So I ventured over to the Metropolitan Pavilion on Friday afternoon to check out the Intermix Warehouse sale. The weather was pretty bad, but I was still expecting to see a long line of people outside. Nope.

Inside was a different story. The line to check in your purse was long, loud, and chaotic at times. I stood there and observed impatient shopgoers wait their turn to fork over their belongings.

While the sale is now over, it will be back in the fall and the biggest advice I can give you is this: Don’t bring your purse. You can easily walk past this crowd of shoppers and go right inside. Just keep your wallet with you.

Another tip for future sales comes from Sara T. who said, “If you find something you like and it’s fully stocked, hang around for a few hours if you can. Grab one that fits you just in case, but they continue to mark down items by the hour.”

Intrigued, I hung around and checked the tags of a few winter coats–which were few and far between–and saw them drop over $100 in price within an hour. Great tip!

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