And the winner of the copy of How to Be a Budget Fashionista by Kathryn Finney is. . . Claire! And here’s her tip: I’m rehabing a denim jacket that had gotten frayed at the cuffs and collar. I’ve removed the cuffs and collar and am using them as patterns to cut out pieces from… Keep Reading

Here we go with the second in the series on fashion by my sister Vick. Don’t forget you still have a few days left to enter the Frugal Fashion Week Tip Contest and win a copy of the book “How to Be a Budget Fashionista” by Kathryn Finney. **************** Black Belt Thrift Shopping Have you… Keep Reading

Today, since I’m on the road, my sister Vick is helping me out with the first of a 2 part guest post. *************** I love being thrifty. I love looking fabulous. And I think I can have it all! Here are my personal, time-tested tips for looking great on a shoestring. Know Thyself The first… Keep Reading

Heading north!

This week is “Fashion Week” at Frugal Upstate in honor of my book review of “How to Be a Budget Fashionista“. Make sure to join my contest-the prize is a free copy of the book! Here we go with the tip! One of the ways we frugalites love to shop is thrift stores and garage… Keep Reading

Cool-I show up on the first page in Google for “Thomas the Train Recall”. Isn’t search engine optimization a weird and wonderful thing? I thought that the recall was pretty big news, I can’t believe my little blog blurb (was it yesterday? the day before-time blurs you know) actually comes up on the front page… Keep Reading

As I said yesterday, I was thrilled to be given the chance to finally read this book and review it. To get the legal business out of the way up front, this IS NOT a paid post, the only thing I received for this post was a copy of the book so that I could… Keep Reading

Is over at Finance is Personal this week with 36 entries, including my own on Frugal Long Hair Care. There is lots that looks interesting, but to be quite frank, with a 2 hour drive to Long Island on Thursday morning followed by an 8 hour ride to Maine on Friday with small children in… Keep Reading

This week is Fashion Week here at Frugal Upstate-the inspiration being my review of How to Be a Budget Fashionista, which I will post tomorrow. When I agreed to do a review of the book, I not only received a copy for myself to peruse and keep, but also was offered a copy that would… Keep Reading

I was excited when Rebecca of The Space Between My Peers emailed me to say that Kathryn Finney, author of “How to be a Budget Fashionista” was looking for bloggers to review her book. (She has a website too: The Budget Fashionista) I had seen the book listed over at Rebecca’s site, but hadn’t had… Keep Reading