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Window Shopping Tips and Tricks

Window shopping is called window shopping because it means you are just looking around. It can be a fun form of exercise since you will be doing a lot of walking, but if you prefer not to leave your house, you can also window shop online. Another advantage of window shopping is to check the prices of the products you are planning to buy. This way, you can avoid regretting buying a certain thing right away without looking around first. So here are some tips when window shopping at the mall.

  • Don’t bring too much cash or credit cards

IMG_5454It is better to be safe than sorry. There are some people who just couldn’t stop themselves from buying certain things whenever they would go window shopping. It is totally normal, though so you don’t have to worry about it, that is why to prevent that from happening, you should only bring enough cash and don’t bring every credit card that you own or else you will totally regret it in the end for impulse buying. Resist the temptation by walking away or if you have someone with you tell them to stop you from buying things that are not necessary.

Before you go window shopping, you must prepare and convince yourself that you are going to just look around and not exactly buy anything and stick to your decision.

  • Wear comfortable clothing

Since you are going to go window shopping, you must choose clothing that would make you feel comfortable. If the weather seems to be warm, then you can wear something that is suitable for the warm weather like shorts, jeans, singlets or basically anything that wouldn’t make you sweat like crazy and if it is too cold and seems to be raining then choose something warm like a sweater, cardigans, and jackets. But the most important type of clothing is the type of shoes you will wear when you go window shopping since you will do a lot of walking, wear something comfortable like a running shoe or just some kind of flats, but you have to make sure you are extremely comfortable wearing it for a few hours since you wouldn’t want to get a blister out of it.

  • Bring someone with you

Women window shopping

Women window shopping

Window shopping can be either be a “me time” or a time to hang out with someone like a friend or a family member. This way you wouldn’t get too lonely walking alone and also it would be more enjoyable to actually have someone with you and it would be best to actually just look around into stores and get someone else’s opinion on something you’re looking at buying the next time you go to that shop.

This can also be a way of catching up with old friends if you just want to look around and hang out, but make sure he or she has the same interest as you since things might get a little uncomfortable and boring if you are just forcing each other to go and have a look at certain shops the other is not really interested in.

  • Take Notes

One thing you should do when window shopping is taking notes, either if it is on your phone or a piece or paper. List down the things that you want to take a look at before you leave. That way, if ever you get distracted, you can remind yourself what are the things you want to go check out instead of completely forgetting about it because you got distracted.

IMG_5455Once you’ve written them down, go window shopping online and take a look at the prices there and list them down as well. You now have a list of items with their prices on some online shopping websites and you are now ready to go to the shopping center. Once you get there, take a look at your list and go to a certain store that you want to take a look at, then compare the prices online (make sure indicate the shipping fee if there is) with the prices of that same product at the store.

 If there is a big difference and the one online is cheaper, you may want to double check if it is legit. If one of the stores is cheaper than might as well as get that when you come back. It is convenient indeed to buy online since it’s like once click away, but then it is still different when you buy something that you can actually try and check in person.

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