It's the Big Singapore Sale!
Once a year, Singapore is having sales. Only once a year you could argue but people here are fine with it and are looking forward to it because of the offers. If you ask me, sales in Singapore are over rated. Biggest discount is usually 30%. Most of the times it's 20% only. And towards the end of it, if you are lucky, you can see a few 50% off... but only in a few shops.
This said, when you have to buy clothes for a growing baby, any discount is good. At the pace at which he is growing, he needs a new size every other month. He nows wear 12-18 months for pants and pajamas because 9 months ones are too short.
Shopping with Oskar is an adventure on its own.
First of all, you need to ensure that he is fed, clean and entertained. If any of the previous is not met, it's significantly impacting your shopping experience. It can even become hell if two of those are not met. Now frequency and quality of changing rooms in malls have an impact on total evaluation of a mall. A mall or food court with a nice changing rooms is more likely to see us again vs. one that has a poor one.
Next is accessibility. Too many shops are too small to accommodate a stroller. Even kids shop have narrow aisles forcing you to give up the stroller or go somewhere else. My favorite: those with two levels and only stairs connecting them forcing you to go out, find the lift, and come back. At least I managed to get someone to bring my items to the cashier on the other levels not to have to queue twice to pay.
Last is attention. Oskar is fast. Before you know it, he is grabbing something from the shelves nearby. One day we will get stopped on the way out for shoplifting because we won't have noticed that cute little hands grabbed a toy. Keep your fingers crossed that we don't end up in jail.
Once a year, Singapore is having sales. Only once a year you could argue but people here are fine with it and are looking forward to it because of the offers. If you ask me, sales in Singapore are over rated. Biggest discount is usually 30%. Most of the times it's 20% only. And towards the end of it, if you are lucky, you can see a few 50% off... but only in a few shops.
This said, when you have to buy clothes for a growing baby, any discount is good. At the pace at which he is growing, he needs a new size every other month. He nows wear 12-18 months for pants and pajamas because 9 months ones are too short.
Shopping with Oskar is an adventure on its own.
First of all, you need to ensure that he is fed, clean and entertained. If any of the previous is not met, it's significantly impacting your shopping experience. It can even become hell if two of those are not met. Now frequency and quality of changing rooms in malls have an impact on total evaluation of a mall. A mall or food court with a nice changing rooms is more likely to see us again vs. one that has a poor one.
Next is accessibility. Too many shops are too small to accommodate a stroller. Even kids shop have narrow aisles forcing you to give up the stroller or go somewhere else. My favorite: those with two levels and only stairs connecting them forcing you to go out, find the lift, and come back. At least I managed to get someone to bring my items to the cashier on the other levels not to have to queue twice to pay.
Last is attention. Oskar is fast. Before you know it, he is grabbing something from the shelves nearby. One day we will get stopped on the way out for shoplifting because we won't have noticed that cute little hands grabbed a toy. Keep your fingers crossed that we don't end up in jail.
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