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"It can be tempting to blow your bonus on stuff you don&amp;#39;t need this week, when rock-bottom sales make you feel like things are practically free, but if you plan to work the clearance racks, don&amp;#39;t forget this bit of advice...\nPinterestFacebook&amp;#39;Sale&amp;#39; sign on rack of leather coats, side view, close-up\nPHOTO: Getty ImagesI&amp;#39;m a diehard sale freak--I&amp;#39;ll almost never, ever pay full price for anything, unless it&amp;#39;s a once-in-a-lifetime item on vacation or a super-luxury brand that I know never discounts. My best finds come from Loehmann&amp;#39;s, Century 21 (a Missoni cocktail dress for $75 back in 2009? Oh yes, I scored it), and sample sales.\nBut I always keep one essential thing in mind when scouring the sale racks, and it&amp;#39;s helped protect me from buyer&amp;#39;s remorse for years: If I wouldn&amp;#39;t have wanted it at full price, I won&amp;#39;t want it on sale.\nAt last season&amp;#39;s Alexander Wang sample sale, I approached a table full of handbags that were around 60% off, which you&amp;#39;ll pretty much never see in a store. There was the highly coveted studded-bottom Rocco bag, marked well below its $875 retail price...in a shade of yellow I can only describe as halfway between mustard and marigold. I wavered for about 30 seconds, trying to come up with outfits I could wear it with, then took a step back and pretended I was in Barneys and this baby was behind glass and I was about to fork over serious cash for it. If it were black, gray, heck even olive green, I would have jumped to hand over my credit card, but I had to keep it real with myself: Yellow?! Would I ever pick out yellow if I had a choice? The answer was a swift no, and I moved on without an ounce of regret.\nSo as you hit the sale racks this week, do yourself a favor: Pretend the item is full price and ask yourself if you&amp;#39;d still want it. If not, it&amp;#39;s time to move on and leave that turquoise taffeta blouse for the next sucker er, shopper.\nWant more shopping advice? Get 8 great clearance season tips here, then find out how to save major money on your next trip to the mall! \nPhoto: David Sacks/The Image Bank"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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