10 Things You Do to Save Money That End Up Costing You More


Updated 01/29/12 6:52 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Bad Ways to Save Money

We're thrilled to present this smart Wise Bread story here on Savvy! Have you heard of the expression “penny wise, pound foolish”? It’s something I heard a lot growing up, from my parents, and it can have multiple meanings: You are very careful with small amounts of money, but throw caution to the wind with large amounts. This is akin to someone who eats from the dollar menu every day Read more

How to Deal With Friends Who Brag About Money


Updated 01/23/12 9:17 AM · Posted by OnSugar Blog · 2 comments

How to Deal When Friends Brag About Money

Fed up with friends who keep bragging about money? OnSugar blogger Beauty and the Budget shares some great suggestions on how to deal. If there is anything that worsens how you feel about your financial situation, it's probably being around someone that always brags about money. For me, one of the most difficult things is to hear others bragging about their impressive salaries and benefits Read more

Real Talk With TV Broke Girl Beth Behrs


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2 Broke Girls' Beth Behrs Interview About Money

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Since when is being broke funny? Since CBS released its new sitcom 2 Broke Girls, in which actress Beth Behrs plays a recently humbled heiress, Caroline, who moves to Brooklyn to hide out after her father loses their family fortune in a Ponzi scheme. Caroline winds up living with her perpetually poor fellow waitress, Max, played Read more

Fake Designer Collaborations That Should Be Real


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Designer Collaborations We Wish Were Real 2012

Lucky magazine is one of our favorite sources for great shopping tips. We're thrilled to share this fabulous story on designer collaborations we wish were real from our friends at Lucky! If you’re a designer and you’re not collaborating with other designers then there’s something wrong with you. It’s so huge right now. And what about Proenza X OshKosh? Can someone get Jack and Lazaro in a Read more

Most Talked-About Piece of 2011? Miu Miu's Sparkly Booties!


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Miu Miu Sparkly Booties Are Best Accessory 2011

While Celine's iconic structured tote bag and The Row's $39,000 backpack certainly got tongues wagging, it's official — this year's most talked-about accessory were Miu Miu's sparkly statement booties. You loved (or hated) them, we coveted them, and everyone from Alexa Chung and Diane Kruger to Anna Dello Russo rocked them on the red carpet. The Fall 2011 crisscross glitter ankle boot topped Read more

Amazing but Seriously Expensive Designer Shoes: Are They Worth It?


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Expensive Fall Designer Shoes

Would you spend $3,495 dollars on a pair of shoes? Maybe if your net worth hovers north of a few million dollars, you would, but for the rest of us, something like the sculpted resin and leather Alexander McQueen shoes remain something to gawk at (and perhaps dream about). We searched for five pairs of outrageously fabulous yet wildly expensive shoes that are available right now online. These Read more

10 Ways Spending Money Can Help You Save


Updated 11/03/11 11:24 AM · Posted by Bundle · 1 comment

Spend Money to Save Money

We're thrilled to present this smart Bundle story here on Savvy! We're always talking about saving money, but sometimes spending money can help you save more in the long run. Here are 10 instances doling out cash can help you add more to your savings. Do a big weekly grocery shop I like to cook, but I'm a little lazy about buying groceries. It's hard to drop a lot of money on food all at once! Read more

Operation Organize: Charitable Closet Clearing


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Giving Clothes to Charity

We are thrilled to share this story from LaurenConrad! The TV personality, writer, designer, and style maven started LaurenConrad.com, a social networking site that features daily posts by Lauren on all of our favorite topics — fashion, beauty, food, party planning — and Lauren will be sharing her latest fashion finds with Fab every month. This week, we talk closet cleaning for a Read more

10 Faux Fur Pieces That Look Amazing


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Faux Fur Fall Pieces

It's just about time to start bundling up in cozy coats and warm Winter boots, and right now we are loving all things fur. The Fall 2011 runways were filled with beautiful and innovative iterations of this cold weather staple. Prabal Gurung showed swoon-worthy, ombre fur jackets, Diane von Furstenberg and Gucci wowed with emerald green pieces, and Alexander Wang and Altuzarra debuted furry shoes Read more

10 Things Worth Paying More For


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Things Worth Paying For

We're thrilled to present this smart Bundle story here on Savvy! It is better to save, than it is to spend — that's usually a winning (and smart!) mantra to live by. But there are actually some things that are worth the extra dollars in cost. Here are 10 of them. Service. Consumers like to complain about the terrible service they get from certain companies — cell phone and cable TV Read more