Spend-a-holics: tips to buy less

Ok, so I am barely a spend-a-holic, but still around late December, I do end up buying lot of stuff because I perceive prices to be low and also I end up going to the mall with friends who need (ask for) company. The incentive for me is that I get to see a lot of the latest fashions - on a certain class of people so it is always a fun experience. The problem of overspending occurs whenever we use a 'cart' or even if you are conscious and use a basket. Fear not, I have tip for that too. The best method to reduce purchase is the "shop till you drop" principle, Only you don't use bags or baskets. You try to buy only the things that you can physically carry around in the store, the moment you are dropping things - God forbid, any glass items - you ought to check out!
If you use a basket, try carrying it upside down and turn it upright only when you convince yourself that something worthy of the basket is in front of you.
This way, you can avoid overspending! :) Cheers.
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Beware of MagsforMiles Site

Info on getting magazines for Airline frequent flier miles can be found in this future post. If you are looking for paid subscriptions (from a trusted vendor), please use this referral link:

Magazine Subscriptions From Amazon

Partial List of Airlines sites that allow redemption of award miles to magazines (Takes to you another post)

ORIGINAL POST ON HOW I WAS WARNING PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAGSFORMILES

Watch out for bad ugly sites out there. Especially if you want magazines for your miles (airline miles). I have a feeling that most of these Magazines for miles websites could just be phishing operations. The classic case is MagsforMiles [http://www.magsformiles.com/], a site that makes you fill out information such as FF no, name and address, makes you select the magazines and then when you click Submit selection, it gives a response that the site is just a demo, but thanks for the info anyway. Huh! Thankfully I used my one account with only 1000 miles but I am still concerned about giving my name and address away. Shucks.

UPDATE: I realized that my paranoia was a little unfounded. [I got my mags and nothing untoward happened back then] I had posted the above material long back, but recently found out that this page has been getting lot of views. Maybe people are trying to use up their accumulated miles for something, rather than letting them go waste. Considering how hard it has become to redeem miles for award tickets nowadays, converting them to magazines or Amazon cash (more on that in another page) is very welcome.
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