In most of the world, it is the end of summer and therefore the time for end of season sales. This week I ask you to talk about the items you like to buy on sale.
Those emerald green boots that were a crazy idea at full price won’t seem so extravagant when marked down. This is a nice time to stock up on bargains you can use the year round.
As for me, here in Pakistan we have at least one third of summer left. But we have mid-season sales these days.
Here’s a list of stuff I look for in sales:
Clothes
When I was younger I loved trying out all the latest fashions. It didn’t seem sensible to spend a lot of money getting them full price so I would wait for them to be marked down. Now I know what works for me and what doesn’t but I will still get a scarf or some accessories in the latest styles.
Shoes
I have always been a bit of an Imelda Marcos when it comes to collecting (no, amassing) shoes. It is therefore very natural for me to gravitate towards shoe sales. Once a friend tried to stop me during a shoe spree by saying, “But you have a black pair of sandals already,” . She was quelled by a stare as I told her those were in a different style.
Books
No avid reader can ever have enough books. What better time to add to your favourite genres than during a sale. Being a techno-phobe, I had never shopped online unti the pandemic. During the past two years I kept my sanity by buying best sellers on line during sales and reading to my heart’s content.
Fancy groceries
In our supermarkets, fancy (and expensive) groceries like imported cereals and tinned food are often marked down a couple of months before expiry. I am always on the look out for signs like “Reduced to Clear” or “Buy one, get one free” when shopping for groceries.
Home decor items
You don’t really need another vase or new cushion covers every so often. If , however, they are available at a discount, what’s the harm.
Bargains, discounts, deals: these words are music to my ears. I often end up with items that don’t really “spark joy” Marie Kondo style but sometimes I find real gems.
How about you, are you susceptible to the “Call of the Mall” during sales? I would love to know.
Salted Caramel 
Clothes certainly. I don’t buy clothes often and I do tend to wait until the items I want are reduced. Of course if you wait too long they may not have the colour and size you want but sometimes you get lucky.
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That is a big part of the fun , isn’t it?
Whether you get lucky or you don’t 😏
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Funny how some things are the same regardless where you are in the world. I would remove “fancy food” and replace with home decor
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Yes, the world is indeed a global village with some aspects of life being the same everywhere.
Home decor is on my list too.
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Five things I might buy in a sale IF money wasn’t a consideration (which it is). Clothing. I need more clothes like I need more junk in my junk drawers! 😆 But time to time, some of them wear out (like jeans and underwear) and my go-to online store was having a 75% off sale, so I was able to buy two pairs of jeans, three bras and a new night shirt for little money. 🤑
Groceries. Right now that is not a problem, but real life will come calling soon enough! There are two things, not five, but the intention is there..🤓
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If money wasn’t a consideration, would we be thinking of sales?
I suppose I still might since I enjoy them.
How are you doing Melanie?
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Here’s mine
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/08/16/five-things-tuesday-sales/
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Yes, I find it quite hard to buy something at full price. Some of my favourite buys have been clothes I found reduced at garden centres or motorway services when we only stopped for coffee or lunch on a journey. My four other choices would be plants, I always look at the reduced ( rescue ) section, plant pots for indoors and outdoors, unusual items/ornaments I didn’t know I needed till I saw them and edible treats.
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I like your choices especially plants.
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Just the other day, I bought a bunch of pens for the kitchen because they were on sale (and we desperately needed pens in the kitchen.)
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Pens in the kitchen?
Are those just for lists, or do you get a lot of writing done there?
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Mainly for lists or for writing down important phone messages. Most of the time, when we need to take a phone message, there’s almost always a frantic scramble trying to find a pen. 😄
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Happens in most households including mine 😃
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Lol @ books. I’m on Facebook just to browse my local secondhand books groups, and boy is it a steal to find good reads at like USD3 a pop!
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Some times you can find real treasures.
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