Wow. If you have been thinking of buying a suit you should think about getting yourself to The Limited. Why? They’re currently holding their Semi-Annual Suit Yourself Event! All Jackets, Pants, and Skirts are 40% off!

This sale started today and it will run through March 17, 2010. The sale prices are valid both in-stores and online. No promo code is needed to receive the discount as everything has already been marked down!

If you’re looking for suit items, this sale should not be missed.  They have all different styles of suit options available – non-traditional and traditional blazers, skirts, pants, and capris.  You can get something serious, or something a little more fun.  There are a total of 86 different items included in this sale!

And friends – this discount has made for some very inexpensive suit pieces.  Check out this lovely Embellished Pencil Skirt:

This skirt normally sells for $79.50, but is now just $47.70.

I love this untraditional suit coat they’re calling the Little Wrap Jacket:

I’m not kidding when I say that I’d be willing to pay the full price of $98 for this jacket. However, the sale price of $58.80 is much more reasonable, don’t you think?

If you do end up buying something online and your purchase costs more than $50, you can get free shipping when you enter promo code 352 at checkout.

It’s going to be a HUGE weekend at Gilt for any of you that are soon to be married, or are participating in a wedding in any way {yes, attending counts!}.  They’re calling this their “Wedding Weekend,” because – as I’m sure you can guess – pretty much all of their sales are going to be wedding-related!  They’re running it in conjunction with Martha Stewart Weddings, so you know the items they’re selling are sure to be classy.

Here’s a rundown of all of the upcoming wedding-related sales:

Friday, March 12, 2010

• Wedding Invitations, Stationery, and Books
• Bridesmaid Dresses from Thread, Amsale, and Vera Wang Lavender
• Bridal Detox: BluePrintCleanse
• Runway Bride {dresses?} from Angel Sanchez, Morgane Le Fay, Carolina Herrera, and others
• For the Groom
• Bridal Beauty: Decleor Paris, YESforLOV, Hampton Sun, Pearl Eyes by Inka
• Bridal Jewelry: Garrard, Lulu Frost, Tara Pearls, and others
• Bridal Accessories: Judith Leiber, Stuard Weitzman, Elle Macpherson, and others
• Bridal Hair & Make-Up: Prive Salons New York and Los Angeles

Saturday, March 13, 2010

• Bridal Cuisine: Freshology
• Flower Girls and Ring Bearers
• Bridal Party Favors
• Gifts for the Bride and Groom

All sales will open at noon ET on their starting days.  I’m pretty excited to check these sales out.  I hope they have some good gift ideas, in particular.

Gilt is a by-invitation-only online sample sale site.  If you’re not yet a member, please click here to register via my personal registration link. This link will allow you to avoid the wait list and start shopping immediately.

When I tell you about today’s blog monetization method, you may think that it sounds somewhat similar to ReadySite, for which I have a bit of {obvious} disdain. There are some big differences that make Logical Media superior, in my opinion, and I think it may be a good option for generating a little bit of extra income from your blog.

The number one reason I compared ReadySite and Logical Media is because they carry some of the same spam-ish content.  You know the deals: “Click through, enter your email address, give away your first born son, and we will send you a freebie.”  THOSE kinds of deals.  But while you don’t get to choose whether or not situations like the one above appear on your website with ReadySite, you do get that option with Logical Media.

Here’s the way Logical Media works:

1. Sign up for a Logical Media account.  Click here to sign up using my personal referral link. {You will allegedly get $25 and I will get a small commission!}

2. During the sign-up process you will need to supply your social security number.  They can not pay you otherwise.  If you are not comfortable submitting this information online, well, I’m not sure what to tell you.  I’ve been signed up for a year and have never gotten scammed by any of these companies.  Pinky swear.

3. You will need to tell them how many “Site Views” your site gets per month.  If you aren’t currently tracking this and you’re using Blogger, I recommend doing one of two things: Sign up for a Google Analytics account or sign up for a Site Meter account.  Both of these services are free and will let you see how many people are accessing your blog on any given day.  WordPress users: This information is available in your dashboard, though you can also sign up for Analytics and Site Meter.

4. You will likely need to wait a day or two or three to see if you are accepted into the network.  Logical Media was one of the first sites like this that I signed up for, and that’s when I had -3 readers.  I don’t think it’s too hard to get accepted, though I cannot guarantee that they accept everyone.

5. Once you are accepted, you are free to post pretty much all of the ads on your site, if you wish.  You will see that some ads come in the form of ad boxes {of varying sizes}, and some are text links, which makes it easier to integrate into posts and/or email newsletters.

6. If there are any special stipulations that need to be met in order for you to get paid, such as someone needs to submit an email address, it will be clearly laid out for you.  That way if you’re not comfortable asking your readers to give up their first born child so that you can make a buck, you don’t have to post the ad.

Posting the ads to your site is easy, as long as you have a basic knowledge of HTML.  Once an ad is posted, either through a banner or text link, you will *hopefully* start making money.

Here are a couple of ways I am currently using or have previously used Logical Media to make money on Fantabulously Frugal:

• There’s an advertisement for Coupons.com that’s available. This ad has been posted in the sidebar of FF in the past.  Anytime anyone clicked on that ad and printed out a coupon, I would net 40 cents.  They didn’t need to buy anything or do anything crazy.  They just needed to click through and print.  That’s not spam and Coupons.com is a legit {and wonderful} site that’s full of printable grocery coupons.  {And yes, that ad IS still in my sidebar.  But it’s now being hosted by a different company, which we will talk about soon!}

• I did a recent post on the health and fitness email newsletter Vital Juice, which I found through Logical Media.  Vital Juice is a real e-newsletter, and I am, in fact, a subscriber myself.  When I posted about this newsletter, I received $1.10 for anyone that signed up.

For some companies, I think Logical Media is a great source for advertising.  In terms of Vital Juice, they probably have a set budget for what they want to spend on advertising.  As soon as they reach that dollar amount through Logical Media’s network, they can quickly pull down the ads and stop paying commissions.

If you sign up for Logical Media, I just recommend being careful of the spam-ish advertisements.  Once you sign up for an account and start learning your way around, it will become pretty evident which ads are spam and which are not.

I was recently contacted by the very wonderful people over at My Blog Spark to host a giveaway for a $25 Kroger gift card.  I of course said yes.  Why wouldn’t I want one of you to pick up some extra grocery money?!

In exchange for the giveaway, I just have to share with you all that Kroger {and the Kroger family of stores, which includes Ralph’s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott’s Food & Pharmacy} are currently having a Cart Buster Savings Event, where many different brands of food will be priced at some of their lowest prices ever.  Meaning – this is a good time to go stock up on groceries!

Here are a few of the brands participating in the Cart Buster Savings Event: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper, Yoplait, Progresso, Totino’s, Green Giant, Cascadian Farm, Tide, Charmin, Bounty, Pampers, Pantene, Crest, Iams, Febreze, and Old Spice.  {Oops.  By “a few” I meant many.  But not all!}

And now it’s your turn to win $25 to spend any way you choose.  {May I suggest the candy aisle? }

To win, just fill in the form below letting me know what grocery item you can never have enough of.  If you’re anything like me, it’s ice cream or Lucky Charms.  Or maybe it’s spinach.  Who knows – the sky is the limit!

A winner will randomly be selected on March 15, 2010 and the winner will be announced on March 16, 2010.

Good Luck!

I’m just going to keep it real for a moment – Curvaceous Chic Woman makes me think of very large clothing for old women.  I’m not sure why that’s the image that’s evoked for me with this store name, but that’s the way it goes.  This is kind of a shame because I checked out this store and those aren’t the types of clothes they carry at all!  In fact, the majority of the plus size clothing at Curvaceous Chic Woman is young, fun, and, dare I say it?  Chic!

While their prices are pretty good to start off with, the prices in the Clearance Section are even better.  As an added bonus, right now their clearance is on sale!  They’re taking an extra 20% off clearance items when you enter promo code “winter10” at checkout!  This offer is valid through March 17, 2010.

Take at this Sailor Collar Belted Tunic:

This shirt originally sold for $37.99 and is currently on sale for $22.79.  After the additional 20% discount it’ll cost just $18.24! {Total savings of 52%}

I also think this Trendster Floral Print Tunic is super cute:

Originally $33, it’s now just $14.99.  The extra 20% discount brings the price down to just $12.  {Total savings of 64%}

Ha.  As I typed it the title of this post made me laugh.  In my little world the words fun and organizational are oxymorons.  I don’t enjoy being organized!  Heck, you know this if you see how bad I am about doing weekly features on this site.  I’m just not organized enough to follow through each and every week!

With that being said I recently came across Springpad and I’m a little bit obsessed with it.  You can use the site to keep track of anything you need to keep track of, such as recipes.  {More on that in a bit.}  Seriously – the more I explore Springpad the more I fall in love!

The part that was the most confusing to me before I set up my account was trying to figure out how to save information from websites without just retyping it all into my springpad, because that would be totes annoying.  The answer is clearly explained after you sign up for an account – you drag a “Web Clipper” to your browser’s bookmark bar, so anytime you come across something online that you want to keep track of you hit the web clipper and voila!  Instantly saved to your springpad!  In other instances, you just enter the URL into your Springpad and the information from that page magically appears.

You can also install an iPhone app so that you can save and access items when you’re on the go.  You can take pictures of items and save them to your account, or even scan a barcode into your account.  {I’m not iPhone friendly so I have no idea what this means.}  Finally, you can also email information to your amazingly intuitive Springpad account!

One of my favorite features is actually the recipe function.  {Shocking, considering my dislike for cooking is well documented here!}  When you enter the URL for a recipe a screen pops up that looks like this:

As you can see from where I highlighted the word garlic, the ingredients list pops up and it is fully editable.  I added a couple of different options, as you can see below:

Now you can edit the cook time, enter the type of cuisine you are making, and add the directions for how to make the dish.  Pretty neat, right?

What I love about this is that all of this information is compatible with your iPhone {and possibly other mobile devices}, so you can be out and about and have your recipes with you for very easy grocery shopping.

Also neat is that Springpad has an app “store” so you can add more functionality to your account.  For instance, there’s a fun “Date Night Planner,” where you can save your ideas for upcoming date nights.  There’s also a “Wine Notebook,” where you can save the names and makes of any wines you particularly enjoyed or ones you want to try in the future.

To say I can be unorganized is probably an understatement, so I’m pretty sure Springpad was made for people like me – people that spend all of their time online and need a place to store bunches and bunches of random information.  I definitely recommend checking it out.

Did you happen to make it into that crazy UGG Australia sale yesterday at Beyond the Rack?  As I suspected, those babies were pretty much sold out within about 20 minutes!

Prepare for even more craziness today as Rue La La is about to open up day one of its FINAL SALE.  If you haven’t shopped one before, Final Sales are absolutely nuts and again, items tend to sell out very very quickly.  No information is available about today’s sale other than it will involve 32 different designers!

The sale will start today at 11 a.m. ET.

Since Final Sales include all of the items that didn’t sell during previous sales, sizes tend to be very limited.  Shop early {as early as possible} for the best selection.

Tomorrow, March 11, 2010, is another Final Sale day and another 32 designers will be revealed at 11 a.m.!

Rue La La is a by-invitation-only online sample sale site.  If you’re not yet a member, please click here to register via my personal registration link. Using this link to sign-up will let you avoid Rue La La’s waiting list and start shopping immediately!

Right now when you purchase any $50 worth of Benefit products you’ll receive a free Lip Gloss of your choosing!  The Lip Gloss is valued at $18.

Enter promo code HOTLOOKS at checkout to receive the free lip gloss, though you will need to add the lip gloss to your cart yourself! This offer is valid through March 15, 2010.

One of the items that I love the most from Benefit is their line of BADgal Mascara.  I’ve used the BADgal lash mascara {black} and the BADgal blue mascara, and now I’m itching to try the BADgal plum mascara {$19}.

I know, you’re probably thinking purple mascara?!  I have a secret to share – I wear blue mascara almost everyday {yes, even to work} and I love the extra little pop of color.  I have dark eyelashes so it’s hardly noticeable unless the light hits ‘em in the right way.  So I would totally be down to try this plum shade!

If you haven’t used BADgal mascara before, it’s a pretty good mascara.  The wand is super big, which can be disconcerting at first.  I think the mascara goes on smooth and stays put all day.  The biggest downside, in my opinion, is that the mascara seems to dry out inside the container fairly quickly.

Philosophy is celebrating a birthday right now {I have no idea which one} and as such they are taking 15% off all of their skincare products!

Enter promo code “skincare15” at checkout to receive the discount.  Also, purchases over $50 will ship for free using this same code.

I not only love Philosophy products because they’re amazing, but also because the packaging is so much fun, what with the little words of wisdom that appear on all packages.

One of my favorite Philosophy items is their renowned Hope in a Jar moisturizer:

This moisturizer wins all sorts of awards and really is hope in a jar.  Hope in a Jar is light and won’t clog your pores.  This product comes in myriad different sizes ranging from .5 oz through 8 oz.  The middle size, 2 oz., costs $38.  After the discount the prices drops to $32.30.

The 15% discount is valid through March 12, 2010.

Seriously, New York friends, do you know how good you have it?  Shopping-wise I’m ridiculously jealous pretty much all the time.  Today I am doubly jealous of all of you.

Starting tomorrow, March 10, 2010, Target is going to have a Pop-Up Shop featuring the brand new Liberty of London for Target collection.  The very collection that I am dying to scout out, see, and purchase.  You’ll be able to shop before the collection opens to the rest of us on Sunday, March 14, 2010.

Here are the details:

When:

March 10: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

March 11-13: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Where:

1095 Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street