How to keep your cool and get a good deal in the January sales

A sweet deal in the sales can make all the difference. Pictures: iStock
Event shopping does everything to bring us to an emotional pitch. Countdowns, dawn opening, specials, baffling slashed percentages to an RRP, the threatening FOMO undertone of “while stocks last!” It’s triggering. Even after the financial rodeo of Christmas, we're winging out debit and credit cards like happy gunslingers at the sales.