To Torontonians,

Be a little smart-shop because some things aren't worth the price.
In this case, pacific mall is a great example. Most of the clothing and other items are basically shipped from china (everything is made in china nowadays) and I don't know if you haven't noticed but they charge the item doubled it's original price including the shipping fee. One store called ViVi apparently an authentic Japanese clothing store charged just a simple beige lace dress for $200. No way I'm buying a cheap ass material dress for that much. Caucasian stores like Laura has like better quality dresses cheaper the price. I found a look-a-like dress from Sirens and I got it for $20. Saved myself $180 to get myself a fancy outerwear. In addition, my favorite way of shopping is online because its sooooo sooooo much cheaper than in store and there are a lot of interesting items you can find. A great place to start is on eBay. Then I out like you can move on to stores like Yesstyle or my favorite, Virgin Blak.
However, if you really want or need the item (just to fulfill your fetish desire and pleasure) and if you can't wait patiently for the item to arrive then go ahead and spend like no tomorrow. There are some great things you can find in pacific mall like contacts that are basically the same prices as buying online ($25 a pair or $40 for 2 pairs) but you get to see the real thing and choose from a variety of other colours. There is also shoes you can find for just $25-55 with no tax. That's the good thing about pacific mall is their no tax on all their things (except some clothing stores charges you tax in which it is probably best to shop online). They do sell DVDs like anime and Korean drama but they're like $1+ per disk so like if a drama has 4 disks = $4. Not bad if you want to watch it on your full screen TV than streaming it online.
This is just my shopping experience but sometimes you have to know your limits and like what I do, I ask myself do I really want it? Or am i buying this $100 shirt just to throw it on the floor? (things that you do not care for is as worthless as shit). For the good stuff online, I only get them as rewards to treat myself for doing well in life. :)

Happy shopping girlies!