One Kings Lane

I heard about One Kings Lane (OKL) from the Nester, and several of my friends have boasted of their beautiful finds on this online store that seems to me like a very upscale TJ Maxx. The various stores and companies they feature change every day, and their items sell out fast. Sometimes they have some designer finds that are outrageously expensive, but of course are "steals" because they have knocked several hundred dollars off the price of that beautiful lamp. But there are almost always fun finds for those of us whose budgets can't fit a 75% off $200 lamp. Almost every week they offer some items in the under $25 range.

One of the great things about OKL is their referral program, so if you refer someone to their store, and that person makes a purchase, you get $25 in credit. So a few weeks ago I found myself with $50 credit...not a ton, but $50 more to spend on my house than I was expecting.

I probably should've spent the credit on a bigger item, but I was enamored with the store, Bob's Your Uncle.  They have a lot of quirky and fun gifts. I ended up getting two packs of these:

 
And two packs of these (set of four, each plate is different, and this happens to be the only color I'm not crazy about)

I really wanted to get these for my globe-trotting brother:

It would have been funny, but it didn't seem like $15 of funny.

If I purchased these things off the website, it would have been a grand total of $80, and only because the plates are now on clearance. The other 4-packs of melamine plates are $40! That would have been $120. Ack. Anyway, they accidentally sent me four packages of plates instead of the two I ordered, so it turned into a super sweet deal for me.

So, if you are interested in looking around, sign up (it's free) and use my referral link. And remember that you don't have to actually purchase anything to refer friends. Sneaky, I know.