Category Archives: Frugal Living

How I Celebrated My Birthday All Month

I know I have mentioned that I believe my birthday should be a national holiday.

And…well…it should be.

But until that happens, I greatly enjoy the fact that I’m still sort of celebrating it even though it’s been “officially” over for almost a month.

How?

Remember how I mentioned that I seem to be on every email list known for every store ever created?  I wasn’t kidding.  Every year I get a ton of emails and mailers wishing me a happy birthday and giving me some special birthday offer to redeem either the week of my birthday or at some point during the month. Read More

Deal Hunting Diva

I honestly get kind of mad when I have to pay full price for stuff.  It makes my heart hurt and kills a little piece of my soul.

Okay, maybe that was a little dramatic.

But only a little.

You know how you see/hear people or friends say “I need some retail therapy” and they proceed to go to Norstrom and drop like $500 without batting an eyelash?

Let me preface by saying, I’m not knocking people who have the ability, financially, to do that nor am I knocking Nordstrom’s (because I do love ya, Nordstrom, I promise); that’s just not my jam.

When I say, “I need some retail therapy”, I mean; Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, TARGET! (Shocker, I know), Kohl’s, HomeGoods, etc.  This is also not to say that I have never shopped in department stores or that I’ve never bought things that have a hefty price tag; I have, it’s just not common for me.  I do shop at Macy’s most frequently when it comes to “department store shopping” and even that is really only a few times of the year, most likely.  I love walking around higher-end stores and department stores, I just don’t often buy a ton from them.

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