And you’ll be able to buy almost any bag in one year! [Ahem, no-Hermès-cough] (Depending on how much you spend during the year.) (And this list can relate to shoes, electronics, saving for an actual car/home or trip, anything!)
- Open a high-interest savings account just for your IT Bag Fund. Add to it with your extra income/savings each month. ($20 for opening an Orange ING account, $100 to start, + $50 - $100 a month)
- Sell on eBay all those old bags you never want to carry again. ($500 - $1,000 average)
- Buy bags you’re going to buy anyway in the meantime on eBay, but ones you know and can tell are authentic, and search broadly and long for the best deals. (Save 20%-70%).
- Do your own self-manis/pedis, fire your maid (ha ha, yeah right), skip the spa, and only do partial foil highlights instead of all coloring, in order to go to the salon less often. But of course get the best stylist who does cuts that grow in great, and never put off those wax appointments! We can’t go wild chick and still look fabulous when the bag arrives! (Save $10 - $40 - a bajillion?—I don’t know, how much do all those luxury things cost, anyway?—a month)
- Do odd jobs/chores, massages, manicures, make coffees, etc. for family and friends. ($20 a week)
- Make your own coffee and skip Starbucks and Dunkies. (Save up to $25 or more a week)
- Ask for cash for your birthday and holidays, put that in your fund. ($300 - $500 per holiday, so that’s twice a year so … $600 - $1,000 in one year!)
- Open up a credit card. Wait! New ones from American Express offer either cash cards back or put in a percentage to its own savings account! Cha-Charrrrrge-it! ($100 in 1 year or some crazy amount for the savings)
- Start a handbag charm design company and get jewelry making kits, knit things, or anything you can put your creative mind and abilities to work making! Then sell the trinkets on eBay. (Hmm, this one might lose you hundreds, actually. It’s a carps shoot.)
- Start a blog on handbags and get ads to supplement your fund! (Exponential growth?)
I did the math and it might even add up pour moi! Don’t forget your 5% savings interest! What do you think you could save? What would you buy??!
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