So, with the January sales well under way how many bargains have you managed to pick up? Does your wardrobe now boast a few well-selected designer bargains that you’ve snapped up at amazingly low prices? Have you had your eye on a certain dress or that must-have pair of shoes for the last few months, but you’ve patiently waited, biding your time until you knew it would be marked down in the sale and it’s purchase would give you an even greater buzz because of the cash you’ve saved? Well done is all I can say. My experience of sale shopping tends to be a much different one to that. Sure, I’m not saying I haven’t picked up a real bargain in the past that I’ve gone on to love and cherish, but more often than not it doesn’t work out that way. Ok, so I try to be sensible - I see an over-priced pair of boots that I adore and I think to myself why pay that inflated price when they’ll probably be a third of the price in a month or two? So, I wait, I keep my eye on them and go in to the shop each time I pass and to make sure they haven’t been reduced. Then the sales start and I return to the store excitedly imagining what outfits will be instantly transformed simply by teaming with my fantastic new boots. I go into the shop and everything is all over the place, then I see them. It’s almost like they’re gleaming at me amongst all the chaos. I rush over to them and pick them up - size 6. Ok, put them down, pick up the next pair - size 5 and so it goes on, but still I can’t bring myself to accept that there is no pair in size 4 waiting for me to slip my feet in. The disappointment overwhelms me every time. So, now I have a new policy. I’ll still wait until the sale if I don’t have any particular night out or event to wear my desired item to before that time, but if it’s part of a must-have outfit I’ll snap it up there and then and at least when my size is still available in the sale (as it always is if I already have it), then I can console myself with the fact that I’ve already worn it 6 or more times and it’s no longer quite as amazing as I first thought!