By Aydrea Walden
So your husband’s not married to a basketball wife. That doesn’t mean people can’t think he is. And sure, you’re not a real housewife of anywhere. There’s no reason you can’t fool people into thinking you are. Not as successful as you’d like to be? No one has to know! Part of being successful is looking like you already made it. Here are some tips for fooling the folks around you into think you’re ballin’ when you’re hoping to get a bailout.
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One Starbucks, Many Cups
Next time you’ve scraped together enough pennies to buy a cup of spendy joe, ask for a few extra cups. That way, you can brew your own cheap coffee at home, but pour it into a name brand vessel when you head out. No one will have any idea that you spent $4 on a five-gallon jug of Folgers instead of $5 for a cute latte.
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Take Advantage of Hipsters
It’s super trendy right now to look like you just rolled out of the dumpster behind a 99-cent store. People spend beaucoup bucks to buy fashion that just looks funky. So why not beat them at their own game? Instead of actually spending a couple hundred bucks on thrift-store looking clothes, just go to a thrift store with a twenty and come out looking like a runway star.
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Scarves Say a Lot
Scarves are one of those accessories that looks expensive, but since they’re just cut up pieces of straight cloth, really aren’t. Get a whole bunch of ‘em in different colors and wear them with every outfit. When you bunch up a bunch of these beauties around your neck on the regular, it looks like you have plenty of extra cash to spend on accessories. (Bonus points and extra savings for finding double-sided scarves!)
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Instagram
This handy app makes any night out look like a fancy affair! The right adjustments can even turn a photo of you sitting on your couch in your jammies into a portrait of a lady in waiting. Take some pics and experiment before posting yourself in a perfect sepia’d pose.
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Know One Random Thing Really Well
Knowledge is power. Money is also power. If you exhibit an extraordinary amount of knowledge in one thing that no one else does, you will look powerful and thus moneyed. It doesn’t really matter if you’re randomly dropping facts about the economy in Boliva, sailing knots, Romanian cooking, or 1940s hemlines, people will be impressed at your fancy brain.
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