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Fall Travel for Frugalistas

The key to saving money while you enjoy a fabulous fall getaway is to visit places that allow you to get the most bang for your buck. For example, if you are planning to take a road trip to pick pumpkins or apples this autumn consider visiting a larger all-inclusive establishment. Some orchards and farms offer you the chance to not only pick your own produce, but also provide hayrides, food samples and access to petting zoos (complete with pigs, chicks, rabbits, sheep, cows, and more) minus the extra charge. Mackey’s Orchard in Belvidere, New Jersey, offers customers a 20-minute … Continue reading →

Seasonal Shop and Stay Vacation Packages

You couldn’t pay me to stand outside in the freezing cold in the hours following my Thanksgiving feast in order to score superduperschmooper Black Friday deals. However, I am not opposed to spending the night at a super fab hotel to scoop up amazing savings on holiday gifts. Fortunately, now is the time of year when hotels and retailers partner up to entice holiday shoppers to save when they stay. If you live in and around, or you’re planning to visit Southern California between now and the end of the year, you are in for a real treat. Several San … Continue reading →

Tips for the Frugalista Pageant Participant

I have to admit to breathing a sigh of relief when my daughter decided to hang up her crown as the economy hit rock bottom. It would be one less expense to worry about. Let’s face it after all, pageants are an expensive hobby. But once a diva, always a diva. She still managed to participate in a couple of specialty pageants over the last few years and do several plays where we had to buy costumes, so we managed to pick up a couple of Frugalista pageant tips. (Many of these tips are for children and Jr. participants, but … Continue reading →

Frugalista Fashions: Time for a Coat Makeover

I recently wrote about how to update your old boots to get another year’s wear. (Frugalista Fashions: Making your old boots look new) You will be happy to know that you can do the same thing with your old winter coats in order to avoid purchasing a new winter coat this year. In the blog, Periodic Elements of Style, the blogger shows off an old coat before and after updating alterations. The changes are quite beautiful, not to mention, cost effective. Likewise, the Today Show recently did a coat makeover fashion show pointing out that the changes could cost from … Continue reading →

Can I Call Myself a Frugalista? A bit of Frugalista Gossip

When I started writing for the families.com Frugal blog, I decided to take a frugal fashion angle as my girl Mary Ann Romans seems to have the rest of the category well under control. After a little talk, we decided that I fit the frugalista mold and so, my “frugalista” blog posts were born. So a week or so ago, I got an email warning that there was a lawyer serving anyone who called themselves a “frugalista” telling them to cease using the term. (I never did get the warning myself.) I decided to put the phrase on hold and … Continue reading →

Frugalista Fashions for the Stage

It’s that time of year again. Roles have been selected for the fall Drama Club play and it is up to the parents to pull together costumes for the play. My daughter has two small roles in Secret Garden, that of a household servant, and also a lady at the ball. That means she needs two costumes. Store bought costumes usually start at $40.00 and go up to $100 or more each. That is not in my budget. It’s probably not in anyone else’s budget either. Based on my personal research and pulling together items we already have I managed … Continue reading →

Frugalista Fashions: Free Finds From His Closet

If you have been reading our frugal blog, then you know you can get free or clothes if you know where to look. Read: Tips for a Free Wardrobe One of this year’s fashion trends gives you even more opportunities to find free clothes. The boyfriend look that features “male inspired fashions” has come straight from the runway to stores near you. Of course, straight from the runway clothes equate to straight from the wallet, but at glance at this clothing trend and a trip through your husband, brothers, or boyfriends closet should net you enough pieces to keep you … Continue reading →

Frugalista Beauty. e.l.f. Makeup Only $1.00 Each Piece

In a recent article, I discussed the Plumping Lip Glaze by e.l.f. which is only $1.00 and considered to be one of the best lip glosses on the market. Well, you really should know about the rest of the product line. I first discovered e.l.f. makeup when I was buying mascara, lipstick, and eyeliner for my daughter’s first play. Since she was only 10 years old at the time, I wasn’t going to spend a fortune of something that she was going to use once and probably lose. Even if she did not lose it, by the time she needed … Continue reading →

Frugalista Fashions: Making your old boots look new

As winter approaches the shoe stores are filling up with books and other winter shoes. The thing is this years boots don’t look much different from last year’s boots. I have seem some trends toward boots that come up over the knee and some slouch boots too, but the classics are still classics. With that said, why not refurbish last years boots to wear this year? The first step to fixing up your new boots is to examine the bottoms. I tend to pronate my feet a little when I walk so my shoes are worn a bit more on … Continue reading →

Frugalista Fashions: Time to buy next year’s summer clothes

It’s back to school time and the clothing stores are filled with the latest fashions for the news year. What you may not notice is the stores clearance racks are also filled with summer clothes that remained unpurchased. It is time to buy next year’s summer clothes. Granted if you are shopping for next spring and summer you will have to stay roughly the same size and you will also have to avoid purchasing anything too trendy that might stand out next year, so you will have to choose carefully. Stick to classic clothing items and don’t buy anything tight … Continue reading →