When: Monday, October 11th, 2010
Where: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
What: Blazer ($20 Dolce & Gabbbana via eBay), embellished tee ($20 J. Crew), jeans (Forever 21), shoes ($20 Guess via Filene’s Basement), clutch ($20 Marc Jacobs), shades ($35 Marc Jacobs via Nordstrom’s Rack)
While, I’m perfectly happy purchasing clothing from Forever 21 and H&M, I do appreciate designer duds. However, there’s just one problem…
I’m CHEAP!
Ok, ok… that’s not entirely true. The truth is that I used to be cheap (especially back in college), but now I consider myself to be frugal:
Frugality is the practice of acquiring goods and services in a restrained manner, and resourcefully using already owned economic goods and services, to achieve a longer term goal.
Yeah, I think that about sums it up.
I’ve always loved shopping and the thrill of the hunt, but I hate the idea of spending more money than I have to. When I was younger, that translated into me buying horrible PVC boots that fell apart and acrylic sweaters that stretched out and pilled.
I was a hot mess, but I could get away with it at the time because I was still in school. But now that I’m a young, corporate-ladder climbing, upwardly mobile-type, career lady, I need to dress the part… even when I’m off-duty.
The good news is that buying higher-quality items doesn’t actually cost me that much more. Because in truth, I was buying a lot of crap in large quantities previously.
I admit, I probably do still purchase in higher than necessary quantities (and heck, I’ll even agree that some crap does still manage to sneak into my wardobe every now and then, e.g. sequins leggings from Strawberry).
I was pretty psyched when I lucked out and won this blazer on eBay. But I was even more stoked when I saw the exact same item at Century 21 (a discount retailer) for $200 just a few days later. That’s a 90% savings (not even factoring in the original price)!
Bargain-hunting is truly one of my favorite past-times. So keep an eye out for a tutorial on my most wallet-friendly shopping tips that will leave you looking like a million bucks!
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