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End of Season Clearance: Monthly Markdown Schedule


Bethink the serendipity of meeting the perfect pretty whats-it, for 50% off the original price, precisely when you needed it for that such and such thingy.
Well cease with the ritualistic discount drumming and throw away your mark down predicting tarot cards which you wield in a futile attempt to recreate favorable deal finding circumstances.  It’s far easier to read the predictable retail markdown calendar. 

January outerwear and winter accessories
February fine jewelry, boots, and cashmere sweaters
March linen suits and separates, handbags, and spring raincoats
April silk separates, spring raincoats, and dresses
May spring shoes, dresses, and suits
June swimwear, casual shorts, t-shirts, and summer dresses
July summer shoes, drastic reductions on swimwear
August summer clearance and fall season sales
September lined raincoats, wool blend blazers, handbags, and backpacks
October leather jackets, fall suits, career, and casual sweaters
November eveningwear, fall shoes, and boots
December clearance coats, cashmere sweaters, and fine jewelry
Now you can choose to fashion happenstance whenever you choose. Simply catalog what you actually need, then plan the most parsimonious opportunity to acquire it. 
But that does require pre-shopping, a topic to discuss tomorrow.

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End of Season Clearance: Swimsuits

I deem my Mister to be a capital classy gentleman…
Except when clad for aquatics.  He pinches his pennies particularly tight within the category of recreational raiment.  In common colloquy, the man needs some swim trunks.  I refuse him the liberty to don his pineapple hued, inappropriately printed monstrosities in one more of my vacation memories.  For the last decade, exotic beaches all over the world have been haunted by the image of tropical orchids collaged with silhouettes of mud flap girls (which he failed to notice when he fished this suit from the bottom of a clearance bin).  I must protect humanity.

Yes Those Ones
Serendipitously, Andrew’s dire demand is aligned with retail’s over abundant supply.  Portside of your favorite retail establishment is likely to be cozied with chunky pullovers and lush corduroys. But those who wish to stock closets without emptying wallets, need only journey to the aft of the store where the lonely summer swimmers have been cast overboard to be washed against an orphaned sales rack.
The end of the summer season has arrived, and it is time to acquire maximum caliber swim shorts at minimum coinage.  With all the money to be saved, we can shop for our own nautical needs, and engage in imaginary vacation planning. 

(*Although any proper imaginary vacation would feature both Mister and Missus and quite possibly Mini-ster and Mini-uss, all imaginary vacation planning will feature only Mrs. Reachel, for Mister Andrew would be mortified were I to publish his bare nipples for public viewing-even if they are hypothetically imaginary.)

Theoretical treading on the Amalfi Coast would look even dreamier in classic stripes
Fantasy reposing in Costa Rica deserves equally exotic prints

Speculative sunning in Bali should start with properly saturated hues

Where would you like to take your swimsuit next?

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