Deirdre O'Kane Quotes

Oh my God, I'm a walking advertisement for discounted shopping.

I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.

I've always shopped on the sale rack, and I've always been the girl flipping through the hangers trying to find the best deal.

I'm a bargain shopper! I get a thrill from looking like a million dollars in an outfit that costs next to nothing.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

You can find a lot of reasonable buys at Wal-Mart. But one key to making it on a budget is by donating your time and labor to the project. Do-it-yourself projects will always help you save.

I get as excited walking around a CVS as I do walking around in Bergdorf's.

I am a massive bargain hunter, so my list of bargains goes on and on and on.

In real life, I'm frugal. And, yes, I do love to shop at Marshall's.

I'm good at finding good deals!

I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?

Since I was 13, I've been buying things because they are ridiculously cheap.

A bad investment is going for quantity over quality. If you're trying to be careful with your wallet, especially with the economy right now, you have to choose staple pieces.

I'm really into fashion, but I don't really spend that much on clothes. I manage to find everything I want at a good price.

I'm a sucker for a sale. I don't understand why anyone wants to pay full price for anything because everything goes on sale. I love sale websites. In fact - this is almost kind of embarrassing - I'm coming from an Isabel Marant sample sale.

When something you use again and again is on sale, take advantage. This strategy doesn't apply to perishable items, and you don't want to buy so much more than you need just to get a deal, but if you know you're going to use a product eventually, it pays to take advantage of the cheaper price.

It's easy to just go out and buy a $200 piece of clothing. The real challenge is finding it for half that.

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap.

Disruption is in my genes. My father owned one of the first discount toy stores, Duane's Toyland, in Albany and Schenectady, near where I grew up. Discount was always a huge disruptor - it disrupted Sears Roebuck.

A lot of what Groupon is generating is demand for something people didn't know they wanted.

I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something on a discount.

I've got over three-hundred pairs of shoes back home - I'm twenty-four years old and I wear a size four, so all my shoes are just cheap.

Some of the best things in life cost just $2.

Low-cost gear can make restless people like myself feel marginally happier.

I don't really shop unless it's thrift.