Resisting Sales

I'd like to think that I'm pretty good at avoiding buying something for the sake of buying it. However, something happened today made me realize that I still need to be mindful of my shopping habits.

I went into Indigo books to look at the Kobo e-reader because I've been considering it. I couldn't come to a decision but I wandered around the store a little. Then I saw these mugs I've been eying on the sales table. As I was carrying it to the till, dreamily thinking about the lattes and teas I'd be drinking out of it, I realized, just that morning, I washed 4 mugs that I've used over the week. How many mugs can one girl need? I think of the clutter and expense of trying to follow the latest trend (even with a discount) I quickly put the mug bug.

The good sales they are tempting. Even if something is a screaming deal be sure to ask these questions: do you need it? do you already have something that serves the same purpose? do you have room for it?

Cheap movie Tuesday are back

I went to a movie with my friends last night and saw that the theatre is offering discount rate of $6.95 for movies instead of the regular $11.25.

Now I don't know if this is the same all across the board because one of my friends said that at another theatre the deal is $10 but it includes pop and popcorn.

Always look for a discount

It's free to look. And if you find one you save more money.

Over the holidays I took advantage of all the sales and did some online shopping at Gap (they ship to Canada now, yay!) and at Spring. These sales were pretty awesome already but I thought I just look around as see if I can save more. Here is an example of my savings at each store.

Spring
These rain boots were on clearance for $19.99 (originally $39.99). With the sale it's an additional 30% off at $13.99. Then I searched around and found a SPC 10% off code. Plus my 1% cash back credit card. Savings of approx 69%.



Gap
The actual rompers I bought are now out of stock so this is a photo of a similar one. The ones I ordered were on sale for $13.99 (originally $39.50). With the sales it's an additional 25% off at $10.49. I did a quick look over at Greatcanadianrebates and found that you can get 2% cash back ($50 min purchase, which I have) and 1% cash back credit card. Total savings of 74%.


Of course free shipping for all purchases and savings add up with all the items I bought. I didn't want to bore people to tears list everything I bought but they were mostly things that have been on my to buy list for a long time.

Daily deals at Living Social

I've been following the daily deals at Living Social for awhile now. The discounts are pretty awesome but wasn't sure about using it (mostly because the deals are relevant to me).

The last months though a few deals really interested me, and I ventured in. I bought opera tickets at 50% discount. I've never been to the opera and actually was looking at performances a few weeks ago.

I bought 20 hot yoga classes for $20 dollars. Considering the place I usually go to is $17 dollars it's a great deal even though I expect the studio will be quite busy because over 3,000 of these packages were sold. A cheap way to start my weekly yoga goal.