Can you resist a bargain?

joanlawson

Yesterday, the plan was to go to town on the bus, get my hair done, and come straight home again. I wasn't going to look round the shops at all, especially any selling clothes. I really don't need any more clothes as I've got more than enough to see me through the summer.

But then I missed the bus and had an hour to wait for the next one, so to pass the time, I wandered into a well-known high street store. There staring me in the face were rails of clothes with the word SALE written above them :!: Well, what was I to do :?: So there I was twenty minutes later in the fitting room with the maximum 8 items you are allowed at a time. I came away with a pair of jeans (£9) two Per Una t-shirts (£5 each) and a lovely top which was reduced from £29.50 to £7, making a grand total of £26 for four good-quality items.

I had a big smile on my face all the way home on the bus.
I can't resist a good bargain, can you :?:

tjt6768

you wimmin and your shopping :roll:
I would have wasted the time sat having a cuppa instead. Couple of quid at the most, much cheapness lol

valval

got some shoes for £24 instead of £30 just what i was looking for. no i never miss a bargain look at the money it saves oh he got trainers and t shirt for holiday we might never afford lol

joanlawson

Yes Tony, a cuppa would have been cheaper, but think how good I will feel when I go out today in my bargain clothes. Oh dear, as long as I don't meet someone else wearing the same outfit :roll:

Glad you got some bargains too, Val. Shoes are so expensive, so it's good if you can find some in the sales.

bubbadog

Call me Bubbadog Bargain hunter, my life is spent sitting with my laptop looking through every offer/sale part of my fav sites (especially next!) I must buy something every week! At the moment my OH wants some new tops so he's put me in charge of doing that!! Over last 3 days I've had stuff arrive from next,Debenhams and Joe Browns!!!

Avrielle

I hate clothes shopping. Always makes me aware of how fat I am!

I desperately need new clothes, but I still slob about in my old gear as I simply can't afford new clothes, even if on sale.

I will have to by a new pair of jeans soon though as my only pair are beginning to wear out and starting to get holes in the crotch area....

I did buy myself 2 packs of new cotton undies last fortnight though. Was an essential buy as I need cotton undies. Wearing lacey nylons causes womenly problems...

I'm a jeans and baggy t-shirt girl. I look like a slob, but I don't care. I can transform in to a victorian-gothic princess for a night out if I really want too. I have loads of goth clothes, but most don't fit me anymore. But my dresses and skirts do, and I can -just- about pull off the victorian-goth look as long as I have make-up on. But I hardly ever go out anymore, and it is even rarer that I'll get dressed up.

When it comes to non-clothes bargains though, I'm very tight on my money so I kinda have to sniff out bargains.

Numptydumpty

Wow Joan I'm impressed! I too love a bargain, and it sounds as though you got a good one. I hope you enjoy wearing your new clothes. Are you going out somewhere nice to show them off?
All the best,
Numpty

mig

Needed a dressing gown that wouldnt take up a lot of room when packing,got one from per unas sale £12 in stead of £25,its a nice long one with a hood on.Mig

dreamdaisy

I try to reign myself in by thinking that a bargain is only a bargain if you are willing to pay full-price in the first place. I took a necklace to the till point at M&S, expecting to pay full-price minus 20% and it came up at £3! I have spent too much money at that store in the past few weeks but I am trying to smarten myself up, my thinking being that if I look smarter I'll feel better in myself. It's nearly working! I'm pleased for you Joan, it is a satisfying feeling isn't it? And I bet you look lovely to boot! DD

JuliaHod12

Can't resist bargains...... :-)

have begun scouring Eb*y for good quality items that i can wear to work.......have ben fairly successful with 2 dresses, 4 tops and an Ann Harvey trouser suit ...........none of the items has cost me over £10 including postage! :-)

jillyb1

Love a bargain too , I do all my shopping on line and check out M and S each time there's a sale on ; adore that per una range . Jillyb

dreamdaisy

I agree about Per Una, that range has some lovely stuff as does their Indigo brand. As my husband so kindly points out 'How many skirts can you wear at once?' I know, only one but that doesn't mean I don't need at least another seven in the wardrobe. And then when the Monsoon sale begins . . . . . Mind you, how many shirts can he wear at once? Yup, one but he has thirteen. Same dog perhaps but a very different piece of string - and I pay for my skirts. DD

tjt6768

I will admit that I will try and ask if the price can be any better, only when buying expensive items though. Just bought a cyclone media player, got a bit knocked off it just mainly by having a laugh with the girl at the till.. I'm always friendly with anyone who's at the tills, I'd hate to do that job, I really wouldn't last long as I tell it like it is lol..
It doesn't cost anything to s spend a minute asking them if they are ok etc..
And sometimes it has benefits too lol.. I hasten to add, that is not why I'm friendly with the people at the tills.. I'm like that with most folks..
until they upset me

Melrymax

I am a nightmare for bargains! I found a website which I check daily and is great for absolutely everything! We aren't allowed to post sites on here are we?

applerose

I rarely buy anything unless it has been reduced. I buy a lot from charity shops and am disappointed if I don't find something to buy. Hope you're all enjoying your bargains.

bubbadog

My OH & I always play companies off wanna nother when it comes to expensive items and holidays! My OH makes me do the dirty work and I will start with the one company and go to another company and 'say such and such company has offered me the item at (I always knock a couple of hundred off the price the 1st company offered the item at) and say' Can you do a better price?' and then I go back to the other company tell them the better price and back and forth till I get the price I want to pay! It's hard work but when you get the item/holiday for well under half the price it's advertised at it makes you feel good!!