| We all have to go shopping for clothes from time | | | | To begin with, have a good idea in mind of the |
| to time. For some people this is a pleasure that | | | | sort of thing you're looking for. Have a look in |
| they look forward to with relish, and for others it | | | | your wardrobe and decide what you need, and |
| is little short of a nightmare. The shops are | | | | what it will go with. Think about accessories, |
| bursting with choice, and from every angle we | | | | because especially for women, buying a new |
| are bombarded with posters and images of | | | | outfit at a very good price becomes less of a |
| models wearing the outfits on sale with promises | | | | bargain when you realise you have no matching |
| that simply by wearing clothes with a particular | | | | accessories and you have to spend the equivalent |
| label on them our lives will be transformed and | | | | of the full price of the outfit again just in shoes, |
| we will become glamorous stars with | | | | belts, handbags and so on to match it. |
| photographers at our heels and the world at our | | | | Have a budget in mind. This can be helped by only |
| feet. | | | | taking a certain amount of cash with you. A |
| In fact, the chances are that unless you are well | | | | flexible piece of plastic might feel like power, but |
| prepared and reasonably hard headed you will | | | | it's a power that you don't own 'it's the shop's. |
| eventually walk out of the shops with several | | | | Having a strict limit on cash and taking this with |
| bags, including an absoluter bargain that you have | | | | you means that there will be no chance that you'll |
| no idea if you'll ever wear, a couple of items that | | | | be easily swayed, unless of course you really do |
| were really far too expensive, and something | | | | find an absolute bargain. |
| more or less along the lines of the item you | | | | Remember as well, that an item is never a |
| actually came shopping for. | | | | bargain if there is no chance of you ever wearing |
| It is important when you are going shopping to | | | | it. How many items hanging in your wardrobe now |
| prepare yourself. An unprepared clothes shopper | | | | have the label still on them? It might have |
| is what every retailer wants, because you will be | | | | seemed a good deal, but if you never wear it, |
| far more open to suggestion, and more likely to | | | | just how much was it worth? Think carefully |
| end up buying clothes you didn't even realise you | | | | about whether, when and where you would |
| wanted. You may have noticed that when you go | | | | actually wear the outfit. |
| shopping during the sale season, the actual items | | | | Obviously, always try items on, and it helps in this |
| in the sale are at the very back of the shop, | | | | regard if you wear easily removable clothes so |
| forcing you to walk past and ignore all of the | | | | that you can quickly hop in and out of outfits in |
| current season's hot products and looks, which is | | | | the changing room. Use the mirrors and don't be |
| not easy. Far too often people end up going in to | | | | afraid to ask a sales assistant for help if you're |
| a shop for a sale item only to end up coming out | | | | not sure. |
| with a full price one instead, or as well. | | | | |