Looks like it's time to be frugal chic, folks

I only wear designer jeans. I go to the chicest gym in the city. I eat trendy, overpriced ethnic food. I am obsessed with cashmere. I eat out whenever and wherever I can. I buy expensive drinks, live in a hip neighborhood, buy organic fruit and go to the movies without thinking twice.

But I'm broke. Not only do I have the taste of someone richer than me, I have the spending habits of someone richer than me - and it's a problem.

I'm a recent college graduate working in an entry-level pr job in DC with an annoying amount of loan debt. I long to be metro chic, but it looks like it's time to be frugal chic. I am determined to cut back and tackle hip, cultured urban life on a budget.



That's why I started this blog.



I'll write about where I'm going, what I'm doing and how (God willing) I'm doing it on a budget. I'll talk about the things that are hardest for me to give up or change, and tips and finds for all of the struggling frugalistas out there.



Let the journey begin.