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How To Make Crappy Furniture Cool

When it comes to expensive things, I am doomed to hand-me-downs. I’ve never been the type to turn down, in particular, free furniture. The way I figure it, if I can’t afford to replace it, I should seize the moment when someone offers it to me. My parents, garage sales, discount stores, and the dump are a few of my favorite sources.

This is not to say that things remain in the same condition as when I got them. I usually have to do something to them to make them my own. I’ll take you through a few examples of furniture in my house.

Cheap & Chic: Scarves

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarves lately (for one reason, see the last paragraph).

I have about 10 scarves, mostly of the Pashmina variety and I wear them a lot with coats and even indoors. Today, I just noticed I have a stain on my shirt which a scarf thrown around my neck would cover completely. Darn!

Scarves have also been talked about on the blogosphere as functionable fashion and as a new celebrity trend. Personally, I think scarves Maces in Rockland, Maine has the cheapest pashmina scarves I have ever seen. They are $6 all of the time. I would like to think that there is no child labor or anything like that involved. Needless to say, I can’t afford to spend $50+ on a scarf that’ll probably get caught in my jacket at some point anyway.

I have 6 or 7 pashminas in cool colors that I can add to outfits for warmth and style. I’d love to give you the Mace’s link but they don’t have a site. The good news is I did find a similar but online source.

Oh and check out this great video about how to wear scarves. That’s right folks, I’m moving into video.

Photo: Me rocking my brown pashmina

Cheap & Chic: Scarves

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarves lately (for one reason, see the last paragraph).

I have about 10 scarves, mostly of the Pashmina variety and I wear them a lot with coats and even indoors. Today, I just noticed I have a stain on my shirt which a scarf thrown around my neck would cover completely. Darn!

Scarves have also been talked about on the blogosphere as functionable fashion and as a new celebrity trend. Personally, I think scarves Maces in Rockland, Maine has the cheapest pashmina scarves I have ever seen. They are $6 all of the time. I would like to think that there is no child labor or anything like that involved. Needless to say, I can’t afford to spend $50+ on a scarf that’ll probably get caught in my jacket at some point anyway.

I have 6 or 7 pashminas in cool colors that I can add to outfits for warmth and style. I’d love to give you the Mace’s link but they don’t have a site. The good news is I did find a similar but online source.

Oh and check out this great video about how to wear scarves. That’s right folks, I’m moving into video.

Photo: Me rocking my brown pashmina

The Magic of Life: 14 Things I (Almost) Never Have To Buy

Do you have things in life that you use but no matter what they always seem to be there in reserve? I have things I haven’t bought in months (and sometimes years) that still seem to be well stocked in the house. They are barely a flicker in the fire of my budget....

Would You Pull A Lindsay Lohan?

This week, Lindsay Lohan’s nude pictures for New York Magazine crashed their web site and got lots of people talking. It doesn’t take a genius to know sex sells and naked pictures of the attractive and famous sell especially well. The whole incident made me think of...

A Free Budget Template And A Challenge

It occurred to me when I was putting my receipts into my monthly spreadsheet last night that I may not have said ever exactly how I figure out what I spend monthly on different items in my life. You can go to the Microsoft web site for all the free budget planners you...

Taxes On Your Own And Why That’s Not A Bad Idea

I just finished an article from Smart Money Magazine called "10 Things Your Tax Preparer Won't Tell You". Apparently there are a few reasons for people to do their taxes on their own: 1) Tax preparers make more and costlier mistakes than the average person...

Taxes On Your Own And Why That's Not A Bad Idea

I just finished an article from Smart Money Magazine called "10 Things Your Tax Preparer Won't Tell You". Apparently there are a few reasons for people to do their taxes on their own: 1) Tax preparers make more and costlier mistakes than the average person doing their...

Ode To A Company: Threadless T-shirts

I do love a cool graphic t-shirt on the weekend. During the weekdays, I dress nice for work and lead an otherwise dull adult life. But when I pull on a cool t-shirt on Saturday morning, it makes me feel young and hip in a way I can’t describe. Needless to say, I don’t...

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