Box Subscriptions

Hey guys! Do you guys love getting stuff in the mail? I sure do! Well not those advertisements for life insurance or that I'm pre-screened for credit cards.

I used to write to a few pen pals back in the day, but now that we've all grown up it's been more difficult to pull out a piece of paper and pen our thoughts down then take the time to mail out the letter. I did like the element of surprise from friends though.

One day while I was googling something online I ended up looking at monthly box subscriptions. I've heard of monthly subscriptions to make up brands etc, but I didn't know they had things like shaving boxes and stuff to comfort you during your monthly visit from Aunt Flo. One of the subscriptions that caught my interest are the clothing surprise bags. I'm not really good at picking my own clothing nor do i have too much time to go shopping and trying on clothes I thought it would be cool to try this out.

 I started at www.boxsubscriptions.com to check out what was out there. Then I checked out myboxsubscriptionaddition.com which reviewed some of the boxes. Reading though I figured out I’d like to try to Golden Tote site. A lot of you who know me know I have no style. I stay at basic colors and basic designs whenever possible. This has been cost affective for me in the last  few years.

How I went about ordering my Golden Tote

1.       It asks me to chose between the $149 for 5-7 items and $49 for 2-3 items. I chose the $49 so I can get a feel of how this whole surprise grab bag works.

2.       Chose an item. I had a few options. The one I would have liked was the playful zebra blouse, but that was out of stock. I'm sure if I had registered earlier it might have still been available. I picked the Breezy Open Back Dress. It was short so I figured I could wear it as a tunic with some leggings. Then it asked me if I was happy with my selection and gave me the option to proceeded to the next step or start over. I proceeded.

3.       Select style profile.  Name my profile. Then indicated my top size. When I got to what size jeans I normally wear I was stumped. I’ve usually work 7-10 since my body has been fluctuating over the years. A few weeks ago I went to the mall and was checking out these cute Levi brand jeans and they didn’t have my 7-10. They had like 24 and up and I'm like huh? I don’t know my waist size at all. Post preggie I never measured myself so I ended up not grabbing a pair of Levi's. Now here I am really curious to find out what my jean size is. I measure and I think I'm about a 40 which isn’t in between their options of 24-31. And I wonder if this site is for those skinny model types of girls because I'm a beautiful curvaceous woman, but none the less I forge on. I pick the 31 and continue because there is a red asterisk so the field has to be filled out. Then there are a few more Qs and it also asks if there is something I would never wear. I put it jeans so they don’t try to pick anything out for me especially when they don’t fit my measurements.

Then there are 3 style types to pick. The first one was a little glamor-flashy for me, but I did like 3 pieces. The second one had a little bit of a more hippie-bohemian sort of feel to me. I liked 2 pieces. The third one was like me being Goldilocks and sleeping in the bears bed. Baby bear’s bed was just the right size! This look was more of a wear to work and still wear out classy sort of feel. I liked most of the items.
 

Now it’s been added. Then I review my purchase and check on shipping info. Now I had to search for discount codes. The discount codes I used didn't work so I just paid the total $60.63 with tax and shipping.
 

Then you had to create an acct. I was having issues with using the mobile device to open up an acct so I had to log in to the computer and sign up. the mobile act seemed like I can only log in through FB, but the computer version let me us my email address.

So I'm looking forward to getting my tote!