Frugal Finds: Shopping at Outlet Malls

How many of you live near an outlet mall? We have an Outlet Mall in Hershey, one in Gettysburg and then we have the world-famous super Outlet Malls down in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Every year people flock to Lancaster County to visit the Tanger and Rockvale Outlet Malls. Between the two of the, I bet there is close to 150 stores!

A few weeks ago we were down to the Rockvale Outlet Mall and I was able to pick up some great deals! I came home with 4-5 large bags full of items. Today I’m going to spotlight just a few of the great deals that I found.

* I picked up this one-piece designer (name brand) women’s swimsuit dress that was regularly priced at $118.00 for only $15.00. Wow, what a deal! I really like how it fits me and you can tell that it’s quality-made. Really happy with my purchase.

* At another store that sells handbags, wallets and accessories I found this adorable floral print wristlet wallet. I had been wanting a new wristlet wallet to use when we travel but didn’t want to lay out a lot of money for one. The one that I purchased was originally $28.00 and I got it for $8.00. It’s cute!!!

* There are several food and candy shops & outlet stores down there and I found one of my favorite chocolate snacks in the one store. I’m a huge fan of BarkThins and typically pay $4.89 per bag at my local grocery store. The store down there had them for $1.00 per bag and yes…they were still in date (not expired) so I picked up a total of 10 bags and brought them home.

* In a discount store down there I purchased 4 new swimming pool floats that were originally priced at $10.00 each for 1/2 price, so I got them for $5.00 each and the family has been enjoying them in our pool for the past few weeks.

I got a lot of other things too, but those are the items that I wanted to highlight today. Do you live near any outlet malls? Do you like shopping at them and/or do you have any favorite ones that you like to visit?