The festive season does something specific to spending: it makes a large number feel small because everything around it is discounted. A television that costs forty thousand rupees feels like a bargain at thirty-two thousand, even if you had no intention of buying a television last week. That gap between the original price and the sale price is real money saved, but only if you were going to spend it anyway. The five moves below are not about suppressing the impulse. They are about making sure the purchase still makes sense once the decorations are packed away.
