Vera, Vera, Vera! {part two}

I experienced something new yesterday. The Vera Bradley Outlet Sale. It was incredible and kind of unbelievable. We started the day at a reasonable time, unlike black Friday shopping. Thankfully we had tickets for the one of two ticketed days. Our time on the floor according to our tickets was 11:00am-1:30pm. We travelled to Fort Wayne and were in line at about 10am. We were inside in line, which apparently it much better than the experience the ladies I went with had last year! So, here we are sitting in line and waiting to be let in...and my anticipation was building. Seriously, I had butterfly's in my stomach.

They give you flyer/map things that tell you what they have for sale and what it is priced at. This is important because all the items are much lower than tag price. Hence the name of the event; outlet sale. We really did not have a plan of attach because we all just wanted to see what they had and then we would make our decisions. I knew I wanted one thing for sure; a Mailbag. Sadly, the Mailbag was not the printout they gave us of what would be on sale. More on that a little later...

Diane, Melissa and me waiting in line and getting excited :)

The line wrapped all around...we were in the front!

The line started moving and before we knew it we were inside. The doors opened and it was like a Vera Bradley heaven. I had never seen so much Vera in one place...it was wonderful!!

They give you giant pink trash bags to shop in. Yes, I said pink! I thought they were huge and that I would never need something that big; but I was wrong. Before I knew it my bag was full. We filled our bags up with things we wanted or thought we wanted and then we to the side to purge. They have carts and "dumpsters" stationed throughout the showroom so when you decide you don't want something you just toss it into the dumpster. It was so easy!

The 5 of us shopped for over an hour and got lots of great stuff...

We headed to checkout and got through very quickly...like quicker than you can checkout at Target or Wal-Mart. I was super impressed by the process. Vera knows what she is doing!

After shopping and checking out we headed across the street for some yummy Italian food and fellowship. After stuffing our bellies and making a few other stops we were headed home where I got to organize and go through my purchases. 

Here is a breakdown of what was purchased:

• 2 backpacks
• 4 curling iron covers
• 3 journals
• 1 lanyard
• 1 tote
• 1 mailbag (they had them!!!)
• 2 hipsters
• 1 coin purse
• 2 wallets
• 1 makeup bag
• 1 reusable shopping bag
• 1 pair of sunglasses
• 2 small purses
• 2 luggage tags

My favorite purchases would have to be the sunglasses and mailbag purse. I was so excited when I saw a box that said "mailbags" because they were not listed on the brochure but they are retired. They are no longer making them and have replaced the bag with the hipster...which is nice too, just not the same. 

It was a great, productive, and successful day. I was able to complete Mother's Day shopping and some Christmas shopping, woohoo! I cannot wait to go next year! Also, if I bought you anything it is shipping out this afternoon when I get off work. they are already packaged and sealed!
Happy Friday and have a great weekend everyone!