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10.24.08
Smart shopping saves cents
condition, but you receive cash on the spot for whatever you bring in. Sophomore Danielle Koire suggests the Folsom Outlet Mall for an experience much like Nordstrom Rack but with more choices. The Folsom Outlet mall contains a huge amount of outlet stores such as BCBG, Guess, Volcom and Bebe just to name a few. “The Folsom outlets are nice because there are a variety of stores in the same area to shop at so you don’t have to drive all over,” said Koire. “Not only are you saving money on clothes but also on gas!”
Jessie Shapiro Mirada Staff
With the way our country’s economy is today, there is not a lot of extra money to spend while shopping. What is a young, tight-budgeted high school student supposed to do? Here’s a situation most people have been in: You have just spent about an hour and a half shopping at your local Nordstrom store, yet you leave only with a discouraged expression on your face. Although everywhere you turned there was this year’s new must-have clothing, nothing seemed to be in your price range. That is when stores such as Nordstrom Rack come in handy. At the end of each clothing season, the items that have not yet sold in Nordstrom are shipped to Nordstrom Rack to be sold at a discounted price. For those people who are okay with the fact that the clothes purchased have not gone straight from the designers and into their hands, Nordstrom Rack is a stellar alternative. Another way to save money when shopping is to consider thrift stores. Crossroads Trading Company is very popular among
Nordstrom Rack: 2100 Arden Way Sacramento, California (916) 646-0846
CAROLINE FONG/Mirada Staff
Sophomore Maddy Peterson tries on a Betseyville by Betsey Johnson bag for size at Nordstrom Rack. She was thrilled to find that it was $50 off the original price. Rio students. Unlike Nordstrom Rack, the clothes sold there are previously owned. Not only can
you buy clothing at Crossroads, but you can also make some room in your own closet by sell-
ing your old clothes to them. They require for the items to be gently used and in excellent
Crossroads: 2935 Arden Way Sacramento, California (916) 972-9900 Folsom Premium Outlets: 13000 Folsom Boulevard Folsom, California (916) 985-0312
Teen scoops cold cash at ice cream parlor Austin Sprague, 12 Coldstone How long have you been working at Coldstone? A year and a half Why did you decide to get this particular job? My ol’ mate Nick Larsen worked there and he got me in with a groovy hookup. How many hours a week do you work, and how much money do you earn? I actually work probably about 15 minutes a week, but I’m there for about eight hours a week. I make 50 cents over minimum wage. What do you plan on doing with the money you earn from your job? I’m gonna buy board games, neat hats and a unicycle. Other than that, save up to go out for fine dining and to afford my education down the road. What is the best part about your job? It’s super-easy, super
chill, requires no thinking, you get all the ice cream you want and we have rap dance parties in the back room. The manager and I break it down. What is the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you on the job? We soap up the floors behind the counter on weekends to scrub them. Naturally I don’t scrub a thing and just ice skate around serving customers for a while; its wicked fun. But I completely biffed it in front of some very fine girls one night - soap all over me, bruises, laughter (not with me, but at me). Good stuff. Also hit myself in the face with a metal spade; that was very suave.
-Molly Ingram
COLDSTONE Come visit Austin at: 2445 Fair Oaks Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95864 (916) 483-8966
MOLLY INGRAM/Mirada Staff
Senior Austin Sprague glances at the crowd of customers while making ice cream with some delicious caramel sauce. Sprague learned how to prepare the customers’ favorite frozen treats in a short amount of time while still happily greeting incoming customers.