For those of you who live in Auckland, tomorrow could be your lucky day.

Not being fortunate enough to have been able to go to one of these sales, I envy those of you who can, I hear they are not to be missed.  The prices are really good and there is definitely a bargain to be found.

If you like Trelise Cooper clothes but not how much they cost, this is your chance.  Be in quick, in this economic climate these bargains wont last.

This is one of my favourtie times of the year and it’s when Whitcoulls have their huge 50% off Card Sale.  Yippee, do you have any idea how much I spend every year on cards for everyone, a fortune.  So I always take this opportunity to go and buy up lots of generic cards to use during the year.

Don’t miss out, go and buy up any cards you think you might need for the rest of the year. I always file mine in an old shoe box so you can find them when needed.

   I found this site which I often refer to before I go out shopping.  We all need a bit of a helping hand right now when it comes to finding a good deal and this site is really useful.

It’s called SaleFinder and it tells you what sales are on now and, lets face it, any help we can get to find a good deal these days, is a bonus.  You can sign up and receive regular updates when new sales start, which will enable you to keep track of anything in particular you are in the hunt for.

Essentially SaleFinder is current catalogues of some of your favourite retailers converted to the web, so for someone like me who never receives the flyers in my mailbox, this is really exciting.  Why wouldn’t you check out what’s on sale before you go shopping, just in case you can actually find a bargain.

This really is what you would call ‘letting your fingers do the walking’, it doesn’t get much easier than that.  Sign up or just keep checking in regularly for that not to be missed bargain.  I would have given this site four stars but I would like to see a few more retailers sign up to really make it really useful.  That aside, it’s still worth checking out before you head to the shops.   www.salefinder.co.nz

It is with great sadness that I visited Wade House today for what will be one of the last times, as most of you will know we were all  informed last weekend on www.stuff.co.nz that Wade House is now in receivership.  For us Wellingtonians we really aren’t spoilt for choice when it comes to furniture and accessories for your home, so this is a big blow for us in Wellington.

Wade House closing down not only comes as a big shock to us all, it’s also mixed with sadness that one of our great stores will no longer be there. 

Wade House is located along Thorndon Quay and really is in the heart of all the furniture retailers for Wellington, interestingly enough it is now the second store to not survive in that location.

All this aside,  they now have a SALE on which is worth visiting for one last time.

There is 20-30% off everything in the store, there are some great accessories worth checking out and also 40% off all linen.  All furniture has between 20-30% off and 50% off Christmas decorations.

So go check it out, you might get lucky and pick up a couple of bargains. 

Farewell Wade House and I wish the owners some rest and all the best for their next adventure in life.