| New York is a treasure trove of so many things that | | | | find when these stores have sales. Of course |
| it is quite difficult to select one thing to mention | | | | shopping your regular shopping malls just after |
| when discussing this wonderful city. If you are a | | | | Christmas or a couple of weeks after school has |
| natural born shopper and bargain hunter though you | | | | started can also net some very similar values. The |
| would be remiss not to head out to New York with | | | | real beauty lies in the fact that you can actually go |
| the idea of finding some fabulous bargains in mind. | | | | to these stores while these sales are going on and |
| I can't imagine many places in the world that have | | | | have wardrobes for your kids for the next school |
| quite the number of shopping options that are | | | | year (provided some unholy sort of abnormal growth |
| available to New Yorkers on a daily basis. It's hard to | | | | spurt doesn't occur in the meantime). |
| imagine that there are people who actually have | | | | If shopping for you is more like a calling than an |
| never felt the thrill of getting that little extra percent | | | | adventure then you should have a great time just |
| off or finding a perfectly good second hand piece for | | | | wandering around the many malls and shopping |
| less than a quarter of what that item would have | | | | centers of New York trying to get into your head |
| cost new. At the same time, there are very few | | | | the close proximity of so many wonderful bargains |
| things that I can mentally justify paying full price for. | | | | and how everyone in that city isn't either filing for |
| Perhaps this is why New York represents shopper's | | | | bankruptcy or in serious hoc due to credit cards that |
| heaven to me. There are so many consignment | | | | are spent well beyond their limits. |
| stores, used clothes stores, vintage clothes stores, | | | | Of course my kryptonite is shoes. I have a very |
| and the bargains don't end at clothing. There is | | | | difficult time walking by a sale on shoes even when I |
| consignment furniture, house wares, even tools can | | | | know the price isn't as good as it could or should be. |
| be found at bargain prices in very specialized | | | | I love shoes, particularly Birkenstock's. You simply |
| consignment and second hand stores. Electronics and | | | | cannot buy Birkenstock's second hand and even the |
| appliances can be found in these types of stores as | | | | sales prices on these shoes are more than you'd pay |
| well. It's truly amazing all the wonderful things that | | | | for many at full retail. I once thought they were the |
| can be found at bargain basement prices by those | | | | ugliest shoes on the planet and while I'll agree they |
| who are truly willing to look for them. | | | | aren't the cutest they are quite arguably the most |
| In addition to the many consignment, second hand, | | | | comfortable shoes I've ever worn. If you ever notice |
| and goodwill type stores that you can find in New | | | | a really good sale on shoes and a brunette whirlwind |
| York City, there are also plenty of outlet stores that | | | | rushing by, it's probably me chanting 'see no evil, |
| offer lower prices for last years overstock or slightly | | | | speak no evil, do no evil' and trying to convince |
| flawed patterns. It's amazing the bargains you can | | | | myself that there really is nothing to see here. |