This past weekend I was feeling incredibly adventurous and decided that despite the before school starts ciaos at the mall, I would go walk around anyway to see if I could find a few must haves for my upcoming vacation. I wasn't looking for much really, just a cute little romper to wear to Universal Studios, and perhaps a new handbag.
Bad idea.
Not only was the mall crazy on a Saturday afternoon but I spent four hours walking around and didn't end up buying anything except some Victoria's Secret lip gloss. This got me thinking. I just wasted four hours looking for a couple things, when I could be spending time with the boyfriend, my family, or laying out in the sun.
Why didn't I just shop online?!
This is just one of my reasons why I think its so great to shop online. Here are a few others...
1. Saves time - (ie what I just explained above)
In just about five minutes you can go from Macys to Nordstrom to J.Crew and take a look at pretty much their whole collection. That would take about two hours if you actually went to the store!
2. You have more of a selection.
Basically, you have the whole world! I love to check out little boutiques online that are in LA and NYC. They have things that you just cant get anywhere here in Ohio!
3. Lower prices!
A lot of online stores have promotions, but you can also find really good deals on ebay, overstock.com and amazon.com. I know when I was in school I would buy all of my school books on amazon, its saved me SO much time. Most online stores (including DBMB, hehe) ship in a good time frame, about 3-5 days if they are in the same country as you are.
Sure you might have to hit the gym an extra day to burn off some of those extra computer calories that you would have burned by going to the mall, but sometimes it might be worth it. There ARE some exceptions though:
1. Shopping = More fun when your going to spend time with a friend or family member and just browsing. Its more about the quality time your spending with the person than actually finding a sale or item your really looking for.
2. Sometimes you CAN find better sales and hidden treasures at the store if you dig hard enough.
3. Thrifting cannot really be done online! Its one of my favorite things to do, and I'm not sure if dot com will ever be able to compete!
Don't forget to check out my favorite online shop Designs by Mandi Boutique
Happy Shopping!
xo - M.
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