you again.  This blardigan is special.  From here on out, whatever you say I MUST buy, I will.  That very day.  To think of all the coziness I’ve missed out on the past 2 years when I was thinking “How good could it be?”  Stupid me.
By the time mine arrived, the anniversary sale blardigans were all sold out, but that didn’t stop me from buying 2 more (at full price) for my  mom and mother-in-law for Christmas.  – Tiffany


I probably received AT LEAST 20 e-mails from you ladies all saying that your kids were already trying to steal your blardigans!
#welcometomyworld


Sadly, most of the anniversary sale blardigans are sold out….but the links that follow are for regular price blardigans, plus-size blardigans that are still available in the sale, and some blankets/throws in the sale!

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Activewear!
The Anniversary Sale last year is when I first started hearing about Zella gear.  I was getting e-mails from y’all saying that you liked to stock up every year during the sale.  Well, last year I didn’t know what the fuss was about, but now I do!
My favorite activewear combo for fall is Zella Live In Leggings with a Nike
 half zip pullover (sold out!  sorry!).

e-mail testimonials:
I finally broke down and bought one pair of Zella live in leggings after hearing you rave about them for about a year now.  You see, I’m a Lululemon devotee, and I just didn’t think they could measure up.  Well, I was wrong.  I cannot believe that I love these just as much (if not more) and for a fraction of the price.  I’m now a convert. – Jeni

Fun work out pants are SO FUN!  I know that must sound ridiculous, but I’ve only ever worn plain black pants, but after seeing you in your colorful ones, I tried them myself.  I love them!  Thanks for the nudge. – Desiree


I’m an official Zella leggings fan!!!  A runner for 15 years and I’m not now seeing what the rage is about!  Wow!!!  So over the moon for these!  – Sallie


Here are some of my picks for activewear still available in the sale!


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Layered Shirts!
I bought 2 layered shirts during the sale this year, and they were two of my favorite purchases.  You ladies were fans as well!  I love how they create a totally put together look with very minimal effort!
Okay….so I had a SUPER CUTE video of y’all in your layered shirts…..and I have no idea how or why….but blogger kept eating this video!  I must have put it on at least 10 times, and it was eaten every single time.  I finally just gave up.  Sorry. 🙁

Here are some layered shirts that are still available in the sale:



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Blouses!
The Pleione blouses have been a hit with you ladies, especially you ladies with office jobs!  I received e-mail after e-mail about how they are “perfect” for the office and how you went back and ordered 1 or 2 more after you received your first one and loved it!

Sheaffer, this is my 3rd year to buy the long sleeve MUST HAVE Pleione shirt, and I think it’s my very one yet.  They just get better every year.  I’m on the shorter side like you are, so I ordered a petite on your advice, and it was perfect on me!  I got another black one (because like you said it doesn’t show wrinkles), and I liked it so much that I ventured out this year and got a grey one too.  I really wish the other colors didn’t show wrinkles.  I would have the whole rainbow! Ha!  – Trisha

Blouses still available, awesome with jeans or dressed up for work:


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Sweaters, Tees, Tunics, and Button Ups!
This is a large category, but you ladies really stocked up on tops this year!
 Sooo many really great looking tops!
Tops still available:



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Pants!
Pants are hard to photograph, do you ladies feel my pain?  
Still, lots of awesome pants at amazing prices.  I bought 4 pairs of pants during the sale this year that I will wear all fall and winter long (and two of them I’ll wear all year long!), but spent less than $200 on all 4!!!!  Now THAT’S a good deal!!!!!

Hello again Sheaffer! I have not gotten to do much shopping with the amazing Nordstrom sale (spending on hold) but I did splurge on the Vince Camuto Ponte Knit Ankle Pants. They are great! I bought them for work and have them on today. A) they are SO comfortable and B) the fit is really flattering. As always, thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I would have never shopped at Nordstroms if it had not been for you. Honestly I still don’t shop AT Nordstroms, but I do enjoy online shopping with free shipping. – Brandi


I bought my first pair of designer jeans (the AG stilt), and they fit so great I’m tempted to throw out every other pair of jeans I own. I cannot fathom ever wanting to wear another pair again. – Jessica


Popular pants still available in the sale:



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Shoes and Bags! 
So y’all know I love THESE booties, and I also bout the over-the-knee Dolce Vita boots (that sold out in a hot minute), but I’m hoping they re-stock for y’all after the sale is over.  Because even at full price, they are still a great deal!  I know that many of you use the anniversary sale specifically to buy bags and shoes that you wouldn’t otherwise splurge on!  Here’s what some of you got.


Here are some shoes and bags that I love:



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Coats, Jackets, and Northface!
The sale is also a PERFECT time to get high-dollar coats at greatly reduced prices!  There were several in the sale this year that I absolutely adored.  If I lived in a place that was really cold more than several weeks a year, I’m afraid I might have gone coat crazy.  Maybe it’s for the best.  🙂



My sister got this pea coat during the sale last year, and I wanted to rip it off her body every single time I saw her wear it.  When I found out how cheap it was, I was kicking myself for not getting one.  So this year I got one for myself.  Yay me!  – Heather


Every 3-4 years I buy myself a new Northface jacket, and this year was the year!  They are my very favorite jackets ever.  I love how they are lightweight and really warm at the same time.  I throw them on with my leggings on the way to the gym, but I also love wearing them with jeans.  If you don’t have one of these jackets, you should consider getting one at these prices. – Diane
Loving these options that are still stocked:



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Jewelry, Scarves, and Extras!
Wow!  We all STOCKED UP on jewelry!  You know that THESE are my favorite gold earrings EVER, and y’all went crazy over the Kate Spade glitter studs (and bought a lot for gifts as well)!  Well, THIS necklace ended up in my cart last night, and now it’s on it’s way to me too.  I’m not even sure how it happened.  🙂
UGH!  THIS VIDEO WAS EATEN TOO!
 And there were TONS of pictures in this one (2 minutes and 41 seconds worth).  SO sorry girls!

Here are some accessories still available in the sale:


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Pajamas and Unmentionables!


Sadly, all the Hanky Panky items are just about sold out….but the Natori bras are still pretty well stocked!  I received LOTS of e-mails about Natori, and so many of them were hysterical.  I’m so sad that I can’t find it, but one reader even wrote the e-mail as if her boobs were writing it.  It was just as funny as you might imagine.  Many of you also said that you like to get pajamas for Christmas gifts for others during the sale, which I think is a great idea!






I took many of your suggestions for the Nordstrom Half-yearly sale, but the one item that I would probably flash shout from the mountains, was your suggestion for the ‘Natori’ T-shirt bra AH-MAH-ZING. I truly thought about burning my other one. Lifesaver, my “girls “have never been happier!  
Keep doing what you do!
Always a reader and online “friend”  
Best, 
Grace G.


Click HERE for the Natori bra below.  
Click HERE for all Natori in the sale.
Here are some cute pjs:

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Kids and Hubbies!
I didn’t feel like there was much shopping going on for the kids and husbands this year as there has been in  year’s past.  I actually think it’s because there was SO MUCH GOOD STUFF for us that they were maybe overlooked a bit?!?  Oops!
The same thing happened with this slideshow that happened with the Layered Shirt and jewelry slideshows.  I tried to fix it several times, but was never able to.  SO frustrating!
Don’t worry, these entries were still definitely counted.  I’m just so sad that your cute kids and hubbies aren’t getting a shout out on the blog.  🙁

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Dresses!
Several of you got some really darling dresses this year!  I don’t think I even looked at dresses (except for THIS one which is awesome and I think I might add to my cart to throw on with the MUST HAVE leggings), but now I wish I had!  I’m loving THIS checked shift dress (seen in the collage below) and THIS navy A-line dress!
And look how cute y’all are all dressed up!


Here are some awesome dresses at amazing prices:

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Cardigans
Cardigans and Ponchos are all the rage this year, and y’all got some really cute ones!

These cardigans and ponchos have me ready for fall:




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So, that’s it for today everybody!
Whew!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR READING THE BLOG, FOLLOWING ALONG, TRUSTING MY ADVICE, and TAKING THE TIME TO SEND PICS IN OF THE ITEMS YOU SCORED!

So, who is the lucky girl that wins the $250 Nordstrom card?
(The winner was picked by a random number generator.  All of the pics were numbered (1-731), and the winner was #216.

And Lucky #216 is……
Emily W.
Congratulations Emily!!!

I cross referenced your name, found your e-mail address, and I’m e-mailing you as soon as I wake up this morning!  I will be sending you  you a $250 electronic gift card to Nordstrom!  Just in time to use for the end of the sale!


And, regarding the other PTMT contests that are currently going on right now….
Make sure you are checking your ig and facebook accounts today!
I’m also choosing 5 winners from those of you that posted a picture with the hashtag #goodlordynordy and 5 winners from facebook or ig that tagged friends on a post during the last several weeks.
I’ll be contacting you via your social media accounts and giving you a choice of 3 items from the sale (pending remaining availability when you pick).  If below items are sold out, like items with similar prices may be chosen.


I also wanted to include a handful of e-mails that made me smile when I read them.  
You ladies were so sweet to take the time to thank me for helping you navigate through the sale.  I really do hope I was able to make the experience fun and easy for you!
Thanks
so much for all of your hard work shopping till you drop and reporting back to
all of us!  I really appreciate it.  My wardrobe needs a major
overhaul and this is a GREAT start.  I’ve just never prioritize buying
clothes before because there is always something else that seems more
important.  But I love how I feel in these clothes.  Not that they
define me, but you only live once and it feels good to like what I’m
wearing.  Thanks for the help, friend!
  Xoxo  Angela

I have a confession – you’ve turned me into a
full Nordstrom addict! I never shopped there, as I thought prices were too high
for me, and to be honest, it’s a little intimidating. You always find the best
deals though, and have such great picks!   Cassie 🙂

First of all, I want to say THANK YOU so much
for your blog! I’m a long-time reader (about 3 years I think?) and you are my
official personal shopper. There are lots of times when I look at my outfit for
the day and realize every single piece of clothing and accessories I’m wearing
are from your recommendations. You make it SO easy and I love you for it!! I
had never shopped at Nordstrom before following you and it’s safe to say after
these last few years, I’m definitely addicted. But addicted in a great, amazing,
look-at-all-these-new-clothes way!! 🙂 So thank you, thank you, thank you! I
know you spend a lot of time and energy on the blog and I appreciate it so
much!! – Kayla
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU LADIES FOR READING THIS BLOG and THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!
 I’m so appreciative!
 I absolutely love this little community we’ve created here.   
Hugs and Kisses to all of you!
And fyi:  There will be 1 final Anniversary Sale post that goes
 live on Sunday!
It will include links to some of my favorite items (that are still available), as well as some SANTA ALERTS, just in case you want to get a little Christmas shopping done in July.  It feels weird doing it now, but I promise you this, in November you’ll feel so smart!  🙂
xoxo,
Sheaffer 🙂

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Comments

  2. Erika Slaughter says

    Congratulations to Emily!! I love that fur vest!! You have super cute readers. Everyone looked great in their new goodies.

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  5. Anonymous says

    Congratulations Emily! I loved seeing everybody in their scores, and I agree with you that this little community is lots of fun. Several of my best friends and I all read, and we are always texting each other with the hashtag #ptmt. Pinterest Told Me To tells us to do a lot and we love it!!!!

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  6. The Stantons says

    I think you should rename your blog. I know…PTMT has been part of your life for so long. The new name??? "Sheaffer Made Me Buy It"!!!! It looked like Norstrom threw up boxes in my garage!! My orders would come in separate boxes….during dinner….every time. You can keep PTMT….I just tell my husband "Sheaffer made me buy it….she's really cool…..Sheaffer saves us money…..she is my financial advisor…..I need 3 blardigans because my heart bursts rainbow glitter when I wear them"!

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    • Anonymous says

      This made me laugh! Yes…I'm saving you money and making your heart burst rainbow glitter. Let me know if your hubby buys that!!!!!!! Thanks for reading! xoxo, Sheaffer 🙂 p.s. I HATE it when my stuff comes in separate boxes. I got lucky this time and most stuff was shipped together. Whew! 🙂

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  8. Unknown says

    I love love love your posts and SO appreciate all your handwork and dedication!! As a Mom of two active boys, part-time healthcare provider, etc, I have little-no time to shop, so you make it easy 🙂 My husband might be the only one NOT thanking you since my Nordy's bill just came 🙂 You are the best!! A devoted PTMT fan!

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  9. MKoehl says

    Seriously….I don't think I can handle anymore of your posts while the sale is still going!?! Honestly…THANKS for always working so hard to find great deals! I have found some new things for my teaching wardrobe. You are awesome!

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  11. Amy S says

    I just picked up blardigan in sm/m yesterday afternoon. They have been randomly restocking, so keep checking if you want one! I think they may still have them this morning. ..

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  12. April Parrish says

    Great post and loved seeing everyone's score report! I'm off to do some more shopping…I feel the same too-need to make sure there's not anything I missed out on!
    Have a blessed day!

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  13. Christina says

    Congrats to the winner! The majority of my items shipped separately and all coming Monday. I'm nervous about the number of boxes and how it's going to look to my husband! My argument will be "I ordered multiple sizes so a lot is going back, sweetie." Shhhhhh

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  14. Anonymous says

    Love this post!! Congrats Emily! Cute vest!!

    It's so fun to see what everyone picks! I think next year the score report should be broken up to a couple days and with the photo collage again 🙂 There is just so much content it's sometimes easier to view in a picture format. You do such a great job 🙂

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  15. Louise says

    Love this post. I bought the moto jacket after seeing it on you……best. jacket. ever. Love it. Thanks so much. Nordstroms is my new favorite store!

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  16. Melanie says

    I loved seeing everyone's finds! Congrats to Emily!! Thanks for all your hard work Sheaffer, you make shopping Nordstrom easy:)

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  18. Lisa B says

    I just saw so many great things!! We have to do this earlier, or maybe ongoing, or maybe on Facebook next year before all this great stuff sells out. Great finds!! Thanks Sheaffer for putting it all together!!

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  19. Olivia B says

    Loved this post! Speaking of anniversary sale….I took the plunge and tried a pair of HP's and I'm obsessed! I scored a few pairs at Dillard's for 40% off the sale price (they were $7…holy moly)!

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  20. Wolfpackers Angel says

    I bought the Penny boots you suggested a few years ago and got a couple long sleeve tops from Anthro on your list last year and I get complements on them all the time. So I finally pulled the trigger and got the Blardigan. I needed a girlfriend with me when the box arrived. My husband wasn't as excited as I thought he should have been. It is the best. thing. ever.

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  21. Nicole says

    OH.MY.GOODNESS. I got my Nordstrom credit card statement in the mail today…?. Oops!

    Love your blog…thanks for all the hard work you put into it!

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  22. Laura says

    Question…does everyone's Blardigan shed as badly as mine does?! It is BAD. I love the thing but I have to lint roll EVERYTHING (including the seat belt in my car!) after wearing it. I have the midnight ombré, btw. Curious if this is normal or it I have a messed up one?!

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    • Sheaffer says

      Hi Laura! Mine doesn't shed at all! I have heard a small number of people say that they have a shedding problem too, so it makes me wonder if they had a bad lot of them or something! Exchange it! Best customer service anywhere! xoxo, Sheaffer 🙂

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  23. Heather says

    Last minute sale purchases: Zella live in leggings, Wit & Wisdom skinny jeans, and Sam Edelman Paige booties. Did my research on PTMT of course 😉 thanks!!

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  24. Angelina B. says

    I enjoyed your coverage of this year's Nsale! Last year I tried to get a blardigan and it was sold out before I could buy one… So this year it was a top priority! I remember when I was frantically running around in the store I almost asked the store clerk where the "blardigans" were, but then I realized it was not what the store calls them! Well, Sheaffer, I feel like barefoot dreams should rename them the blardigan because I felt like I was wrapped inside a comfy blanket…cardigan. Thanks for the shopping suggestions!

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