Sale Fever

Today, during a tedious conference call, I found my mind wandering to the concept of sale “bargains”.  Markles and Sparkles had emailed several colleagues announcing a “flash” sale, so demonstrating the resolve normally exhibited by Olympic athletes in training, determinedly, they made their way to the store.  Returning triumphantly to the office later, clutching their gold medal carrier bags, they displayed their victory spoils of coats, bags and tops.  It’s questionable what constitutes an actual bargain.  But more importantly, how many items were needless purchases?  I know I’m probably not typical but I just can’t buy into this overt consumerism