For those who love to shop the triggers that set off a spending frenzy are everywhere - 80% off signs dangling enticingly in store fronts, end of season sales lighting up shopping districts like wildfires and bargains galore advertised wherever you look. For some reason, whenever shoppers see a ‘SALE’ sign they start to lose control and start buying. Of course, summer sales are all about the bargains, but if you’re ending up at home with a bag of items that don’t fit in with the rest of your wardrobe and that don’t serve any specific purpose, then you’ve just committed one of the cardinal sins of summer sale shopping – buying what you don’t need and can’t use. If you’re going to launch an assault on the summer racks this season then it’s a good idea to ask yourself three things before making the purchase. #1 – Does it match what I own? Before you head over to the pay register with the steal of the century, stop and ask yourself if what you have matches with the rest of your wardrobe. The best pieces to buy on sale are classics that can easily merge with what you currently own. Look for clothes that are versatile and lend themselves to easily mixing and matching with what’s currently in your closet back home. #2 – Is it comfortable? If getting into that killer pair of skinny jeans requires you to put yourself through a routine of body contortions that would have the most limber of yoga masters shaking their heads in bewilderment, then it’s probably not a good idea to go through with the purchase. Sales tend to transform even the most well-intentioned shoppers into masters of self-deception. We delude ourselves time and again into arguing for the clothing’s limitations so that we end up at home with an ill-fitting item and a bad case of buyer’s remorse. When you try something on ask yourself – ‘Does it fit right? Does it feel good? Am I comfortable in this?’ If not, then forget it. #3 – Do I really need it or do I just want it? Ask anyone clutching a fistf...