Christmas is around the corner. Shopping malls and even the neighbourhood shops are glitzed up for the festive season. The omnipresent Christmas tree is all dressed up and Christmas songs play continuously. Pretty decorations and beautifully wrapped up presents suck you into the festive mood. Sales signs are everywhere, competing for customers.
The choice is plenty and it's hard to make a decision. Armed with a shopping list, I browse through the shops to look for bargains.
Shopping can be very tiring and after two hours, my mind is swimming and my knees threatening to give way. Lunch was a wonderful respite.
Another round after lunch and I was ready to call it a day. What was not accomplished had to be postponed to another day and at another shopping mall.
Once home I looked at the contents of the shopping bags. There didn't seem to be many items, yet the receipts added up to quite a big sum.
Thankfully they were the items on the shopping list and none were impulse buys. Shopping mania can get to you during the annual festive sales and one can get caught up in the many bargains and the many choices available.
Learning to be more discreet and careful in shopping can be quite a learning curve but it helps to stretch one's resources for another day.
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