Book 3: Bitches on a Budget

Bitches on a Budget by Rosalyn Hoffman

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http://www.amazon.com/Bitches-Budget-Advice-Surviving-Tough/dp/0451229177/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263002571&sr=8-1

I'm in the lovely Kendall Square Marriott in Cambridge, MA. My flight home was cancelled; I have an incredibly early wake up time in the morning to make my rescheduled flight. I finished another book, so thought I would take a few minutes as blog my take on my latest read.

With the provocative title Bitches on a Budget, Rosalyn Hoffman and Karen Conner, who co-wrote a portion of the book, take sassy ladies all over on a journey to determine how to maintain a sense of style in this insane economy. I was fooled. I thought this book was going to be about how to get out of debt. No. Thankfully, this book assumes that all its reading divas already know what they need to do financially to stay afloat in these tumultuous times. We just want a way to do it in style, of course. And this book comes through there.

Chock full of those things on which to splurge, and others on which to save, Bitches on a Budgetprovides saucy oversight on how to live decadently on a budget. Get the T's at Target. Are all those expensive skin care items really worth it? I adore my Dior skin care, but now I’m thinking, how badly do I really need it, if Boots will do just as well? How does one travel in style for less these days? And did you know Whisky (the Scottish spelling) is the new Cosmo?

My new virtual friends in the Bitches world tell us how to have it all without spending it all.

Yes, the title is provocative. I had a great conversation with one of the flight attendants on my way up to Boston about the book. The title will certainly spark curiosity. I'd love to see my friend Kate at Fusion of Style (http://fusionofstyle.blogspot.com/) elaborate on the fashion buying tips. You won't learn any new groundbreaking financial management tips here, but that is kind of the point. Really, we all know what we need to do. This book makes it FUN. But you'll get some website gems, some excellent (sounding) recipes, and a dose of sass not found any other book I’ve read about budgeting.

Highly recommend!

Next up? Al Gore's The Assault on Reason. I started it tonight. Thought I might finish it on the flight home tomorrow, but since the flight is so obscenely early (yet I'm grateful to be getting home), I may sleep instead.