30th Mar 2006
To Wait or Not to Wait for Something to Go on Sale
Last December, while shopping for the perfect holiday party outfit, I encountered a skirt at Anthropolgie that as soon as I saw it, I literally gasped in adoration. It was perfect. It was also $288 (which is not affordable for me). I resigned myself to live without it, sure that it would be snatched up before ever going on sale. Sure enough, it disappeared from the store within a week.
As I was browsing the new sale items at Anthropologie, lo and behold, the skirt! At first I was disheartened, they didn’t have it in my size (as expected), but then I looked through the dropdown menu of the sizes available and voila! one size larger than my normal size, but in petite, which effectively makes it my size. For $74.95!
Despite being impractical (well, not really, there will be more holiday parties to go to) and that I will need to buy something to wear with it (which I would have to do anyway), I had promised myself that if it ever went on sale, I would snag it.
If you really love something and it is affordable at full price, don’t wait for it to go on sale, because chances are, if it is that wonderful, it won’t (two dresses I’ve been eyeing at Anthro have sold out in my size at full price this month, and now I wish I’d splurged). But if it is out of your reach, keep an eye out, and you may just be able to get it.
-Ali
Posted by Ali @ 9:10 am
March 30th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
It always amazes me how the things I like always sells out before ever going on sale or before I FINALLY decide to buy it after much pondering. I try to tell myself that its all fate. Like how you landed your skirt! Congrats on that. Anthro does have lots of gorgeous dresses out this season. If only it would hurry up and go on sale!
March 30th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
I feel the same way. Walked into Anthro yesterday and it was so damned expensive.
March 31st, 2006 at 1:21 am
I have a very fashionable and wiser older friend tell me to always buy things you love no matter what price it is. You’ll feel like a million bucks in it!