Websites for Final Project on Thrift Shopping

By Stacey Englander

I decided that in order to get an idea of what kind of people and how much income that area has coming in I found on www.muninetguide.com that the median household income for Hempstead is $55,075 and the median household income in Nassau County is 87,701. To find out a little about what the area has and how the living is in that area I went to www.mynassauproperty.com and http://www.city-data.com to find out a little about the community.

The median age for residents in Hempstead is 37.6. This is a little older than average in the U.S. Families (non single residences) represent 78.4 percent of the population. This gives Hempstead a higher than average concentration of families.

Then I went to http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html to find out what society thinks about fashion, money and the cost of living. What type of fashion is big now and what you need or want to look for the business world.

It’s hard to stay trendy while trying to keep a reasonable budget. There have been so many different articles, pictures and magazines that are dedicated to showing what they believe are fashionable.

Take the following article, for example: http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/othercities/portland/stories/2007/09/03/daily22.html?b=1188792000%5E1517943 What’s wrong with this is that it doesn’t fit everyone’s budget like they would like it to.

Fashion and cost have become such a big issue that even Kohls has now come together with Vera Wang to make a line that’s affordable but priced just right, that even Ophra agrees. http://www.oprah.com/beauty/fashion/fashion_omag_200709_wang.jhtml?promocode= CNNveraDL?cnn=yes

I have found sites that try and tell you how to shop and what to look for, such as: http://health.learninginfo.org/womens-business-attire.htm.

While using all this information I have looked up ideas and prices that business attire for women would cost. http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/category_outfit.jsp?N=1200013&pCategoryId=199&categoryId=212&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_212&cm_mmc_o=QztBBj1BufCjC-55zywkjmAbflCjC-pMzEgwpCjC_AlbEwll+lAbf+cBFzE%7CC%7Cviiiiiiiiiiiiiiin9ISv

And then I got an idea on how much men’s business attire would cost. http://www.josbank.com/IWCatSectionView.process?IWAction=Load&Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=1100&source=yahoo&keyword=mens_suits. The budget I decided to make for myself for women, is around $140 (the average cost of a women’s suit in a department store) and for men it would be around $150 (a little less then the average cost of a man’s suit).

One place I’ve decided that I would try and shop at to see what I can get for the right price is the Salvation Army. http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn.nsf.