We'd love to introduce you to Frugal Duchess, part of the NLL Sisterhood!
Hi I'm the Frugal Duchess. I've been a financial journalist (in Pittsburgh,
Washington, Manhattan and Miami) for over two decades, a mom for 14 years
and a big spender for about three decades. I'm 48 years old now and it's
taken me a long time to figure out my balance sheet, the world of investment
and frugality. I'm still grappling with my financial demons.
I'm not naturally frugal. On my worst shopping trip, I went to every Ann
Taylor in Manhattan in a strange hunt for a bargain shirt. It was such a
good deal that I purchased a shirt in every color. It was a very expensive
bargain-hunting expedition.
I've grown up. Motherhood and marriage forced me give up my Spending Diva
attitude. I have traded in my steady diet of gourmet coffee for my own bean
crusher and a French press coffee maker. I spend pennies for great
home-brewed coffee instead of $4 a shot for cafe shoppe coffee. I shop sales
and use coupons. I wear second-hand designer clothes and recycle. (I try to
live as green as possible and give back to others.)
But I still believe in living well. I enjoy semi-private yoga classes and
off-season vacations at luxury resorts at steep discounts. But saving
(money, time and the environment) has become my mission.
Sharon Harvey Rosenberg
www.Sharonhr.blogspot.com
Comments (1)
I have got a worst shopping trip story too... lol. I wanted to get my grandma a bag from Abercrombie Fitch, you know with the hot guys on it, so she could take it back and show it off to her girlfriends! So I went to the store (I was in college and had very little money at the time), found a shirt I thought was on sale- waited in line for what seemed like an eternity- only to get the register and pay full price for that freakin shirt! I did it- I was too stunned to think straight. It was a dang expensive bag my grandma got! lol (but she and her girls did love it...)
Posted by prlinkbiz | September 1, 2006 12:02 AM
Posted on September 1, 2006 00:02