Cat shaped water bottle:  $2.97 @ Thinka

Well, they call it a tea bottle, but I don't see why.  I love the pink one I got, so I thought I should get a back up!  They have two other types of purple, but I'm not tempted by those.

This one has a bunny tail though, which looks pretty odd.   My other one didn't.

Glass cat water bottle:  $2.97 @ Thinka

Turns out this store has been open a month, but I never knew about it because I rarely go to that section!  It was advertised as a $2+ store...it reminded me a lot of minisou, except it was even smaller than that.

The only things I found worthwhile were the drinkware.  They had some cute cups that were $4-$5, but I didn't love any of them.

I loved this though!   I was so happy I found them, and for so cheap too.  I actually almost bought nearly the exact bottle online for $8...it was the same style, except a bunny.  This was a much better deal!

They had it in four colours...the other ones were aqua, then a light and dark purple.  I almost bought the blue one, but I thought I might as well see how good this one was first!

I hope they're the kind of store that gets a lot of turnaround.  If they only sell the same stuff all of the time I don't think I'd be that interested, but if they get new stuff in to replace sold out stuff that would be ideal.

Lalaloopsy newborn babies:  $1.50 each (RSP:  $7.98)
TMNT aluminum water bottle:  $2.50 (RSP:  $6.98)

Both @ Toys r us

I was so glad I came in today!  I usually wouldn't, but I haven't gone in a very long time...I just wanted to check things out.

Well, turns out they were having a buy one get one half off sale on all of the clearance toys, and a lot of them were very reasonable already!  The lalaloopsy babies were $2 each...I almost put them back, but I just couldn't resist.

I was also really tempted by those giant monster high/ever after high dolls.  They only would have been $9.50, because my brother was buying something else regardless.  That would have been such a good price!

But I'm not that into them, and they take up a lot of space.  There were so many good deals on monster high too!  Would have been as low as $4 for some of them...I wouldn't have gotten so many back in the day!

Freebies for black friday.  They didn't really say what was in the bag, but it turns out it wasn't much!  They had 200, and at opening I think there were only 40 people there.

Oh well, at least I didn't have to wait.  There's a gift card, but it was only $5.

Adventure time water bottle:  $3 @ A Buck or Two (RSP:  $12+)

I was so surprised to see this here!  I hardly go here in the first place, so I'm glad it caught my eye.

It didn't have a price though, so I thought it'd be ridiculous.  Some of the stuff is over ten bucks, so it's not much of a dollar store (which is why I hardly come).

Well, it turned out to be pretty reasonable, so I snatched it up!  I was also going to buy this adorable solar cupid with blinking eyes...but that was $2.50.

No way I was going to pay that!  It would have been half that exactly at a different dollar store.

London times - Satin floral peplum dress w/belt:  $5 (RSP:  $39.99 - $80)

Dex 1963 - Asymmetrical chiffon dress w/stud collar:  $5 (RSP:  $24.99 - $50+)

Coastal cocktails - Skinny apple martini mix in glass high heel bottle:  $1.10 (RSP:  $6.99 - $10)

Coastal cocktails - Cranberry cosmo mix in glass high heel bottle:  $1.10 (RSP:  $6.99 - $10)

Bond no. 9 - I love new york for all 100 ml eau de parfum:  $22 (RSP:  $149.99 - $265!)

Escada - Desire me 50 ml eau de parfum:  $12 (RSP:  $39.99 - $65)

All @ Winners

These were some of the highlights from this season!  I've never heard of London Times before, but now I have two of their dresses.  

They're both satin florals, but I like this one a lot more...it's a peplum, which I love, and it even comes with a belt!  It was totally worth the $5.

The white dress took my breath away...it's so me!  It's longer than normal and has an asymmetrical hem, plus it has a studded collar.  Those are probably out of season now, but I'll still wear it!  The whole thing is just so goddessy.

The martini mixes were an afterthought.  I bought it because I loved the bottles and they ended up being super cheap.  I thought they had bath foam, but I would have bought it no matter what was in them for that price!

It was a jaw dropping moment when I found that bond perfume.  I couldn't believe my eyes!  I never thought I'd ever own this brand since it's normally so expensive (over $200 at a lot of places).  

It was actually wrapped in something else, which might have been why it was still there for me.  I actually clutched it in my hand the entire time, I just didn't want it to get away from me!

This one actually had a lot of well known perfumes for cheap...I also found a Chloe perfume for $18 at the same time I found the Escada.  Thankfully it was already open, so I managed to smell it at the counter...and it was horrible!  

The heavy scents that older people normally wear.  Thank goodness I left that one behind, it would have been non-refundable!

122 Avon items:  $130 for everything

Yep, I went back for more!  Well, they delivered it to me this time, which was great.  I probably wouldn't have bought so much otherwise!

At first I picked around 30 bottles, but when they said they'd give me a lot price, I went all out.  I spent a week looking everywhere online, and bought everything I had even a passing interest in.

There's so much good stuff!  Mostly perfume bottles and jars, but also soap, boxes, and even some jewelry.

I'm glad I bought this lot.  It would have probably taken a lifetime to find this stuff secondhand...and I'm sure some wouldn't have shown up!

The seller included about ten surprises for me, so I was happy about that.  They even included the drawing cherub jewelry dish, which ended up being one of my favourites!  It's just so adorable.

I don't remember seeing it in my search.  Now I wonder if I might have missed something else great!  Avon just made way too much stuff, and there aren't any good resources online to see it all.

18 Avon bottles:  $34 for all

Hooray!  Thanks to a local collector, I got just about all of the bottles I wanted.

I never knew how adorable these bottles were!  When I found out, I wanted to buy them online...they were cheap enough, but shipping was always killer.  I posted a local ad hoping someone would reply, and thankfully they did!

The caterpillar bottle was free because one of the antennas broke off.

I originally wanted bottles to hold my perfume samples in, so I was only looking for small bottles.  To my surprise, most of these are huge!  I really didn't expect that, they looked so small and dainty in the photos.  Only the ones in the last picture are small enough for what I want.

Well, the second ones are ok, but it'll take a while to get enough to fill them.  They're twice as big as the ones in the third picture.

The first picture...forget about it!  They're regular size perfume bottles, some are even over 100ml!  But they were so pretty I had to have them.  I'm sure I'll find some use for them.

Actually, there were a ton of cute, tiny, bottles that would have worked great for what I wanted, but I didn't think they were worth $2 each.

They were just cut glass, they weren't very distinct.  Plus, they were so tiny, they only held around 5ml!

The ones above were unique, so I thought they were worth it even though they were small.

If the seller decides to sell the other tiny ones in reasonably priced lots, I'll come back for them!  I'm looking to pay about $.50 each for those ones.

It was a huge hassle to come get these, but it was worth it in the end.  Beats paying $20 (or more!) in shipping!

All of my pretties together:

On my makeshift tray.  It looks better than I thought, but it's a little small.  It'll do for now!

I'm tempted to buy some more (even doubles of some of the more awesome ones...I'm looking at you, snail!), but it was just such a huge hassle.  Plus, the seller already gave me a great deal on the bigger ones, I don't want to push my luck.