Big Sale Tomorrow!

By Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
Philippines
September 13, 2012 7:30am CST
I usually don't like shopping when there's a big sale. I hate crowded malls and waiting in a very long queue. But tomorrow, we're heading out to the mall for it's first day of the three day sale. I must because I have to go shopping for new shoes and my son's clothes. My mother-in-law who is a shopaholic is arriving from New Jersey tomorrow and i'm pretty sure she would ask me to go shopping with her. So, I'm sleeping early tonight because tomorrow is a big shopping day for us. Don't you find it a burden to go shopping on a big sale day?
17 responses
• India
14 Sep 12
Hi friend, good to know you are going for a big shopping tomorrow, as you mentioned it is really hard to go shopping on this kind of great offers due to the crowd, but we can save a lot with this kind of shopping. Wish you to enjoy a lot with your shopping, don't forget to create a topic about your shopping experience
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Hello! I had fun shopping with my mother-in-law. I just bought necessary things. I bought a luggage for my travel and I bought a dress that my mother-in-law thinks is perfect for my figure. It was a bargain at 70% off so I didn't hesitate on getting that dress.
@edsss17 (4394)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
Burden indeed! But, big sales helps us save a lot. I'm no fan of big sales since just like you, I hate waiting in long queue also plus I just can't spend too much money. hehehehe! :) I'm on a tight budget! I hope you'll have fun tomorrow with your mother-in-law! :)
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
I just hope all the troubles will be worth it. I'm very picky when it comes to shopping and I usually go for quality than the price. I just hope that I could get the shoes that I like at 50% the most.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
Oh i am so envious of your would be shopping spree with your mother-in-law. well, it's really a hassle3 to be with many people, but it is enjoyable, because you are joining their frenzy of buying things at its cheapest. Good luck Toni on your shopping. May you get the most discounts.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
Thanks D! I think I would be getting only 10-20% discounts. Hope I could land a 50% on my favorite Italian shoe shop.
@adnileb (5276)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
Wow! Where is that? I find shopping a bit of burden for my feet. But when I have money to buy all I want, and they're all on sale, that wouldn't bother me at all. Though there are times, you will really hate the crowd and the long queue on cashier. But still, when the discounts are big, that's not much to worry about. Good luck on your big shopping day tomorrow!
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
It's in SM City Iloilo. I won't be going in the department store though because I really don't like waiting in a very long queue. I'll just go to the different shops inside the mall. and buy from there.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
14 Sep 12
Every time i feel excited when i heard the big sale day. I will go there and find somethings that i will not buy on the usual day coz it is cheap and lovely. The bad thing is that there are loads of people which i do not like,but adjust myself, i still have a nice shopping.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Right. I avoided the department store because there were too many people there. Instead, I went to the stores in the mall and got what i wanted.
@litvillegas (1274)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
Hello toni Wow! What a big day! I love shopping but its a burden to my feet.:(.. I love going shopping on a big sale day because its time to buy items at a low price. I also hate waiting in a very long queue but since its on sale I just don't mind the burden..:) Enjoy shopping..:)
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
I would be avoiding the department store so i won't have to be in a very long queue. I'll visit the stores inside instead and buy from there.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Hi lit! Women always have brilliant ideas! That's why men couldn't live without us.
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
Oh..that's a brilliant idea toni..:)
• United States
13 Sep 12
I generally avoid shopping malls; I don't think that I've been inside any in about a year or so. I usually go to small local stores and farmers' markets for stuff. I'm not much for most national chains; although, we do frequent one for my boyfriend's clothing, since finding small, local stores around here that carry nice, reasonably priced men's clothing is difficult. I have found no reason to have any great moral qualms about shopping that particular chain, however.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
I don't like local chains here. They're situated in the far side of the street which has no parking space and worst, robbers are hovering around. Plus the fact that they're not air-conditioned! The best stuff that I could find are all in the shopping malls so that's where I go.
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
I also don't like shopping when there's a big sale. First of all, I really hate the crowd. I can't walk in peace. I always have to walk then move my body sideways, be cautious not to bump anyone, and so on. It's not a good stroll on the mall. Oh, and yes, the long lines... Our family is the opposite, we'd want to know if there are any malls that are holding their 3-day weekend sales so we could avoid them. There are times when we get to a mall and didn't know they were having a sale. It's a bummer because of the bulk of people and traffic but when we get inside, we just try to enjoy it and sometimes get lucky to see some bargains of things we really like. But to intentionally go to a mall during sale, only on rare occasions.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Me too. I try to avoid them. I just took advantage of it this season because i'm leaving and I need to buy a luggage and some stuff for my travel. Anyway, I didn't get into the department store but instead, i shopped at the stores that has less people in them.
@GemmaR (8517)
13 Sep 12
I love shopping most of the time, and I like to get a good bargain, but for me it very much depends on the way that the shops arrange their sales. I like the ones that arrange them in size order as it means that you can just look on your size rack and see right away if there is anything there that interests you. I don't like it when everything is just thrown onto the same stand and you have to look through everything to see if there is anything, so I don't bother going into a store if it looks as though that is what I am going to have to do.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
I don't like that one too. That usually happens in a department store.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
13 Sep 12
Where is it? hehe. I like Big sale but I acrtually seldom plan on going big sales days; I prefer digging sales here and there whereever I see. I also don't like the crowds either.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
It's one of the biggest shopping mall in my city. It happens quarterly. I'm just taking advantage of it since i'll be leaving the country soon.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
14 Sep 12
Well, assuming it's not me that I do the shop in the family, I'm not very interested in the fact that when the products are sold in stores at lower prices. My mom instead he jumps headlong, when they begin the end of season sales, especially in the field of clothing. Seem strange and I am almost ashamed to say it, but even if I already have 37 years, it is still my mother buys clothes for me! If anything I'm interested in the electronics and information technology. However, I agree with your idea, in the sense that I would absolutely not like to go shopping when the shops and department stores are too crowded.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Dear friend, Men usually don't like shopping at all. You're still living with your parents so i do understand why your mom still has to do the shopping for you.
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
13 Sep 12
I love shopping, but I hate crowds. I tend to feel claustrophobic, plus the wails and yells of young kids running around the place, the cranky and tired sales personnel...I don't like the picture at all! I do want to go on sale but I try to avoid mall-wide sales because that's when a big traffic of crowd surges on. I just usually go to individual stores who decided to put a sale on their own.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
It's a school day today, so no kids. Office day too, so people won't be barging in till late this afternoon. So i'm going to shop in the morning where there are less crowd.
• Canada
13 Sep 12
I don't find it a big burden at all..I actually do like to go shopping even on a busy day.. My only gripe about shopping on a busy is trying to find a parking spot...
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
There's a huge parking lot in this department store. Besides i'll be going in an office hour.
• United States
13 Sep 12
I've never actually done this. I know it seems like madness and people sometimes get killed in situation like these but I would actually like to experience something like this. Kinda seems like a rush lol. Plus on these days you score the BIGGEST deals ever so I really wouldn't mind it
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
Not in here, people don't get killed for that. this sale happens quarterly and there are three big shopping malls that do that. It's the department stores that are crowded and not really the stores inside the mall. So, I'll be avoiding the department store.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
13 Sep 12
i am like you, i hate crowds and our best sale day is Boxing Day and though it is a stat holiday here in Canada, the stores are open and the big sales begin. its pretty chaotic but sometimes we do actually go. i find that even shopping on saturdays at the mall crazy because there are so many people who shop for a hobby or because they are bored , especially now that the cooler weather is upon us. winter will soon be here and the mall will even be busier (especially with Christmas just around the corner.)
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
The Christmas rush! I don't like that one too but we don't really have a choice sometimes.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
13 Nov 12
hi, it because i am a frugal type of person so even there are some big event of sale at mall,i don't usually go to shop or buy something for me,and i am thankful also because i am not a shopaholic type of person so i saved more money a lot.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
13 Sep 12
oh me too, I don't like to shop much because it is very tiring. i would love to be in a mall which is has ac but other wise to go from street to street i would not love. I have been to my sister in law and she is one shopaholic girl and she made me tired.lol I am sure you will like to shop in the mall with your mother in law. have fun. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
I've always shopped in an airconditioned mall. Can't imagine walking from shop to shop either and they're not air-conditioned. Considering that we are living in a tropical country, i can't seem to stand the heat plus the crowd.