A few months ago, we received a comment from a faithful TBF reader who said, and I quote, “I’m too busy to budget shop”. While our first reaction was, “who doesn’t have time to bargain shop?”, the more we thought about it, the more we understood where the reader was coming from.

Budget shopping can be time consuming and, as anyone who has ever been to a weekend sale at Macy’s can attest, a bit daunting. It takes time to scour through racks and racks of merchandise. However, in order to maintain our budgets, many of us need to stick to our frugal shopping guns.

So we came up with a list of five quick, shopping tips that save you both money and time. You do not have to spend hours shopping each week to find great deals on designer fashion. Check out our quick (and simple) tips after the jump.

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The Deal: 6 One Shoulder Dresses from Modcloth

The Lowdown: Symmetry is highly overrated. Period. There’s something about unevenness that shouts rebellion, hipness and style at the same time. Think the side ponytail, or uneven hemlines. It’s cool, edgy, and oh-so-fashionable. With wedding season, graduation parties and summer nights out just around the corner, nab yourself a fab one-shoulder number. Here are six of our faves from ModCloth.

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Last week we reported on Amazon.com’s bid to conquer the high fashion retail world, and this week brings us a chance to show you just exactly how they’re going about it – a Designer Summer Wardrobe Essentials sale event, starting May 16, on Amazon’s new members-only flash sale site, MyHabit.com.  Th

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What: Paul Frank will debut its infant and toddlers line, Small Paul, at Babies “R” Us stores beginning May 23.

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