Once upon a time, when I was living on an Upper East Side couch for $1,000 a month and ate a steady diet of ramen, I remember thinking that by the time I turned 30, I’d have it all together. I’d be shopping for and cooking real adult meals. I’d have enough discretionary income to…
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My spending habits are surprisingly low for someone who lives in NYC, one of the most expensive cities in the world. The thing is, I just don’t like spending money. Treating myself to a “splurge” usually comes with more guilt and anxiety than joy, which is something I guess I should ask my therapist about…but…
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Time and time again, I’ve lamented how, even though my day job is to tell people what to shop for, I’m not a great shopper. I spend a lot of my own time (too much of my own time) clicking through pages upon pages of online sales, digging up deeply discounted treasures in my size.…
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It wasn’t so much that I wanted to hibernate in December (and spend all the dollars on quilts, coats, and pillow forts that would have made that happen) as much as I wanted to slather. The weather on the East Coast has been temperate, but the palpable shift in season hit me like a Nor’easter…
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The post-holiday sales are a good time to start thinking about what in your current closet can be updated (or better yet, upgraded), what you don’t need more of, and what you wish was in there. If this process extended into the new year, fear not: A bunch of stores saved their best deals to…
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The Outnet is a good place to go when you want to feel rich without actually being rich. Meaning: They have some of the best designer pieces at incredibly discounted prices. Which is why their sales usually send loyalists into an impulse-shopping spiral. From now until October 29, you can shop The Outnet’s midseason sale…
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