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Vintage clothing shopping is awesome … and no, you don’t have to be a dirty hipster to enjoy that awesomeness!

I don’t know if you’re aware of this or not, but more and more people are now reduce-reuse-recycling, rather than tossing everything out into the trash (which is ultimately the responsible thing to do). Combine this trend with an every-increasing human population that has limited resources, and you’ll have quite a few more people (note: understatement of the year) worried about what our planet’s future might bring. In response to this crisis, many have changed their wasteful habits by reducing their carbon footprints.

Now on to the good stuff: popular places to buy this “vintage” clothing include charity-driven second hand shops, garage sales, flea markets, and vintage clothing shops (although some of these greedy bastards like to hang onto their crap way too long, which means less savings for you). Then again, some good vintage pieces can also be obtained from older friends and relatives who like to keep their old clothing for long periods of time! The advent of the internet has also been a huge boon to the vintage clothing world (don’t believe me? Check eBay then! You’ll see)! Continued

Hey single people, I get it … eating out all the time is great if you can afford it!

It gives you a chance to spend some entertaining times with your wild gang, and maybe find a few love interests along the way. Unfortunately, it’s also going to tear a huge gaping hole in your budget if you’re not careful. So, my advice is to start eating in with a little, self-made home cooking (that you’ve prepared yourself from scratch) before the wedding bells, the house, the kids and their expensive college tuitions come along. With a little practice, you’ll be more than able to make some sweet, restaurant-quality meals for a mere fraction of the cost. This will save a few thousand dollars a year (of which, you’ll need for that other stuff. Desperately, I might add). So let’s get started, shall we? Good … Continued

Ok, she did it – she forced you to sell your stuff (she called it junk). Again!

You’ve played this game before, but somehow only wound up making like $15 for the thousands you spent on the stuff in the first place. This time however, you did it right: you got your ad in the paper early (two weeks early to be exact) and you posted it all over Craigslist. People have been calling you all week about it, because you were smart enough to put your phone number in the ad, which stated, “Call if you have any questions.” Timing and placement of your ads are certainly critical, and you have this all covered. Good for you!

On the date of this big event, you have a lot of good things to sell (despite what she says) and only a little time to do it in. It’s the night before the big event and you’re starting to get nervous now, so let me help you out — I’ve done this lots and lots of times already, and I consider myself somewhat of an expert. If you truly want to make back some of the money that the retailers “stole” from you, and you also want to keep your shoppers honest, please read on …

Before the early-birders get there (at like 6:00 am [these people are sick]) make sure you did the following: Continued