If you like nice things, it can be difficult to lead a frugal lifestyle – unless you’re willing to work at it! The key is being smart and creative and doing the leg work.

Here’s a great article on tactics for finding incredible bargains for luxury or designer goods. The author likes watches, so he digs around on the Internet for deals:

I Love Movado Watches

Anyone who knows me knows that I love Movado watches and will rarely, if ever, wear anything else. At a $30,000-a-year salary, I certainly can’t afford to shell out $1,000 or $2,000 on a watch. So I had to find a new source. I began scouring Craigslist, eBay, and pawn shops for good deals on watches. I found three Movado watches that were used and paid less than $500 total for all three of them. I recently sold one of these watches on eBay for $600. I now wear watches valued at more than $800 each, and I basically paid nothing for them.

Give it a try!