My love affair with GAP

Ah, nothing fills me with more Valentine's Day love than scoring a super dealio at Gap.com. And not just Gap, but Old Navy, too—double awesomeness.

I only have a few store credit cards: Best Buy, Kohl's (you know, so I can soon buy 30 pairs of second-rate Rock and Republic jeans), Macy's (only for Clinique make-up), Express (I sooooooo don’t shop there anymore since I quit moonlighting as a go-go dancer) and wonderful, always-has-what-I-need-at-the-right-price Gap.

I know, I ride high atop the bland and yuppie "we sell every plain shirt in 17 different colors" bandwagon, and well I really don't care. Because when you have a child that grows out of pants in 17 minutes and a burgeoning belly that has to be conservatively and professionally dressed for work five days a week, you go with what's easy and affordable. And that's my little Gappy.

And it's not only Gap, but Old Navy... and Banana Republic and Piper Lime... and that Athleta store I've never bought anything from. It's this great five-for-one'r when you are ordering online! I just add a pair of $10 clearance pants for Mac from Old Navy into my shopping bag, and then click a tab over and find a pair of $40 half-panel black dress pants in long from Gap on sale for moi, and BOOM—I get free shipping for my combined "over $50" order AND I can use coupon codes for each site PLUS my rewards dollars because I spend a mortgage payment with them each month.

I like my kid in mini-adult clothes. So these plain, slightly darker washed jeans are perfect.

 Kidding, I do not spend that much. But I do spend enough to get some pretty sweet discounts occasionally. And, I've been upgraded to Gap Silver. Which means a limo picks me up and takes me shopping to the Gap at Easton on select Saturdays. And I'm able to turn water into wine.

Again, I jest.

OH, and I also got this one-piece maternity bathing suit that my cutie-pie pregnant friend down the street recommended. Since I surely will be a beached whale this summer. I think the side shirring will help hide the protrusion.

We'll see if I can squeeze into this at 7-9 months this summer.

All-in-all, my bill should have been $120...but with the discounts I only paid $70. That's $50 for Target this weekend, baby!

So really, why am I so truly, madly, deeply in love with Gap? (And not like I was with Savage Garden circa 1997.) It's because little boy clothes and maternity clothes typically suck, and Gap actually gives me some decent options at prices I can stand to spend on stuff that barely will be worn.

...more on maternity clothing shopping  in my next post.