On the starting day of the Adidas warehouse sale, I headed over there at around 6pm with my boyfriend. Luckily, it was located only 5 minutes away from where we lived, which usually isn’t the case for warehouse sales around the Greater Toronto Area. They’re always either at the Mississauga International Centre, or require a 30-minute drive. Upon arrival, there were cars everywhere moving in and out of the rural street, mostly resided by unknown factories. We walked in and were greeted by employees who handed us giant plastic bags to fill. The time was close to the start of the sale, so it was packed with people everywhere. It was a large, open warehouse with boxes of items in rows throughout the whole place. We did a quick tour of the place before going into individual spots, and saw a decent selection of shoes selling for $30 which normally retail for over $100.
There were Chinese people everywhere, obviously, because Markham is China central and they love a bargain no matter what it is. All of their giant bags were heavily filled, and I’m thinking how are you able to find so much?! I had to do a lot of digging into the boxes to find things I’d actually purchase and use. I’m a devotee to Adidas, and nearly all of my workout clothes are from them. I just really love the technology they’ve placed in their performance gear, like being able to sweat buckets and not have it appear on your shirt?! And where your sweat turns the shirt material into a cooler temperature to help you recover?! Sounds gross, but what you wear to exercise makes a difference in how you feel during the workout. I get bothered by people who wear regular cotton t-shirts to the gym and thick sweatpants; it retains a lot of moisture and that is what I would feel more grossed out by!
I knew my exact size was a small and I would never bother going for anything larger, just because I love a perfect fit, even if I really liked the style. The sports bras were $20, originally being at around $50, so I picked up two. They had some bright coloured ones too, like pink, aqua and mixed patterns. The t-shirts were $10 (great deal!), though I only found one I could wear for exercising. Most of them were more for casual wear. I loved the aqua-green colour of the long-sleeve ($15), so I had to get that too. I wish I could’ve found the short-sleeved version of it, but all the sizes were too big. I wanted to buy some tights, I believe they were only $15? But, I couldn’t find any small sizes. There were Reebok items too, as they are the same company, though I was more interested in buying from Adidas.
My boyfriend didn’t find anything he wanted from the men’s section, so he was sweet enough to wait in line for me while I looked around. He did find me the duffle bag though, and it was only $15! Usually, they’re around $50, so that was one of my happiest purchases since I needed one. The line up was extremely long, wrapping around the whole place; I had to decide whether or not it was worth it to wait an hour. I thought might as well since he’d been waiting in line for me for a while already. I purchased 5 items, all in which I’m satisfied with. I also didn’t feel too bad waiting for that long since the people in front of us only purchased two pairs of shoes. Depending on what you’re interested in, these warehouse sales can either leave you empty-handed in disappointment, or super thrilled with a bargain. The Adidas/Reebok warehouse sale is still going on, so make a stop if you’re interested. They usually have a new cycle of items they put out on different days, so you won’t exactly have to bare with the unwanted leftovers. Check out the flyer for it below!
