We hope that this week has been kind to you. It was a little rough for everyone to head back to work after the Labor Day weekend, so we thought we’d sweeten up your week with a sweet deal! This week rather than giveaway designer shoes, jeans or tees, we’re going to let you decide.

This week we’re giving away a $50 gift card to the Recessionista Shop.

I’ve been doing a lot of shopping lately at our shop. After all, I would never recommend something that I hadn’t tried. So if you need some advice on where to spend your $50, should you win (or even if you don’t win!), I have some pretty inspirational designer shoes I’d like to discuss with you.

Jessica Simpson Pasadena Bootie – We have it in quite a few colors in the shop. I bought them in eggplant and they are quite possibly the most beautiful pair of shoes I own

Coach Baylee Khaki Coral – For those days where you want to wear cute shoes, but heels seem like a task. They are too cute with jeans or shorts and the little burst of color is sure to liven up any outfit.

Via Spiga Women’s Suri – This pair is currently on my wish list, but as soon as pay day comes around, they are mine! ($56.25 off retail price? Yes, please!)

If  you have shoe envy right now, you better hurry up and enter to win the $50 so that all of your designer shoe dreams can come true.

1. Tell your friends. Every Facebook, Twitter, Technorati and Delicious post (along with any other social media site you use) will enter you once. Be sure to post a link to where you shared.

2. Blog about this giveaway and link post a link to your blog in the comments. Feel free to use our buttons (get them on the side bar). Also in your blog post tell your readers how they can become RISTA (Recessionista Independent Style Trend Advisor). If they’re interested they can fill out this form. When they are approved they can use the code CONSULT25 to get 25% off their RISTA kit! This is worth 10 entries!

3. Check out our shoe shop and tell us on our Facebook page which pair of shoes you have on your eyes set on.

4. Refer a friend (or 100 friends!). For every friend who enters the giveaway (and puts you as a referral in her comment) you’ll receive 2 additional entries.

5. Tell us which fashion trend you’d like us to write about next week.

The winner will be announced next Thursday…just in time for another giveaway! Stay tuned.

#28 Kimberly Flickinger

Congratulations, Kimberly. E-mail us your jean selection, size and shipping information to Recessionistaparty(at)gmail.com

We so enjoyed seeing the photos of you ladies your favorite gear! Keep them coming, as we would love to feature some of you ladies on the blog!  Also, don’t forget to take advantage of the weekly special. Happy Weekend!

After a few months of summer vacation–we’re ready to get back into our routine…

This Week’s Special…

JEANS $44.99

The Hannah Bootcut, Micah Bootcut, Ava Skinny, and Addie Skinny all $44.99 this week only.

PLUS–FREE SHIPPING BOTH WAYS! THAT’S RIGHT–TRY THEM…ON US! IF THEY DON’T FIT, WE’LL PAY TO HAVE THEM SENT BACK!

Don’t forget the giveaway is still open! Every pair of jeans you buy enters you five times to win more jeans!

If you were paying attention, you may have noticed the random photo of jeans in yesterday’s post, we were discreetly hinting at something.

This giveaway may or may not be discreet insight into what our deal of the week will be. So you may want to stay tuned to the blog, if you love great deals. Just sayin’

(We know we’re a day early for the whole September 1st thing, but it sounds way more epic than August 31st. Tune back in next year on September 1st to see if the Great Jean Giveaway turns into a tradition. Ok… let’s not get crazy!)

There are 5 ways to enter!

1. Share the news of this giveaway via Facebook*, Twitter*, Technoarti, StumpleUpon, Delicious and anything else you can think of. (Use our Sharing is Sexy toolbar!)

2. Get your friends to enter the giveaway; have them tell us who sent them. Each friend who enters wins you an extra entry! (Only one of you will win, though!)

3. Every purchase you make from the shop from now until the time this giveaway closes automatically earns you 10 entries

4. We want to see photos of you in your favorite (or better yet, cutest!) jeans, jewelry and other accessories! Send them to recessionistaparty(at)gmail.com – extra entries if you’re wearing Recessionista products! Make sure you only submit photos that you don’t mind us sharing on the blog.

5. Join our mailing list so that we can keep you up-to-date on giveaways, sales, fashion tips and more!

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Just a side note: if you’re not already following us on facebook and twitter, you’re missing out on the conversation! We would hate for you to be out of the loop!

We have had so much going on here at Recessionista. We are working so hard to bring you the best products and the best fashion advice. We hope that you’re enjoying all of this [advice and product] to good use. This post is going to be full of information that you won’t want to miss–read carefully!

Announcing our new shop!

We’ve moved all of our Recessionista products over to this website. Now you can get your designer shoes, jeans and handbags all from the same place. Take a long hard look at the shoe shop, because we have uploaded SO MANY shoes. (No seriously, SO MANY!) This new shop gives us lots of room to expand our product line and it makes it easier for you to shop.

We are so excited about this new shop that we are giving you not one, but three ways to celebrate with us.

1. The Online Warehouse Sale

For the next 7 days, all of our blog followers can join in the warehouse sale fun by using the coupon code WAREHOUSE at checkout when you shop at the Recessionista Shop. You’ll receive 20% off your entire purchase, which is the same discount that we extended to the warehouse shoppers in Idaho Falls. We know you couldn’t all make it to Idaho Falls, but we want to show our appreciation for you just the same. Shop the same designer brands, including Coach, Michael Kors, BCBG and more, that everyone else got to shop, but do it in the privacy of your own home! Clean out your closets ladies. It’s time to make room for the new shoes in town.

2.  A RISTA Kit Discount

If you’re interested in getting designer shoes, jeans, handbags and accessories at even better prices, consider becoming a RISTA. You’ll have access to our wholesale pricing to buy products for yourself AND you can host parties to make some extra cash for the things in life that you can’t buy at the Recessionista Shop (you know, like food). To see if you qualify to become a RISTA, fill out this form. If you’re approved, you can use the discount code NEWCONSULT25 for 25% off your consultant kit.

3. A Pair of Coach Shoes

That’s right ladies, one of your favorite handbag designers also makes lovely shoes. I love the styles and colors that Coach offers–it blows that basic black pump out of the water!

I can’t believe that our 10 days of giveaways has finally come to a close. We appreciate everyone’s participation SO much. We are so grateful to have our fellow recessionistas spread the word about our giveaways and our great deals. We are so thankful for all of the information that you have all shared with us over the last week and a half. We are definitely going to use that information to bring you blog posts about the topics that you want to read about! (Stay tuned for tips on how to build up your wardrobe without spending a fortune, dressing for your body type and where to get great deals and coupons on your favorite products.)

We hope that all of you ladies (and the occasional gentleman…we know you’re out there lurking for sweet deals for your wives!) in Idaho will join us today for our exclusive event at 2:00pm and we hope that you’ll spread the word about Recessionista’s warehouse sale (open to the public!) from August 19th-21st.

Just because the countdown to the warehouse sale has come to a close, doesn’t mean that the fun has to end. We’ll be back to discuss all of the fashion tips and trends that matter to you AND to give away designer shoes, handbags, accessories and more!

Yesterday’s winners…

#24 Michelle C

#12 Anja

Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your new handbags! Please e-mail us your color selection and shipping information to recessionistaparty(at)gmail.com!

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

To enter tell us (in the comments) whether or not you have a blog, what you blog about or what you might blog about if you had a blog.
Want a second entry? Write about your participation in Recessionista’s Countdown to Warehouse Sale giveaway on your blog
For a third entry follow us on Twitter and leave your twitter username below. This entry is only available to our new twitter followers! Don’t cheat!

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