With many people facing unemployment, rising food and living costs, "The Recessionista" is here to help! With money saving ideas, recipes and updated financial consumer news.
Together lets make "Frugal" Fashionable!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Cashback Website - Update
Futher research has shown that the Daily Mirror also has their own Cashback website at Mirrorcashback.co.uk (link in right hand panel). It is worth signing up to all the ones listed as they all seem to offer a different cashback percentage, for example if you look at Boots, on the Mirror Cashback site they only offer 1.75% whereas Cashbackkings and Topcashback are both offering 3.5%!
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Definition of a Recessionista according to the Washington Post
Frugal living is the new glamorous -- haven't you heard? The haves have finally been granted access to the one club the have-nots had owned exclusively, and they've turned it into a fabulous party. Enter the "recessionista." Whereas a year ago this person may have attended the gala du jour in a brand new designer frock, she's now wearing one recycled from the back of her closet. She is learning to cook at home -- maybe even from vintage Depression-era recipes! And she's conspicuous about her non-conspicuous, discount-store, coupon-carrying consumption. She's a cousin, perhaps, to the type of person who totes a "This is Not a Plastic Bag" bag, except that, rather than crusading sanctimoniously for the environment, she's crusading for her own cultural relevance.
Definition of a Recessionista
It is someone who continues to look chic and fashionable during a recession without spending this years disposable income before she has even earned it. This savvy shopper goes to lower-priced places to find chic and cheap pieces that will update the look of more expensive investment dressing pieces already in her wardrobe. She is also a fierce sales shopper, often waiting for that last mark down on a designer piece before buying, getting one or two items that will last years.
Carrie: "I've spent $40,000 on shoes, and I have no place to live. I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!
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Saving Money
Saving money takes research and time, something we don't always have available and that is where "The Recessionista (UK)" comes in! With many friends and family either drowning in a sea of debt, losing their jobs or just finding it difficult to support their families, I thought it a good idea to catalogue all my money saving ideas and research new ones, on this Blog to help you. You may be a Student, Single Parent or just feeling the pinch, but this blog will have some ideas to help you stretch your Budget and make real savings on day to day living. "The Recessionista (UK)" is a Mum of 4 trying to survive the Credit Crunch as best she can, she has swapped net-a-porter for asos and hopes to show you that you can do it too!
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