A short aside: frugalista

The term "fashionista" has produced some evil wordspawn in the form of "recessionista", "frugalista", and "Maxxinista" (referring to fashionable TJ Max shoppers) to name a few. One Miami Herald blogger has even trademarked the word "frugalista" and is sending letters to other bloggers instructing them to cease referring to themselves as frugalistas. Hopefully that's where this word will die. If I hear another person other than these marketing geniuses refer to themselves or anyone else as some kind of value shopping-ista, I will go bananas.

I'm waiting for someone to coin a term for vintage enthusiasts. How about vintageocrats? Or vintagiennes?

For all you bargain-hunting vintageocrats, you make like: