Shopping Strategies -- please share

Talking about clothes, here...
Let me give a few examples to start...but feel free to add your own. What works best for you and in what ways?
Let me give a few examples to start...but feel free to add your own. What works best for you and in what ways?
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I never go to malls or high end places, I don't wear makeup and my hair is easily controlled by cheap mass produced products.
I'm a SAHM living on one income, with a pre-teen I can't afford to spend top dollar on anything. If I can get $70 jeans for $10 I do, the local consignment shop owners know me and I always get a discount for how much I do shop there.
I can streach a penny into copper wire then sell that for scrap, I am the cheap.
Then I know for sure that every thing will be used, and chances are, I can mix it all in with different stuff.
Sometimes I try to shop in a color family. Like the other day I bought a bunch of brown, pink, teal, aqua, lime and cream - they all go together.
I splurge on staples up front so I don't run into a "I want but I need" situation.
I can only shop in really organized stores with good help or I get annoyed. I don't like looking through masses of unorganized clothes and I don't ever seem to grab the right size so if I'm alone, I need an associate to usually go grab my size.
I'll shop anywhere.
I typically only buy things that have a little "extra" - this goes for clothes and house decor. Like instead of a fitted white t-shirt, mine will have a sequined neckline or something like that. For every staple, you kind find another version with a little umph.
I shop for clothes usually at the mall...places like Express, H&M, Ann Taylor. If you wait till the middle or end of the season (rather than the beginning), you can get some great sale prices at Express and Ann Taylor. And Gap I know, too.
If there are some really nice white t-shirts, basic pants, or shoes that I see will look great, are comfortable and go with a lot, I buy them even if I don't need them (because such things are rare with me).
I'm always on the lookout for a dress I like...so I am prepared for a speical occasion.
I will pay A LOT (over $100) for a good basic that I will ALWAYS be able to use...like a basic, dressy cashmere cardigan.
I shop online first to see what's available, and then go to the store. If I go online regularly, I can find out what goes on clearance before most people...so I can get my size. I have all the store credit cards so I can get free shipping.
I had a friend growing up whose family wouldn't even consider buying anything on sale, it was so uncool. And they only shopped at the nice, expensive places. The only way we could afford clothes from those places was when something was on sale, like at least 50% off or more.
"There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us, it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us."