Friday, September 10, 2010

From the category archives:

Fantabulously Frugal Friday

Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Live Solid

March 5, 2010

I’ve known about Live Solid for quite a while now, and I’m sorry I haven’t mentioned the Live Solid initiative on this site before now.  While this site is certainly all about shopping, I hope that in a small way it is also about being budget-conscious, which is where Live Solid fits into the equation. [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Shop It To Me

February 19, 2010

Alright, if you read this site and you don’t have a Shop It To Me account, stop reading this and go sign up for one now. In short, Shop It To Me is absolutely awesome. There are quite a few things you can do on the site, such as find other fashion-focused blogs {like this [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Cellfire

February 12, 2010

I promise this isn’t going to become a grocery site.  Although with that being said, if there are particularly good coupon deals I feel I should provide y’all with that information.  While we’re saving money on clothes and other fun stuff, why not save a little cash on the necessities of life? Cellfire is another [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Daily Checkout

January 29, 2010

Have you heard of Daily Checkout? Daily Checkout, like Woot.com, sells one item every day.  Once they run out of that one item the sale is over.  The thing about Daily Checkout that sets it apart from other sites is that most of the items I see on the site are … Free.  Yes, Free. [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Alice.com

January 22, 2010

Just so you know, straight up, I have not used Alice.com myself.  But I read about it everywhere on the internetz, and feel it would be a disservice to not mention it here because it really does seem like a great site! In short, Alice.com allows you to regularly and easily purchase the mundane necessities [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Coupons.com

October 16, 2009

I really get a kick out of saving coupons from the paper each week.  Y’all know how much I love saving money when shopping for fun stuff online… so it stands to reason that I would want to save money on necessities too! When I was growing up my parents were big into couponing.  When [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Frucall

October 9, 2009

One of my favorite bloggers, MRM of Prep in the Big Apple, sent me a tip about a great service called Frucall. Have you heard of Frucall?  If not, you’re in luck…it’s a bargain shopper’s dream! The idea behind Frucall is that if you’re out shopping and you’re not certain you’re getting a good deal [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: SwagBucks

September 4, 2009

I think this is my first “Fantabulously Frugal Friday” re-do.  But with so many more people reading the site now, I thought that Swagbucks.com was worth another visit.The concept behind Swagbucks is simple – you earn points for doing things you were already going to do.  Such as searching the internet.  If you search via [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Local.com

August 14, 2009

I just came across Local.com, and thought it would be a perfect addition to Fantabulously Frugal Friday. Why? Local.com looks very similar to Yelp.com, one of my favorite websites when it comes to finding new restaurants to try. And indeed, Local.com has copious restaurant reviews for restaurants in the area for where you are conducting [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Half.com

July 31, 2009

Half.com has been one of my favorite websites since college, when I refused to pay full-price for textbooks. 9 times out of 10 I could find those books listed on Half.com, but for a fraction of the price. Since college I have continued to be a fan of Half.com when I’ve wanted to purchase books [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: HeavenlyCouture.com

July 17, 2009

Heavenly Couture has been one of my favorite online stores for a couple of years now, because everything they sell is bona fide cheap! (Price-wise, not quality-wise.) I bought a dress from Heavenly Couture last summer for $13.99, thinking it would just be a cheap little dress that I could wear around a couple of [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: FindSavings.com

July 10, 2009

I’ve been doing almost all of my shopping online for the past couple of years. There’s a couple of reasons I made this switch: 1. I despise the sales tax in Chicago and you can sometimes avoid sales tax when shopping online. 2. There are so many more coupons and promo codes to be found [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Swap-Bot.com

June 19, 2009

I came across this site literally last night and thought it was so cute that it would make a perfect Fantabulously Frugal Friday. Well, kind of. I guess this site is stretching it, but I’m so enamored that I’m going to make it work. I’m sure many of you have participated in some swaps that [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Groupon.com

June 12, 2009

Groupon is a fun little website that at this time only appears to be available in NYC, Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Chicago. And…2 more cities will be added to the list by the end of the month! (My apologies to anyone not living in those locations…my guess is this site will soon be [...]

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Fantabulously Frugal Friday: Drastically Reduced – Free Haircuts

June 5, 2009

After I graduated from college and moved to Chicago I was broker than broke. No joke. I was getting paid $23,000/year, living in a $550/month studio apartment, paying $300/month toward my car lease, paying who knows what toward my credit card debt, starting to pay off my school loans, and BARELY surviving. I kid you [...]

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