SALES-by Marina de Miranda

SALES

The winter sales have arrived!!!! There is nothing better than to take advantage of big discounts for big savings and fill your wardrobe with the latest looks.

Each community and store decides when the sales start and finish.

In Madrid the sales usually start before the other communities because it's the capital of Spain, and you probably already know that the winter sales begin on January 1st, although some stores follow tradition and the sales begin on January 7th.

The brands better known as H&M, Pull and Bear, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Hollister, MANGO and others, are the first that have sales, from January 1st to March 7th approximately. 

Here you have some tips to survive during the Winter Sales:

1.     Make a list at home with the closet open to know what you have and what not, which you need and what you already have.

2.     Create a budget if you don’t want to end up asking for loans.

3.     Plan all the important events that you have this year. For example if it's your cousin’s wedding is in June, it probably is a good moment to buy a special dress.

4.     Invest in basics. It's the best moment to replace that eternal white shirt or the black blazer that saves you out of a thousand situations.

5.     Buy a trendy accessory like a flashy sunglasses.

6.     Go with a friend who knows you well to tells you if the clothes go with your style and if you look well on them.

7.     Go to the sales with comfortable footwear and with a bandoleer and of course with clothes that you could take off easily.

8.     The online purchases are always an excellent option and you will avoid the queues, pushes, stresses and sometimes grumpiness. And all this to blow of mouse (and in pajamas).

9.     Buy yourself a craving if you have followed your initial list because there are only sales twice a year.

            Good luck!!