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E-mailWhat is Budget Savvy?
Budget Savvy is an on-line women’s lifestyle magazine focused on showing you how to live the life you want with the money you are making right now. Budget Savvy offers visitors easy-to-consume ideas and tools for smart savvy living whether you make $45k or $145k.Setting it apart from other lifestyle websites, Budget Savvy shows women how to happily live and thrive within their means. It is the first information provider to recognize and demonstrate that there is a balance between being frugal and spending compulsively. Every item featured – from makeup to accessories – is selected based on affordability and quality.
What can you expect to find at Budget Savvy?
Original articles addressing the various aspects of today’s woman’s life:
- Ways to add style and simplicity to your home
- Affordable travel and entertainment ideas
- Putting together a great look with imagination and style
- Cooking and kitchen management basics
- Career and personal finance advice and information
- The Budget Savvy staff scours the Internet for relevant news and keeps you up to date on all things related to the budget savvy lifestyle.
- Weekly updates featuring editor/publisher Melissa Tosetti's personal adventures in budget savvy living.
Principals’ Biographies
Melissa Tosetti – Editor and PublisherMelissa Tosetti is the go-to expert in budget living. She is passionate about her message that by simply saving on the things that are not as important to you, you can afford to spend money on the things that are. Her own personal life experiences reflect her passion for the Budget Savvy message.
By purchasing used cars and saving on car payments she has managed to travel to China, Scotland and all over the U.S. and Canada. She and her husband Paul are able to indulge in their favorite restaurants on occasion by cooking and enjoying most of their meals at home. She thinks twice before purchasing items to decorate her home, ensuring that it is an item she loves and not a prelude to clutter. She saves money on clothes by purchasing classic pieces on sale and supplementing with treasures found at thrift stores and vintage shops. Saving on her wardrobe allows her to indulge on her favorite skin care products.
On top of travel, Melissa enjoys reading, gardening and watching FoodTV and the History Channel. She is an avid martial artist and moonlights as a martial arts instructor at Fearless Fitness, which is owned by her husband Paul.
Her media resume includes:
Television
Pocket the Difference – Fine Living Network
Second Labels
In the Bedroom
Food
Tabletop
Home Edition
Eye on the Bay - CBS
Shopping on the Internet
The Real Deal with Jeanette Pavini – CBS
Speaking Engagements
Professional Business Women's Conference - San Francisco
The Budget Savvy Lifestyle
Professional Business Women's Conference - Sacramento
The Budget Savvy Lifestyle
Newspaper
Melissa is frequently quoted in:
Chicago Tribune
Miami Herald
Fresno Bee
Kevin Gibbons – Managing Editor
Kevin Gibbons brings his 20 years’ experience as an engineer and program manager in the High-Tech arena to helping keep Budget Savvy running smoothly. In addition to maintaining production schedules, working with Melissa to determine content and editing, Kevin also contributes articles on managing finances, interviews and cooking. Kevin’s ability to balance the technical with the creative extends to his personal life, where he indulges in a variety of hobbies from gourmet cooking to motorcycle riding to voraciously reading everything he can get his hands on.
