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Christmas Thrifts

Rae the Cheapster clues you in on the best thrift stores in town for your holiday shopping needs.
By Rae Contreras

You have scarcely two weeks before Christmas, and you still don’t know what to buy your fashion-plate sister or emo brother. In a more forgiving economy, you would go to Urban Outfitters—the hipster’s one-stop shop [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: 11/27-29

[ November 27, 2009; November 28, 2009; November 29, 2009; ] Friday

Clearance Sale at Rockaway Records: Silver Lake’s longstanding Rockaway Records is opening up a pop-up store next door to their store and housing it with music at blow-out prices. Thousands of CDs, LPs and cassettes for a mere 99 cents! There will be tons of 45s, posters, T-shirts, books, magazines and other paper goods at [...]

Your Halloween Costume on the Cheap

By Jackie
Halloween is here! Can you believe it? (I can.) Don’t have a costume yet? (I can believe that too.) No fear, cheapster. You can still come up with a last-minute costume and have fun with it.
Last Halloween I found a nurse’s dress uniform for $2.50 at a Baras Thrift Shop when I was down [...]