Soldes!

I'm looking forward to shopping this Friday. Even if I have to rush my lunch and hopping about in 6ème, it all seems worth the wait and hassle. The winter sale is here! It starts on 9 Jan and I make it a point this time to make the purchases within the first week of sale. The reduction starts at 50% from the very first day and I already have in mind what I want to buy. I need warm clothes and shoes for immediate use and I want to get the handbag of my dream at a discount.

The cost of living in Paris is high and we have low purchasing power (at least I have been convinced by the president that it is). I no longer have the luxury of making frivolous shoppings as I used to do in Singapore. My Carrefour bills now take the biggest slice of my disposable income and I'm usually left with small and precious amount of extra money.

The only solution for most of us, especially the fashion victims, is to wait for the twice-yearly sale. I have been to the summer sale and I must say that I got pretty good deals from that. The winter sale is equally interesting for me as winter clothings can be rather expensive and I definitely need the help of the magic word soldes to get me some good quality cashmere at affordable prices.