It sounds cliche to say your first time’s free…

… so I won’t because at Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic it’s always free returns, and shipping if you spend over $50.

Once upon a time, before I had a kid, I seemed to find lots of time to go shopping. I would go to the mall, try things on, come home, try things on again and sometimes I would make returns…that was then.

Sometime after my first daughter was born I learned that Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic have lots of online sales, free shipping if you spend over $50, and items could be easily returned free of charge by mail, or could be returned to the store. (I’ve been known to order an extra item just to get free shipping). The convenience of being able to buy clothes for my daughter, husband and myself have been huge. (I still can’t fit into my pre second baby clothes).

A part of me feels like everybody has jumped onto the bandwagon of online shopping, but maybe you have not. If you were for some reason holding off, let this be the gateway to your addiction online shopping experience.

For those of you who love online shopping, I wonder what your favourite sites are as I’m always up for hearing about your recommendations.

Oh, and if you’ve made it this far… let me also suggest Ebates. You basically get a percentage back from the money you spend online shopping at tons of stores. And all you have to do is first login to their site, then click through to your shopping destination then use the site as your normally would. So far I’ve received back just over $100. I realize this is not a huge amount, but as my mom would say, ‘It’s better than a kick in the pants.’ (I may need a future post about the expressions my mom uses). I need get better at remembering to use Ebates as I do often forget.

Well, it’s time for me to make some tea, and purchase some clothes.