How to survive the holiday season: Retail Edition.
- When daring to venture towards a retail venue, park at least mile from the said venue. I ran into Target the other day and returned to my poor car being violated by a shopping cart.
-Shop online. 'Nuff said.
-Wearing sunglasses and headphones work wonders. It deters annoying perfume samplers and shows people you're on a mission: to get in and get out. You may look ridiculously unabomberish but we live in a city that is sooo not judgemental.
- If need be, self-medicate.
- Use those sanitary wipes on shopping carts. Highest bacterial breeding ground after restaurant menus, bathroom stall locks, and gas pumps!
- Don't be that ridiculous looking girl shopping in 5 inch pumps. Have you noticed the disastrously slippery floor in Dadeland?! You look like an idiot.
- Be nice to retailers and salespersons. Realize how horrendous it must be to work during the holidays. Sympathy and kindness go a long way. As they say "people who are not nice to the help are not nice people".
- Shopping lists are glorious and effective gameplans.
- Compare prices. Mostly all stores offer price matching. Sunday ads, the internet, etc. are wonderful resources. I use sites like pricegrabber.com, Amazon, and other gems.
- We have less than two weeks till Santa. May the force be with you all.
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