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Ygrec23 · Sep 18, 2010, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by blueoctober

Some of you know that I got myself in some serious financial trouble after being on medical leave for 8 months and shopping way too much. I thought I'd start a thread where we could share money saving tips. Here are mine:

I started to go grey very early (high school), so I have been dying my hair for many, many years. I would go to my regular stylist who I LOVE, but it was expensive and since my hair grows so fast I had to go back once a month. 2 months ago I started to go to a school for hairstylists and the students have done a great job (better than my regular stylist). It costs me only $35! I also get a punch card where every 5th service is free and if I rebook the day of my appointment I get 15% off my next appointment.

The school is downtown, so my parking costs half as much as the service!!!

I also go to a esthetics school to get my "pedique" done and it costs half as much as a "real" salon and the students have always done a great job.

Dear Blue,

Excellent idea for a thread! Do you think it would be easier for readers to put one suggestion into a post? This is one to which I could contribute a lot because we've been without funds for years.

In our town there's a barber shop for both men and women that just charges eight dollars for a haircut for any man or woman. I go there once a month. All the barbers are women, and they seem to be excellent on both men and women. People may want to check their local resources and find out whether such a barber shop exists where they live.

Take care.