Boxing Day Shopping & Chit Chat 🎄🎄🎄

Hey everyone! Happy Holidays & I wish those who celebrate it, had a very Merry Christmas, ate lots of delicious food, spent quality time with their family and got everything on their list! (Even if you didn't, there's always Boxing Day to score some great deals!)

I decided that for this year's Boxing Day, I was going to stay away from the major malls in the GTA, and keep it low key. I went to Target, Michaels and The Real Canadian Superstore.

Target didn't have anything that I wanted and I left empty handed. The same exact scenario happened at Michael's - it was picked through. I know someone is going to tell me in the comments section that I should have gotten there earlier. I will not line up before 6 AM UNLESS I am buying a big ticket item such as a television or something worth a few hundred dollars. This year, I was not and didn't feel the need to leave my house while it was still dark to get 50% off wrapping paper or ornaments to save maybe $2 - $8 (maximum) on each item. 

Finally, my mom and I went to Superstore and found some sweet deals. I managed to finally get four stylish Christmas stocking. Can you believe that I have never had one in my entire life? I thought that it was about time to get one for myself and for my family! We also picked up some adorable festive muffin tins for when we are baking some delicious treats. 

The stockings ranged anywhere from $2 - $6 each. The baking cups were $1.24 for each pack.

Front view:

Side view:

But before I ventured out to do some Boxing Day shopping....

I clearly remember last year that Forever 21 had an additional 30% off their clearance items. I visited the site a day early and left tabs open of the items I wished to purchase the following day. I woke up on the 26th around 9:30 AM and I was ECSTATIC to find out that it was an additional 50% off the sale price as well as free shipping. However, the catch was that this deal was only running until 12 noon. (The free shipping was all day I believe if I am not mistaken.)

When I first began my attempt at purchasing some of these items, many were sold out and some that had been on sale the following day, were now back at regular price. I still managed to snag a few good items in my cart and I was happy. I ran into a few more problems though... The site was being extremely slow because I would assume that many other people were doing the same as I. Also, because the site was loading very slow, I received multiple notifications on different occasions that certain items in my cart were no longer available because they were sold out.

I finally was ready to checkout and to my dismay, I had forgotten my password to my account because I hadn't made a purchase in quite some time. That delayed the process even more because I had to reset my password. By the time that was done and over with, a few more items in my cart were sold out. I anticipated this but it still wasn't a great feeling. Honestly, I was going to spend at least $100 and I ended up paying $28 (final prices with taxes in and I got free shipping.)

The verdict: Black Friday had MUCH better deals in my opinion and I was let down & disappointed many times through out the day. Next year, I am considering going to The States for a few days and do some Black Friday shopping there. Boxing Day is not what it used to be here and I found the sales to be cheaper before Christmas than after.

You need lots of patience for Boxing Day and need to anticipate lines, crowds and minimal parking. If you can't deal with any of the above, STAY AT HOME! 

Also, I did try to do the aforementioned online shopping for Boxing Day and it's just not worth it. I know the sales are sometimes week long hence 'BOXING WEEK SALES', but I'm not going to bother with it next year. There is so much hype and that can lead to much disappointment, (such as in my case.)

Anyway, this blog post is long enough and if I do manage to miraculously snag any more of these Boxing Week deals, I'll be sure to update this blog post.

Thanks for taking time out of your day to read my post/rant. As always, I am honest and this is not a sponsored blog post, all opinions are my own.

Until next time,

STAY CLASSY.

Berrz <3