Celebrities that Promote Frugal Shopping

One of the biggest problems with paying attention to celebrity gossip is that it can inadvertently encourage you to waste a lot of money. Girls who want to look like their favorite celebrities may want to pay for everything from new makeup to plastic surgery to get those looks. And women are often encouraged to buy expensive, trendy, designer clothing to emulate their favorite stars. That’s why it’s so nice to see that some hot celebrities are starting to promote frugality when it comes to clothing and shopping.

Gilly Ferguson, who writes a style column over at HeatWorld.com, highlights a couple of recent examples of this great little trend:

Sienna Miller. This star is known for having a huge wardrobe. However, she recently re-wore an old item from two seasons ago and she wore it twice in one week. One of the problems with celebrity clothing trends is that they encourage you not to wear the same thing twice. This is unrealistic for normal people and also a serious waste of money. It’s nice to see Sienna bucking this trend.Amy Winehouse. This starlet has launched her own clothing line with Fred Perry. What’s great about is that it’s a

Shopping for Text Books

My friends kids are both at university this fall and he was doing some ranting about the cost of textbooks. He is like many people. He just sends the kids off with a credit card to the campus book store and buys everything new. I know that is what I did my first year of university. In hindsight it was a terrible waste of money for me. There are a number of other options out there that you should never have to buy new expensive text books.
The first think I would do is look for used books. You can do this my looking for ads in your school newspaper. Students are always selling their books off from the pervious year. There are also flyers and bulletin boards scattered around the campus where you can probably find somebody selling their used books. We have a number of used books stores in town where you have a good chance at finding used text books.
If you can't find your text books used then I would shop around first before throwing out the money at the campus book store. They may not have the best price. There are a zillion online book stores. I would be willing to bet that you can find a good deal on those books.