How to Save at Starbucks • Hipster ScumCoolest & Freest iPhone Apps • Gaga on a Budget The Strange & Beautiful World of Thrift Shopping

debut issue

On the Cover:Hipster Scum! 04 Stretch Your Paycheck:

Save Money at Starbucks 12Cheap Entertainment:The Art of the Claw 10

The Penny Saver

From the Website:Thriftshoppin.com Highlights 16 16 For the iPhone:

Coolest & Freeest Apps 16 3 Strategies:Saving on Household Items 18

Thrift Shopping:The Strange & Beautiful 20 Meal Planning:

Not For Soccer Moms 32

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Stretch Your Paycheck:Save Money at Starbucks

The Penny Saver Thank you for picking up or downloading your copy of The Penny Saver! We have worked on this publication for quite some time now and we are all so happy to bring this to you! The Penny Saver is a magazine, catalogue, and lookbook created by Thriftshoppin.com’s de-sign team, editors, and contributors. We work hard to bring quality content to Thriftshoppin.com and have decided to take it a step further with this magazine. The publication will be released once a sea-son. We are hoping to constantly deliver new and interest content with fun design and great tips. We really couldn’t have done this without all the sup-port from our staff and community, so we thank

you all very much for being behind us and getting your hands on a copy! Thriftshoppin.com’s main focus has been to show people how to be fabulous on a budget. We built, launched, and promoted our website dur-ing a really tough time economically. Everything we have done for the website and this publication so far has been done on little to no money. Our articles come from life experience, because we all are on tight budgets and love finding ways to live a fabulous life on the means and income we have currently. This magazine, and Thriftshoppin.com are grass roots and we apprecite everyone’s support to the fullest. We hope you enjoy our debut issue of the publication we have been so excited to bring you!

Joshua BallardThriftshoppin.com Founder

Letter From The Editor

Contributors

Joshua Ballard Editor-in-Chief & Lead Designer

Tama-Lea LorenzenLifestyle Guru

Ashley WatsonFood Editor & Contributor

Robert GreeneCo-Editor & Designer

Stefani HitchcockFashion Contributor

Daisy TibbettsContributor

3 Strategies:Saving on Household Items

hipsterscumYou don’t need Urban Outfitters or $300 to look like street trash.

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TSHIRT: $18 @ White Rabbit Iowa CityNECKLACE: $3 @ Flea MarketGLASSES: $5 @ Party City

Photo Editorial by Joshua Ballard & Robert Greene. Model: Bryce Comstock