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Make It An Easy Gourmet Labor Day With Our $25 Menu
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Entertaining on Labor Day shouldn't be so hard it feels like you're going into labor.  We've put together a practically labor-free menu from some of our own favorite recipes (and a little help around the web) which costs about $25 for 4, excluding alcohol. So, don't get to work savvies, get to rest!  It's Labor Day!!!

Pork Butt BBQ Sliders.  Pork butt is a surprisingly inexpensive shredding meat and these tasty sliders can come together...

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Ateeeeention! Savvy Seven Chic & Versatile Ways to Sport the Military Trend for Fall
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Military garb may not seem fashion-forward, but looks inspired by the uniforms of our brave men and women are actually a super savvy buy.  Khaki hues, ranging from creams to browns to olives are almost universally flattering while cotton-blended fabrics are universally resilient, timeless, versatile and low-maintenance (read: no dry cleaning only tags).  Here are our Savvy Seven picks for scoring the "ten-hut" look for fall.

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Savvy Seven: Essential Tips For Prepping Your Garden for Cooler Weather
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It pays to have a Savvy SIL who knows her way around a garden.  While we're stuck with two-left feet when it comes to all things green, this girl isn't blessed so much with just one green thumb, she's got two, and has turned a tiny urban patch of green into an oasis of flora that would make Martha's heart melt.   She has thoughtfully shared her essential Savvy Seven tips for prepping your...

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Found the perfect vintage top with an imperfect odor? Get it out the Savvy Way!
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Vintage clothing can smell for a few reasons and whether it's mold, smoke, or mildew that's stinking up your savvy find, you don't want it anywhere near your body, I don't care how great a deal you got on that vintage Chanel/Yves St. Laurent/Gucci number.  We've tried the following different ways to de-stink vintage or second hand items and all of them worked like a charm.

Hard-core underarm odor:  This probably means your garment has a little bacteria, so it is necessary to KILL THE BACTERIA in order to de-stink it. Soak underarm area of the garment with...

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Five Best Natural Cleansers (Serious Money-Savers Inside!)
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Contrary to what our favorite crooning amphibian had to say on the subject, it IS easy being green.  We've traded out just about all of our store-bought cleaning supplies and replaced them with natural cleansers and you know what?  Savvy Central has never been cleaner, never smelled as fresh and our wallets have never been fatter.  Ok, well, they’re not that fat, but you get the idea.  Here’s a shortlist of our favorite natural cleansers and what they do.
 
Baking Soda: This is your scouring machine.  You can scour...

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Hump Day Link Love: Savvy Seven Best Links of the Week
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Hump Day is that perfect exhale/inhale day where we breathe out with joy at surviving days 1 and 2 and breathe in with anticipation at getting through days 3 through 5. The perfect moment to take stock, have a look around, and get a little inspiration and eye-candy from our savvy sisters around the web.

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Canning vs. Freezing: Easiest Ways to Save the Fresh Flavors of Summer Produce
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We were intrigued enough by canning to research the process for this story, but a few trials and errors left us with a kitchen filled with boiling pots of water, tongs, canning supplies and minor burns on practically every surface of our fingers with the additional joy of potentially serving ourselves a nice portion of botulism in twelve months, should we have screwed up somewhere in the sterilization process.

Sav-o-Meter Verdict? Canning is ‘So NOT Savvy’ for busy savvies.

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Savvy Seven Lessons Mere Mortals Can Learn From the Emmy Red Carpet
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We love our red carpet events like no other, but more than the gowns, the jewels, and the 'dos, we love the many, many savvy lessons to be learned. All those lovely ladies are trying so hard and some of them just make savviness look just plain easy. And the best part is that there are everyday lessons we mere mortals can take and adapt to the way we dress, look and present ourselves.

Savvy Seven: Lessons We Learned From the Emmy Red Carpet

Posture Matters. Look at the graceful air Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss is rocking in this dress. She...

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Three Easy, Savvy, Unique Ways to Serve The Healthiest Fish
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Salmon has become a savvy staple at Savvy Central because while bearing a relatively low fat and calorie count, it’s super high in protein and omega-3 essential fatty acids. (Essential is your key word there….those fatty acids? You need them for optimum health, but your body can’t make them, so you have to eat them—fun!) Plus, have you tried salmon lately? It’s TASTY! And inexpensive! Here are the three savviest, most unique ways to rock our favorite fish.

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Dynamite Denim: Savvy Seven New Ways to Wear Basic Blacks, Blues & More
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Who doesn't love denim? Sturdy, long-lasting, universally flattering and versatile—we could go on and on—all these things and more add up to making denim a savvy wardrobe staple any time of year. This season, look for new ways to wear denim, from jeggings (jean leggings) to junics (jean tunics) to jresses (jean dresses, ok, we're making these up). Any way you look at it, bird isn't the word, denim is.

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