TOP SHOPPING TIPS
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HOP WITH A LIST
This is my number one tip for
good reason. Many people over-
spend or buy things they don’t
want, don’t need and never end up
using because they haven’t pre-
pared properly.
ET A BUDGET
Yes, oh yes – the “b” word.
Budget. This is important. Many
people overspend on things they
don’t want, need or use because
they had no parameters around
their spending – they just went ‘hell
for leather’. Not a smart way to
shop.
ET A TIMEFRAME
Don’t allow yourself to mean-
der around a shopping centre in
an aimless fashion. Many people
use shopping in a lollabout fashion,
whiling away an afternoon in their
favourite mall.
HOP ALONE
Many people find that shop-
ping partners are more akin to ac-
complices in crime! They can egg
us on to making purchases that we
don’t want or need, and can have
their own (sometimes unconscious)
motives for encouraging us to shop.
AY WITH CASH
The researc h is clear: we pay
20 – 50% more when we shop with
magic plastic, whether it’s using a
credit or debit card. There’s some-
thing about that magic plastic that
can make us feel like we’re using
Monopoly money, play money. Like
it’s not real.
SK “WHERE WILL I WEAR THIS?”
Too many of us buy impulsively
with no thought to what we’ll do
with the things we buy. Our hard
earned cash and even more pre-
cious time is wasted on things that
have no place in our closets, our
homes or our lives.
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