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TBF’s Personal Finance Series “Being Broke Ain’t Cute”: Pasta and the Price of Luxury
Eating out is a pleasure and I enjoy being served. But I have trouble ordering pasta in restaurants. I don’t suffer from wheat allergies and I’m not pasta phobic. I just know better. You see, as a young professional in New York, I worked in a few Manhattan restaurants and I know the cost of [...] Read More
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TBF’s Personal Finance Series “Being Broke Ain’t Cute”: Budget Survival Tips for the Holiday
Kimber: Holidays are all about tradition. I burn…I mean….make gingerbread cookies because my mom always made gingerbread cookies. The grinning, tatter winged angel topping my tree is almost identical to the angel topping my mom’s tree. There may be small tweaks (no trudging out to the woods to chop down my own tree, my tree [...] Read More
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Fashion Advice: Protective Cloths for Handbags
Dear Budget Fashionista, Where can I find generic dust covers / protective cloth bags for my hangbags? Over the years, I have not used them and therefore throw many of them out – BIG MISTAKE. Can you recommend any sources? [...] Read More
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Fashion Advice: Making Uncomfortable Shoes, Well, Comfortable
Dear Budget Fashionista, Is there any way to make any pair of shoes comfortable? TBF Answers One word: Airplus. Airplus makes a whole range of gel foot pads that are made specifically for women’s shoes. The pads are sold at your local Target, CVS, Wal-Mart, etc for around $5.00 a pair. [...] Read More
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Andy Dick’s Gap Commerical Parody
One of my favorite beauty blogs, Beauty Addict, just posted this Andy Dick parody of the Audrey Hepburn Gap commercial. This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. [...] Read More
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Eberjey India Lace Boythong
Eberjey India Lace boythong Price: $36, Eberjey Donation/Charity: 25% of proceeds from the sale of the panty will go to Susan G. Komen Foundation. Details: delicate lace boythong sits low on your hips with a cute scallop hem -perfect for heating things up now that the weather is cooling down; 90% nylon / 10% lycra [...] Read More
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Fall 2006 What to Buy: Spiegel.com
Listen Up. Don’t. Sleep. On.Spiegel. The catalog giant has really stepped up its game this fall with wearable styles in a wide range of sizes including petites and plus sizes. Their fall collection mixes the styling of Michael Kors with the accessibility (and price range) of Jones New York. The items aren’t always “budget”, but [...] Read More
