Three Great Shopping Tips for Holiday Weekends

It's the forth of the July weekend, and that means lots and lots of sales, but be careful about what you are buying.

Remember What You in your Purchases: While I walked through the mall today, I noticed that many stores have signs with 60%, 70% off, but when I actually walked in there were maybe 2-3 things that I actually liked. There was a store that had the entire store on sale, but I had to really pull myself away from buying anything that was cheap. I almost bought pants today that did not reflect who I was fashion wise and I probably would have hated the way I looked in them later.

Make sure that you check your labels: I found a pair of bermuda shorts that I LOVED, but I had to put them down even though they were only $20. They are dry clean only. Just because the pants are cheap now does not mean they will be cheap later. Dry Clean only is a bad sign for clothes because it costs so much to get clothes cleaned for $8 a pop. Also, I went to buy a DVD player that I had researched online, I didn't quite understand what one word meant on the labe, but when I went to the store I spent about 30 minutes reading through the boxes to find out what everything was and low and behold I found out the word that I didn't know had a feature that I wanted in my dvd player missing. I ended up paying $60-$70 more, but I saved myself the trouble of coming back another time to replace my DVD player.

Check Online First: I wanted to buy a wireless mouse and I was going to shell out thirty bucks for a good quality brand name one, but by researching the deals at slickdeals.com, I found a wireless mouse with the same great brand name I wanted for $10.

Happy Shopping!