Black Friday Showdown!

Ok, I know I'm poor right now, but this time I burnt a major hole in my pocket! Then again, the hole would have been bigger if it weren't for Black Friday Sales!

After having thanksgiving dinner with Wei Foong, Kwan, Hilarree and me at some Korean buffet that kinda sucked, Hilarree and me went to Gilroy Premium Outlets for our annual Get-Down-Crazy Shopping Spree~! This year the stores open at midnight, so there's lots to hunt this cold autumn night.

We reached Gilroy at around 10:30pm to find out NOBODY was there! So we just waited for awhile in the car. Thirty minutes minutes later, out of a sudden hundreds of people appeared out of nowhere, lining up outside Banana Republic. Luckily me and Hilarree managed to jump out of the car and get in line not being too far behind.




When the doors opened, it was TOTAL CHAOS~!!! TOTAL CHAOS I need to re-emphasize!
People started pushing and jumping queues! The people at the back were shouting and scolding people at the front not to cut the line. But we managed to enter anyway in the first batch as only a certain amount of people are allowed to enter the store at any one time.


The list below summarizes the stores, stuff and savings I made...

Banana Republic
Jacket (Original: $70, Sale: $33)
Wool Pants (Original: $70, Sale: $42)
Shirt (Original: $50, Sale: $30)

Kenneth Cole
Black Dress Shoes (Original: $120, Sale: $91)

Guess Factory Store
Belt (Original: $25, Sale: $19)
Watch For Me (Original: $75, Sale: $37)
Watch as Gift (Original: $55, Sale: $22)

Nike
Vest (Original: $50, Sale: $24)
Sport Shirt (Original: $35, Sale: $25)
Golf Shirt (Original: $90, Sale: $28)

BLOODY RETAIL TOTAL = $640
SIGH-OF-RELIEF SAVINGS = $289
CRYING TOTAL EXPENDITURE = $351

So overall the sales event was a 45% discount. But we, I mean 'I', have to believe that many of these original prices are already marked down and that the extra savings are because of early morning door buster discounts!

Lets see... $351 poorer means I need to live on instant noodles for... *calculates*... a whole two months!!!! Everyone please pray that I get a job soon!


NOTE: This post is not intended to show off or anything... its just a report to my "financers" back home that I only buy stuff when they are at good deals and are needed. It is also to remind myself how much more bags of goodies I could have gotten if I had a job and that material posessions don't make me happy compared to the people I care about that support me. Okay... maybe it makes me a little happy~ yeah, just a little~!