Those bits and pieces of advice from Mom

In my teenage years, I was not overly keen on advice from older people. I had the feeling that the adviser preferred me to take their advice rather than just take it into account when I made my decisions and this point of view fostered feelings of manipulation and restriction.
I also noted that people advised from their library of values, likes and dislikes, personality, etc, so I just dismissed most people because I felt they were biased.

As I've become older though, I have come to understand and appreciate a lot of things my parents used to tell me. I have recently become a parent and I now know that though parents can be biased in many ways, their advice comes from a heart that cares for their offspring's well being {in most cases}.

Being a bit headstrong in those younger years has meant that most of the advice I was given now remain scattered in weird bits around my mind. That said, I seem to have gained the ability to piece like ones together and use them if need be.
Some things that were drummed into my little head include advice like:

• Don't receive gifts from people because gifts come with strings attached.
  
• Don't visit men for any reason.
  
• Don't hang out with friends that love to miss classes.
• Don't take anything that doesn't belong to you without permission.
  
• Say thank you when people do stuff for you.
• Save sex for marriage.
• and lots and lots and lots of other bits and pieces

There's one that has been impressed upon my mind though because its directly related to the kind of person I am. I'm usually an impulsive person while my husband is a more deliberate person, so while it takes me approximately 1-5 seconds to make some key life decisions, it would take my husband a couple of days. However, no matter how frustrating our personality differences may be, it can't be compared with the frustration of having to live with my mom for my first 23 years. I love my Mom but the sole reason for my high frustration levels in my younger years was that my mom took a couple of weeks to make 'favorable' decisions on issues that I needed an answer on within the next couple of minutes (or at most 2 to 3 hours).
How long can it possibly take to decide if you're going to let me go for that party or not? Oh and about that dress I can't wait to have, do you really need to take a couple of weeks to decide if I need it or not, AND then wait for it to go on sale because its a bit on the high side?
I used to stamp my feet quite a lot in frustration and anger but tantrums did not move my mom.

It was all for my own good though and this is why the bit of advice from my mom that has remained impressed in my mind is - "Shops will never run out of good things. If you wait, you will probably get it for a bargain."And how true that is!

Have you ever gone shopping and spied out a shoe that you felt will be snatched away if you did not make the purchase immediately? Did the shop attendant remember to mention that this was the last one they had and that they wouldn't be ordering anymore in? How can you deal with that kind of pressure? If you're a quick decision maker like myself, you'd probably go ahead and buy it. If you're like my mom and husband, you'd wait and get it at half price or with 75% off the original price towards the end of the season. Then I'd hate you for a while because you'd rub it in.

Needless to say, I LOVE sales when I happen upon them. Don't we all? Sometimes its hard to wait for a sale when you've got your eye on something in particular, and it gets harder when you're not sure if it will still be on stock during the sales period. However, it is a good financial management principle to be a little bit more patient and to hunt for those sales and bargains. The satisfaction of a good bargain hunt lasts longer than the aftertaste of an expensive indulgence that ends up being quite needless.

While we're on that note, don't forget to take advantage of our End of Financial Year Sales which have slashed 20% off all our marked prices. To add more spice we also have a Special Offer ->For purchases of $100 and above, you receive a complimentary coupon which gives you 50% off any other item of your choice! How good is that? Even your mom won't complain!

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