Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go, 50% Off, Last Days of Triple Discount. These are the words that as a child struck dread in my heart. It heralded the imminent arrival of my grandmother, who would drag me screaming and squirming round every shop in the city to buy things I did not want. Always the wrong size (you will grow into it), the wrong colour (but it goes so well with your hair) or something that no other child in the neighbourhood would be seen dead in (it is a classic design).
I could never understand why my grandmother, who was a fairly wealthy woman, would want to go to a sale to buy the wrong things but at the right price. I guess as a child you do not have your own money, so there is no need to look for the best deal in anything.
Nowadays, things are a bit different. The money you have earned is a reflection of some effort you have put in,and therefore when I spend it now I want to get the best I can get for the least money. But still, I do not like sales that much, the noise, the fighting for items when they are in limited supply, the overcrowded changing rooms and the endless queue to pay for my bargains. Research has shown that some people (mainly women) get a real kick out of shopping because it releases endorphins in their brains. Unfortunately for me, I am not in that group, I lose the will to live when I have to spend too much time in shops. So for me, it is internet shopping all the way. At home, in the warm, no driving, no parking, no queueing and often cheaper than in the nearest shopping centre. I justify it to myself on the grounds of saving time, saving money and saving the planet. In reality it probably just saves my sanity.
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I prefer to shop online too. The Internet has certainly made it easier to buy things these days. I hate trying to find a close parking place at a big store. As long as they don’t make us park online anytime soon, I will continue to look for bargains and a good sale on the World Wide Web.