tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post2144412712812958423..comments2010-03-02T23:42:22.119-08:00GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-66877795875861127872010-03-02T23:40:01.498-08:002010-03-02T23:40:01.498-08:00I have strict rules when it comes to buying objects. It makes me a very difficult person come birthday/xmas time. I&#39;m a vegetarian, so I will only buy pre-owned or vintage leather. (this makes the shoes/handbag issue quite an adventure.) If an author is still alive, I will pay full price for their book. If they are dead, I buy it used. I&#39;ll spend a heap of money on clothing basics like a good pair of jeans or the perfect grey cardigan, but otherwise I&#39;m a thrift store/garage sale kind of girl. (Unless the designer is a Denver local. Then I&#39;ll buy new and full price.) I can always justify buying art, even if I have to live on (organic) peanut butter sandwiches for a month. But the real bargain hunting in my life is for plane tickets. I know all the magic tricks. I recently flew to Portland from Denver for $160 roundtrip. The sum of it is, I think carefully about whom I give my money to, and what for.Karanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-27615969866326732892010-03-02T23:15:45.552-08:002010-03-02T23:15:45.552-08:00I always leave my coupons in the car. And then I&#39;m too lazy to just walk out and get them. So I buy it at full price. I tend to value convenience over my pocket book! Sucks.The Becksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02873749968016888115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-14417818861907838842010-03-02T14:11:59.430-08:002010-03-02T14:11:59.430-08:00I love coupons! But I, too, usually have a wallet full of expired coupons. I try so hard to use them in time, but rarely do. I love to find a good bargain; I come home with a renewed sense of pride when I am extra-thrifty. I find bargain hunting eases my addiction to shopping....baby&amp;sofiahttp://babyandsofia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-38110855552330397272010-03-02T06:00:58.610-08:002010-03-02T06:00:58.610-08:00Man! I wouldn&#39;t be able to tell myself &quot;two splurges a year&quot; because I would find a way to justify why three pairs of pants is NOT a splurge. Getting into credit card debt, however, really curbed my spending habits even though the debt wasn&#39;t from shopping, but from not paying the bill and adding late fees and interest. Heh. Woops.Samanthahttp://www.badabang.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-4130507024179072152010-03-01T20:00:52.680-08:002010-03-01T20:00:52.680-08:00Hey I love coupons too, I just got an enjoy the city book for my city and I am saving big money. And I take my expired coupons to the store and they always get accepted, so don&#39;t throw them out.<br /><br />Tiffany<br />http://liferequiresmorechocolate.blogspot.com/Redbonegirl97http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095653554788017373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-76434459664708550482010-03-01T19:45:57.619-08:002010-03-01T19:45:57.619-08:00I&#39;m raising my son off of my college loans pretty much, so swap meets and sidewalk sales are my splurges.<br /><br />But I&#39;m happy I have him even if it means I make negative dollars every day.Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01005237451666032483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-43841895096776160932010-03-01T16:13:38.800-08:002010-03-01T16:13:38.800-08:00What are swap-meets? How does this work? Sounds fantastic!!julie forknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02861414624058868811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-34627335767165260952010-03-01T16:09:18.875-08:002010-03-01T16:09:18.875-08:00I love love love discounts/a bargain.<br />I mean right now the sweater im wear £4.99 my friend brought it for £30 =]<br /><br />I live in the uk and we are not so big on thrift store (groan) and our &#39;thrift&#39; stores are charity shops which are full of total crap and are used as a rubbish dump for people unwanted grossly used items. when i visit family in the us ( LA/Cali mostly ) all i want to do is trift thrift thrift ... its amazing found some amazing pieces that are vintage and adorable for amazing prices, &#39;Vintage&#39; here would be 3x as much just because the UK doesnt gt it ( if theres anything vintage and awesome around at all that is)<br /><br />But if i see something in shop i have awesome will power which allows me to wait and more often then not it will come down in price =] its really does make me happy (oh dear!)<br /><br />I am a student also so i basically have no money at all so even if i wanted to pay full price for items - not really going to happen!!_Frannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849271527743871663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-806451154789314682010-03-01T16:05:06.950-08:002010-03-01T16:05:06.950-08:00Yeah, so most of my $ goes right to Whole Foods. (Your welcome to everyone there!) but besides that I can&#39;t spend full price on things. I just CAN&#39;T! If I want something, I search on the internet, craigslist, TJ MAX, etc, until I find it cheaper and if I don&#39;t find it cheaper and wait and wait and wait and see if I STILL want it after several months of waiting, perhaps it&#39;s worth full price. <br /><br />Also, I&#39;m addicted to babysteals.com. Umm, just scored an awesome diaper bag today for $150 off!That one girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15615430255988669257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-53016442669632906152010-03-01T15:44:13.705-08:002010-03-01T15:44:13.705-08:00I love bargain shopping but never seem to find what I want or what fits me on sale. Does anyone know of good places in NYC for bargain shopping?Tara NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-75012349528459608112010-03-01T15:22:01.567-08:002010-03-01T15:22:01.567-08:00I&#39;m terrible with coupons, but I&#39;m pretty good about remembering the prices of day-to-day things at various stores. And yes, most of the time, I will make a special trip out to the store that sells that stuff I need at the lowest price.<br /><br />Almost all of my clothes (and Westley&#39;s clothes) come from thrift shops. Right now, money is just too tight for anything else. But I have to say, I&#39;ve gotten pretty damned <i>good</i> at finding awesome stuff at thrift stores.Baby in Broadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084772004964983968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-16000851795294122812010-03-01T15:05:25.003-08:002010-03-01T15:05:25.003-08:00omg the coupon thing!! i have a 5 dollar off coupon for waldbaums and every time i go in i leave it in the car. so i put it in my wallet and voila! i take in my debit card and leave my wallet in the car!jessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-40452279916037397072010-03-01T14:24:15.609-08:002010-03-01T14:24:15.609-08:00Nice timing - I *just* started a column over at savings.com called The Frugal Family. I&#39;m writing all kinds of stuff about saving money as a parent. You should check it out and add in your tips, as well!!<br /><br /><br />Linky:<br />http://www.savings.com/blog/post/Grocery-Shopping-Online.htmlEwokmamahttp://www.ewokmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-79524039546509364622010-03-01T13:56:55.221-08:002010-03-01T13:56:55.221-08:00I&#39;ve never really been all that into shopping and even now I&#39;m not all that into shopping. Just never really understood it......I know nobody believes I&#39;m actually a girl now, right? I guess it&#39;s easy to not like shopping when you are poor and can&#39;t afford anything.Rebeccahttp://landlock-mo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-12781130688021136802010-03-01T12:43:36.412-08:002010-03-01T12:43:36.412-08:00There is nothing like a joint bank account and a spreadsheet to keep you honest. Except...I&#39;m kind of in charge of the spreadsheet.SmartBearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17131218465374335943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1945468970894259412010-03-01T12:41:41.368-08:002010-03-01T12:41:41.368-08:00What is a swap meet???Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851960073900583912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-3308232586306658532010-03-01T12:41:22.892-08:002010-03-01T12:41:22.892-08:00I don&#39;t ever shop for clothes. THe clothes I own now either were gifted to me or I have had for almost 10 years.<br />Missing that gene I guess- but I have super simple taste so that helps.<br />I am a bargian grocery shopper- LOVE coupons and BOGO and ALdi and the farmers market and am goodwill whore.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851960073900583912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-12389511554374466802010-03-01T12:38:57.513-08:002010-03-01T12:38:57.513-08:00I have a friend that uses coupons like GOLD. I have never seen the likes of it before. I&#39;m talking BINDERS full of coupons. She will go shopping and save SO much money. It&#39;s scary! <br /><br />I am so bad with coupons. Seriously I try SO hard, I think they get lost until past expiration date just to make me feel like a loser. LOL <br /><br />I loveeee bargains though, and I love me some clearance!Mary Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952026932410537801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-12962480524847279622010-03-01T12:35:57.942-08:002010-03-01T12:35:57.942-08:00One of my favorite things to do is go to Saks or Nordstroms, or Bergdorfs, or any other such luxury place...places that STILL make my blood pressure go up. Anyway, I try on and get the name and style number of my favorite pricey items, i.e. sunglasses and bags or shoes; those are my two splurges a year. Then...I go to Ebay and buy the same thing for SO MUCH CHEAPER! I have saved literally THOUSANDS of dollars this way.<br /><br />The shoes and bags still don&#39;t have that same appeal though with spit up and diaper rash cream smeared into them.Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16451083870947751794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-67274395563531761342010-03-01T12:13:15.652-08:002010-03-01T12:13:15.652-08:00Prisontown (where we live) has a Ross Dress For Less, a Walmart, and a pretty good thriftstore. Add to that a Dollar Store and a 99 Cents Store. So ... cheap Chinese crap-o-rama, mostly. Keeps the budget in check, though. EBay and craigslist do the rest ...Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382967097578165008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-25077003044902643802010-03-01T12:12:42.597-08:002010-03-01T12:12:42.597-08:00i&#39;m a huge bargain shopper...like i won&#39;t spend more than $10 per item of kids&#39; clothes or more than $20 for adult clothes (except shoes.) and i&#39;m still saving for an l.a. shopping spree where i just may spend more than $20 per item.mommymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12406553107143068551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-43992479272502825762010-03-01T12:05:09.128-08:002010-03-01T12:05:09.128-08:00My mom has the bargain hunter gene and I don&#39;t seem to have inherited it. I just don&#39;t like to spend the time that it takes to go through every single clearance rack in the store. I stick to reasonably-priced goods that are within my budget anyway, and if they happen to be on sale then I consider it a bonus. <br /><br /><br />&quot;Growing up is the best thing that can happen to a person.&quot; Amen, Rebecca.Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17497473998756671848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-51729584773547638702010-03-01T12:00:41.583-08:002010-03-01T12:00:41.583-08:00Sean is the BEST at bargains and smart spending and the whole she-bang. And swap-meets? The beeeeeeest!casadekaloihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04668440485073311690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-91289469624278780652010-03-01T11:51:19.479-08:002010-03-01T11:51:19.479-08:00bargain hunting is such an art and test of patience. there are somethings that i will not pay full price for but when it comes to shoes - i have to throw down the cash. i wear a 5.5 and if i don&#39;t buy it upon seeing it - it is gone and never to be found in a 5.5 every again. <br /><br />cute video!Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02743640229697990415noreply@blogger.com