We here at Recessionista are celebrating. We are celebrating awesome deals on designer handbags and shoes. We are celebrating looking like a million bucks in scarves, jewelry and burnout tees without having to spend a million bucks. And we are celebrating YOU–our loyal followers and fellow Recessionistas.

To show our appreciation for our loyal followers, Recessionista has two HUGE announcements today. First on the agenda…

Be sure to add your name to our mailing list so that you can get your exclusive invitation to the warehouse sale and maybe even some extra discounts. (You’ll have to sign up to find out!) We’ll be posting additional information on facebook and twitter, so don’t forget to follow us there too!

Our second big announcement, as the title of this post may have given away (see what we did there?), is that it’s giveaway time! For the next 10 days Recessionista will be giving away every day, as we countdown to the warehouse sale! Today, 10 lucky winners will be wearing scarves from the Recessionista Shop in the near future.

All you have to do to enter to win is follow the Recessionista Blog and answer the questions of the day.

Today’s questions are:

- Which age range do you fall into?

• 18-21
• 22-26
• 27-30
• 30-35
• 35+

- Do you have children?

- What do you do for a living?

- What would you like to do for a living?

Answer all 4 of these questions for one entry.

For a second entry, tell us your top 3 favorite blogs (other than Recessionista)! Don’t forget, you can’t win unless you’re following us!

The winners will be announced tomorrow!

Hello Recessionistas!

Have you missed us? No worries! We are back and ready to keep giving you great deals on designer shoes, handbags, jewelry and more. We’ve had a lot in the works during our mini sabbatical, but we are back full swing.

Over the next few weeks we are going to show our appreciation to our followers via giveaways, great deals and some exclusive invitations. Make sure you are following us on the blog, on twitter and on facebook.  (We’re going to keep you on your toes. Giveaways could happen at any time through any one of our social media outlets!)

Here’s a sneak peek of what we’ve been working on…
(You’ve always got to throw some open-toe shoes in there. You never know who lives in Florida where open toes are acceptable attire 11 months out of the year!)

We are going to be asking a lot of questions about you over the next few weeks. Our first question is: What do you want to see Recessionista give away next week? Leave a note in the comments. (With as much as we would like to give away a motorcycle to our male followers,  it’s much more likely that we’ll pick something from the shop.) Don’t forget to follow us,  as only followers can win!

Since we’re talking about headbands, how about cheap and easy ways to store the lovelies?

Decorative Bolster Pillows from Banner Boutique.

Or re-purpose your empty oatmeal carton into something fabulous.  An easy tutorial found here.  In helping my S-I-L get a display ready for a boutique, I made one myself and it was super easy and turned out perfect!

See how cute?

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Thanks to a reader for leaving this link on making your own headband

And another easy tutorial found here.

Speaking of headbands, I’d like to give one to a commenter on yesterday’s post.

Sheryl Coe Says:

I LOVE seeing women in headbands. I’m just not sure it I can pull them off, or have enough guts too! (sigh) Sometimes I just wish I was more daring in my wardrobe/accessory choices, because I am SO digging the zipper flower headband styles right now.

Sheryl – email me your info….a zipper headband is coming your way!

And I’m giving another one to the first person to successfully answer the following three questions about me correctly.  You can submit as many entries as you like but all three questions must have the correct answers in the same comment.  Make sense?

With your first entry, please visit our shop and tell me your favorite headband along with your answers.

Questions and your trying to answer them about me not  you:

1. What did I eat for breakfast?
2. What book am I currently reading?
3. When is my birthday?

Good luck and have a great weekend!

There’s no doubt in my mind that April is the best month of the entire year.  You see it’s technically still March and I’m already counting down the final days.  April is the month that sprouts new life and showers the world in the way that no other month can do.  And, of course, it’s the month that I celebrate my existence on this earth which is precisely why April shines a little brighter than the rest.  Birthday months are always the best, right?

To celebrate, we’re doing our biggest giveaway yet.  It’s the Motherload of all giveaways where one lucky winner will receive a motherload from Recessionista: their favorite pair of jeans, shoes, a handbag, necklace, earrings, bracelet, scarf, tee and  hat!  One lucky winner will be showered this month is some of our finest Recessionista apparel.

Want it to be YOU?

First Entry: Visit our newly designed shop (where we’re adding more items daily) and tell us what you love.  Leave a comment – simple easy.

Second, Third & Fourth Entry: Do you follow the blog?  Follow us on Twitter, Facebook?  Leave a separate comment for each.  New to Recessionista?  Jump on board!

Fifth Entry: Share the Recessionista love and let us know!

More Entries? You are allowed to enter once every single day until April 29th (birthday for yours truly).

Twitter Peeps – Unlimited Re-Tweets for this one.

This giveaway will go until April 29th and is valued anywhere between $250 – $600 + ….depending and what the winner picks.  Good luck and welcome April (in a few days)!

This Giveaway is now Closed!

A few weeks ago I received an email from a new British based company that specializes in caring for designer shoes.  Like I said in my last two posts, this unique economy has allowed an immense amount of creativity and some ingenious ideas and companies have surfaced.  Save Your Sole is one of them.

The purpose behind Save Your Sole is to promote and provide a way to care for your designer shoes by simply re-soling them.  Brilliant I say, just brilliant (see don’t I sound British cuz  sometimes I think I am).

When I first checked-out the site I was immediately impressed and excited to see that the soles they sell are made by Vibram.  Now, I don’t know a whole lot about shoe soles but I will tell you this, Vibram, in my opinion, makes the best shoe sole around.  I’m convinced their soles are indestructible.  My hiking boots have Vibram soles and so do my chacos, and I will tell you that I’ve done everything humanly possible to destroy them but they still look brand new.  (At one point, I was a little annoyed because I just wanted an excuse to buy new shoes which I did anyway).

They sell colored soles that are extremely hard to find, red being their most popular, and upon purchase, ship them locally or internationally.  The customer then takes the new soles to the local shoe repair to have them replaced.  Wanna see the entire process in action?  Click here.  And might I add that shoe repairs are cheap, dirt cheap.  I don’t know what rock I’ve been hiding under all these years but I’ve recently discovered my local shoe repair and nearly fell over at the price (fell over in a good way that is).

While they are based out of London, their main market is in the U.S of A and they are working on making their site regional.  For now, they are offering a pair of their ever popular red soles to one of our Recessionista readers.  For all of you that have purchase Recessionista designer shoes, now you can keep them looking fabulous just a little bit longer.  (Or you can be like me, of course, and destroy your shoes as a means to buy a new pair).

Here’s how it will work:

• Leave a comment for one entry (you can do so once each day).
• Share this post with as many people as you want and get an entry for EACH one….you must come back and comment, though.
• Twitter peeps….TWEET away and you will be entered for all your tweeting love!
• Recessionista followers, give yourself an extra entry for simply being Recessionistas!

This giveaway will go until Monday April 5th.  Consider it a sort of Easter surprise!  Thanks to Amanda from Save Your Sole for the offer!

Good Luck!

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Since we’re talking about scarves over here

and how they are quite possibly the best and most affordable way to accessorize any outfit,

how about giving one away?  Or maybe two?

It’s quite simple this time.

Leave a comment and your entered.

That’s it.

Easy, eh?

Ready, set, go!

I will pick a winner(s)…myself (pressures on)….next week.