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BGG Weekender
June Gloom is the punishment we Angelenos must suffer for the 80-degree days we enjoyed back in February. You know, the ones you posted about on Facebook, thus prompting hundreds of friends who live elsewhere in the country to consider deleting you... more
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BGG Weekender
This week has felt like a marathon. A never-ending marathon...run on a treadmill. Needless to say, we’re ready to get off. Luckily, we’re in the home stretch and have already plotted out how to spend our highly-prized downti... more
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BGG Weekender
We can think of few events we enjoy more than the Super Bowl, and among them we do not count the-holiday-that-shall-remain-nameless on the 14th. It’s nice that the superfluous-holiday-planning-gods always prep us for the V-day explosion of sa... more
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How to Dress Like a Fashion Week Veteran For Under $150
Back when Broke Girl's Guide was still just the glimmer of an idea, the fashion folks over at StyleCaster.com invited us to explore Fashion's Night Out in NYC with them. To our surprise, they also brought along a man dressed in drag as Anna... more
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BGG Weekender: Free Yoga, a Cheap Staycation, and Abbot Kinney's Best Bites
Ok, so, for once in your life you can say you’ve had a better week than Lady Gaga. It doesn’t mean you haven’t been pining for Friday every day since Sunday. And hey, you never miss your mark at work either, right? Er, well, ... more
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Your Weekend To Do List: Yummy Recipes, DIYs to Die For, and Sandy Relief
You survived Halloween (barely), and now there are officially just two months left of 2012. Kind of freaky (where did the time go?), especially if you believe the world is ending on December 21st. So, we suggest you make every free moment count, st... more
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The 25 Best Party Dresses Under $100
It's the most wonderful time of the year: When work becomes for once just a small, barely noticeable annoyance between holidays, the bubbly never runs out, and there's a rare, if flimsy, excuse to finally kiss the cute boy you've been c... more
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Your Weekend To-Do List: Take a Cheap Trip To Europe & Make Some Seriously Swoon-Worthy Gifts
We’re now halfway through November, which in addition to being the official time to start panicking about the impending holiday overload of family time, air travel, and fatty food, is also a good time to support those brave, albeit scraggly-l... more
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Your Weekend To-Do List: Four Days of Happiness (even Black Friday!)
We did it, guys. After 10 ½ long months, we finally, officially made it deep into the holiday season. With work shut down both tomorrow and (hopefully!) Friday, we’ve got four full days of relaxing ahead of us. FOUR. What'... more
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5 Perfect Thanksgiving Outfits
Thanksgiving celebrations are as varied and unique as the families who throw them. Some people veg out and watch football while others put on fancy digs to stare silently across the table. Still others can’t be bothered and will simply roam t... more
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DIY Glitter Sole Boot + Sole Society Discount Code
This article was graciously contributed by one of our favorite bloggers, Kristen Turner from Glitternglue.com. It’s been about 2 weeks since I’ve brought out the glitter, which can mean only one thing…it’s GLIT... more
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10 Gifts We're Giving Ourselves for Chrismukkah
Black Friday, Cyber Monday—the Season of Giving is already a little exhausting, right? Not to get all curmudgeonly on you, but between fighting the crowds in real life and sifting through an inbox overflowing with SALE emails, we’re abo... more
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Your Weekend To-Do List: The Cutest Boots Of All Time, a Design-Forward Gingerbread House, & More
OK, guys, The Duchess is going to be just fine. Everyone had a little bit of a panic attack this week (and by “everyone” we mean “The Internet”), but now that it’s all settled and she's emerged from the hospital as... more
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The BGG To-Do List: Buy Jeans That Reduce Cellulite, Win Money, and Get Your Sh*t Together
You’ve got a three-day weekend ahead of you, so we’ll keep this short and sweet while you bide your time until 5 p.m. Fact is: We were finally getting into the rhythm of this whole five days of work/school thing, but no matter—we&... more
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10 Cozy Items Under $100 Designed To Get You Through Sunday
Whether you’re a diehard football fan, a diehard advertising fan, or a diehard Destiny’s Child fan, chances are you may be spending your Sunday evening stuck in front of the TV with a bunch of other humans who may or may not be yelling ... more
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9 High-End Designer Looks That You Can Actually Afford—Really!
Look, it’s not that we don’t want the fancy things featured in other media outlets. We TOTALLY want that Celine bag and those Isabel Marant sneakers and those YSL baubles. It’s just that the price tags on those items are... more
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Your Weekend To-Do List: Breakfast Burgers, 20 Chic Totes, & Rachel Bilson
Look alive, ladies: It's Friday, which means it's finally time to use all that energy you've been storing up during the work week. (Ha!) And it's a good thing you're all so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, because we have a full to... more
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BGG Weekender: Reformation Summer Sale, LA Beer Crawl, & a Pancake Breakfast
We hate to state the obvious, but it's been a long week. Between being featured on The Glitter Guide to finding out Beyonce ditched those run-the-world waves for a (as it turns out, damn cute) pixie cut, we can't take much more. Translation... more
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BGG Playlist: Breaking Bad, Best Desserts in LA, & Baz Luhrmann On Stage
HO-LY SH*T. Forget recovering from this weekend. We're still recovering from last night's season premiere of Breaking Bad. We stayed up pretty late reading recaps and scouring support forums for our elevated anxiety levels (if you watch, yo... more
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So Long, Disposable Fashion. Hello, StyleSaint!
It's hardly a secret that we adore shops like Nasty Gal, Forever 21, H&M, etcetera. However, it does seem unfair to us that just because we can’t afford to spend $400 on a dress, we’re somewhat forced to buy things that fall apa... more
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10 Festival-Inspired Accessories For Under $40
By BGG Contributor: Lindsey Anderson Summer is a magical time, in large part because it comes with the promise of warm weekends spent underneath massive tents, in huge open fields and in happy crowds at music festivals. From the California dese... more
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Whole Foods $50 Gift Card Giveaway
Health and wellness are top concerns with us ladies at the Broke Girl’s Guide. Maintaining both on a budget (while preserving our sanity) can be tough, but it is possible—and Whole Foods is about to make it a bit easier with a Broke Gir... more
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BGG Weekender: Win a Whole Foods Gift Card, Discover LA's ThreadCrawl, & More
Before heading into that glorious two day respite we call the weekend, all of us here at Broke Girls Guide like to reflect on the last four days we've, ahem, endured. Despite our best efforts, the goals we set for ourselves at the outset of eac... more
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BGG Playlist: $50 for $100 at Stella and Bow, LA Times Food & Wine Festival, & More
Whoever coined the phrase "You can never have too much of a good thing" probably did so on a Monday morning, prostrate in bed with the blinds closed and the covers pulled up over their head. Or maybe we're thinking of "Everything in moderation.... more
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8 Ensembles Inspired By Karen O, Solange & Other Women Rockers
We won’t front: FYF, happening this weekend, is our favorite Los Angeles music festival. Not only is it impeccably curated and close to home, the lineup features a ton of very talented and super fashionable women. We love a good pair of comba... more
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BGG Weekender: FYF Fest, a Beach Volleyball Tourney, & BeautyCon
Every Thursday, we start looking forward to the weekend ahead with one word in mind: recovery. That resolve lasts for all of ten seconds, until we start reading through event listings, scouring restaurant guides, and sending in (very) last-minute R... more
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BGG Playlist: Whole Foods Gift Card Winner, Weekend Lovers Pop Up Shop, & More
Congratulations to Esther L, the winner of our Whole Foods Gift Card giveaway! We will be contacting you individually via the email you provided. Thanks to everyone who entered. We have an amazing giveaway planned for yoga month in September, so st... more