Crazy Shoe Shopping - Taking Advantage of MJM Closing Sale
Today, I just blew away a few hundred dollars on shoes! But here is the story. MJM, which was a store that sells shoes at a discount (with some branded names as well) was having a closing sale! Guess when you compete solely on price, things can get very difficult.
Mrs Credit Card persuaded me to check out some Men’s shoes. We duly went after lunch. And must have spent at least an hour and a half at the store. Everything was either at a 20%, 30% or 50% discount.
I started looking at casual shoes, then dress shoes and running shoes. Mrs Credit Card was busy getting shoes for the kids. To cut the long story short, check out the pictures below on what we got!
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In total, I spent $350. The way I justified this was as follows. I seldom buy shoes. The last time I bought shoes for myself was in 2002, where I blew $450 on my Prada dress shoes, which I still wear to work (they do last very long). My previous shoe before the Pradas was a Ferragamo which set me back about $300. That shoe was bought in 1999.
For the amount of money that we spent today, I got myself three dress shoes, two casual shoes, one running shoes (addidas). I also got my kids a few pairs of shoes on the cheap. Aside from that, we did get carried away by buying a few Calvin Klein socks (which does not actually cost much). I even got two fancy “Nautica” unbrella’s for $19.95 each (versus $27 full price) because we have such “uncool” umbrellas at home!
So is this frugal or was it one of those spur of the moment splurges? It is probably a combination of both. Yes, it is shopping after Thanksgiving! But I felt that we were taking advantage of a store about to close. I might even go back tomorrow to buy some shoes to sell on Ebay! One thing I did do was to charge my expenses on my BlueCash from American Express Card. Since I’ve already crossed the $6,500 threshold, I’ll earn 1.5% rebates from these.