Ok, so the great Singapore sale officially started yesterday, though i wasnt exactly very looking forward to it. The thought of it didnt send a thrill tingling through me. If you think about it, its just another excuse to get people spending, plus there is always a sale going on anyway,the whole year round. I am getting quite sick of the sale *note, not shopping*. I still love shopping. But I hate squeezing in with zillions of people in their mad rush to get the items they want at the discounted price. I hate seeing signs of sale in a shop and seeing lots of people thronging around the place, where I would stand at the outside thinking, I am not going to squeeze in there.It is also the time when you see the worst of Singaporeans, frantically trying to find clothes their size, chucking unwanted items all around,without regards to the poor sales people who have to fold it back neatly again. There have also been cases of people fighting over items.....phew, kiasuism at its worst. When I shop, I prefer to do it at a leisurely pace, where it is not so crowded, where I don't need to queue up for ages for the changing room, where I don't feel like I am in a race, competing to see who gets the better deal, where I can take my time choosing the designs, or whether I really want to buy it.

Personally, I don't need anymore excuses to spent money, cos I already have alot. I even drew out a list of the items I want to get, then crossing out the items that I feel I don't really need, or listing it out in order of desirability. Yeah, I know I am mad, but if I don't do this, I have a feeling I will just buy anything that catches my fancy and end up with an even more diminished bank account. At the end of the day, I want to feel like I have spent the money on something useful, something that would last, something that would bring me a prolonged period of satisfaction *food doesnt apply* ;) and not something that I would feel very happy after purchasing it, but then chuck it in one corner and forget all about it. Thats one thing that sales do to people, more often than not, they get things that they don't really need, just because its cheap and it ends up being a white elephant.

Yeah, so I will dare to venture into any shop proclaiming great discounts and feel confident that I know I am in control....hey I havent bought anything yet(i mean since the sales started), isnt that saying something?