Archive for February, 2007
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 28, 2007. Shopping
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I’m running a series of guest posts while I work on a textbook chapter I was asked to co-write.
Today, we have some great parenting advice for those who are raising daughters, thanks to Rebecca. Rebecca also writes one of my favourite blogs, The Space Between My Peers.
If you’d like to be a guest Bargain Queen, send me an email.
Parents: begin early in teaching your daughters to shop sensibly, and when they are teens you’ll still be able to afford clothes for yourself!
Here’s what you can do for your daughters to raise sensible shoppers with great style.
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 26, 2007. Shoes
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Today’s guest post comes from Tova from Boutique Oz.
If you’d like to be a guest Bargain Queen, send me an email.
Budget fashionistas, if you want to save money on fabulous shoes, here’s my number one tip:
Don’t walk in them.
You’ll save money on repairs, won’t need to replace them as often, and you’ll still look stunning. Here’s how.
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 26, 2007. News
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Sydney readers, your cucumber sandwiches are buttered, ready and waiting.
If you’d like to meet Sydney’s fashion bloggers, we’re meeting for high tea this Sunday, 4th March at 2pm.
The guest list includes:
The event is strictly RSVP only, and costs $29 to attend (that’s what the hotel that’s hosting it charges for a super-yummy, all-you-can-eat high tea).
If you’d like to be there, email me and I’ll send you the details.
PS: I have to say a big thank you to Anita from I want — I got and Danielle from Final Fashion, organisers of the Toronto fashion blogger brunches for all their advice. You guys rock!
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 24, 2007. Links
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My favourite web articles this week:
Givin’ ‘em the Slip - Look Rich for Very Little
A call for a return to good underwear. Hear hear!
Be a Shopping Pro
Shopping tips for professional women who hate shopping… but they work for the rest of us, too!
Products live on
If you’ve ever heard that beauty products ‘go off’ and have to be thrown out a few weeks or months after opening them, this article gives a different perspective. (Would marketers encourage us to throw out perfectly serviceable things and buy new ones? Surely not!)
How To Pack A Suitcase
Food for thought before your next holiday — what do you really need to take? How will you get it there?
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 22, 2007. Links, News
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The Bargain Queen is one year old today! It’s been a crazy year.
Some of the posts I wrote a year ago have survived really well, some of it… not so well.
Here’s the best posts on this blog from February 2006:
Smart shopping is, well, smart
Think women who are interested in shopping are bimbos? Read this.
Save money on your mobile phone
Mr BQ shows Aussie readers how to save money on their mobile phone bills.
IKEA: a love-hate relationship
IKEA: the good, the bad and the ugly. Plus some tips to help you shop there successfully.
Coffee: an affordable luxury
Mr BQ on how to cut your coffee bills.
Salmon dinner for two. $7.50
Mr BQ’s cheap gourmet food discovery — eat cat food (we have a very spoilt cat).
Sudoku for free!
Where I’ve found sudoku puzzles for free. I’d go broke if I paid for puzzle books. I don’t have a problem…
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 21, 2007. Fashion
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Today’s guest post comes from Nadine in New Zealand, who writes a new budget shopping blog called Thriftyspend.
If you’d like to be a guest Bargain Queen, send me an email.
Savemart is a recycled-clothing chain of barn-size shops in New Zealand. You’ve really got to go in there with a plan of attack and a serious chunk of time.
Here’s the shopping tips that recently netted me three great dresses for $65 (and a photo of my haul!)
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 20, 2007. Clothing, Coats, Shopping
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Today’s guest post comes from Dot, who shares a great bargain-hunting story and a tip we can all use!
This winter, with the two new, complimentary trends of wool peacoats and cold weather, I made up my mind to buy a wool coat. I’m one of those few fortunate people who knows exactly what she wants and what looks good, and I had a very specific vision in mind of what I wanted my coat to be.
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By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 19, 2007. News
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If you want to reveal your neighbourhood store’s best-kept secrets, brag about your best-ever bargains or simply share some smart shopping tips, this is your chance.
In the coming weeks, The Bargain Queen will welcome aboard a few guest-posters to share the limelight and your shopping secrets. You’ll get to showcase your ideas (and your blog) to my readers, and it will give me some much-needed time to implement a few more improvements to the site and write a chapter for a forthcoming book on software design.
So, calling all bargain-hunters — if you’d like to feature a guest-post or two, please email me a 250-500 word entry. If it fits in with the rest of the posting schedule here, I’ll be sure to give it a run. Please note that not all guest posts can be run, and I may need to edit them prior to publication.
PS - Guest posts that are published will be amongst the first to receive a free Bargain Queen lady’s tee (coming soon!)
Hot topics to inspire guest-posters include:
- Home-town bargains. Who’s got the hottest deals in your home city or state? (but no commercials please!)
- Ask the experts. Are you a specialist in shopping for kids? pets? maternity? plus-size clothes? We’d love to hear from you!
- Saints and sinners. What’s your best-ever shopping experience? What was the biggest bummer? What did you learn from the experience? Please tell us!
For guest-posters who have a blog or website, naturally I’d be delighted to feature your blog and link to it. However, please note that blatant commercials for a particular product, service, store or website won’t be considered for publication.
Thanks and look forward to featuring your guest post soon!
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 17, 2007. Links
My favourite web articles this week:
Winter coats: part one and part two
The Sartorialist snapped two very stylish women with budget-conscious solutions to looking great at fashion week.
(You might have to scroll up or down a little to see them — I couldn’t find a way to link directly to them.)
How To Buy A Winter Coat
Great tips for Southern Hemisphere readers, since it’s almost autumn here!
Burdastyle beta
If you like sewing, check out these great free Burda patterns. I’m loving this dress in purple satin.
By Sydney's Bargain Queen, Sara. February 16, 2007. Advice, Fashion, Shopping
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Part five of my series on the fashion industry’s biggest secret.
I’ve shown that the very people who create trends — fashion editors and fashion designers — don’t follow fashion. They have their own style and stick to it. Likewise, the fashion icons that are almost universally declared to be the most stylish people of earth, ignore most trends to do their own thing.
So who does follow fashion?
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