上班时间的省钱高招：如何少买衣服

　　Q. What about your gym membership, which is pricey but enables you to work out at lunch or in the early morning, often the only free time you have? If you give that up, when will you exercise?

　　问：那些昂贵的健身卡也要省掉吗？只有那样我才能在午餐时间或者早上去健身了，那可是我仅有的空闲时间。连那都要省吗？

　　A. For some people, a gym membership is a vital long-term investment in their health. But if you feel you need to save money by forgoing it, try waking up earlier and going for a walk or a run before you leave for work, or squeezing in a walk at lunch. If you want more intensity, add wrist or ankle weights and stop to jump rope.

　　答：对一些人来说健身卡是他们在健康方面的最重要的长期投资。如果你打算省钱，就要放弃去健身馆。你可以早起一点，或者在午餐时间出去走走。如果需要更大强度的锻炼，可以试试腕部、踝部负重走，或者跳跳绳。

　　This would not be appropriate for every office, but Ms. Pinsker Gladstone says she exercises while she sits at her desk by using an exercise ball instead of a chair. “Sitting on it requires that you don’t slouch, which is great for your back and works your abdominal muscles all day long,” she said.

　　Ms. Pinsker Gladstone称她去掉了椅子，上半时坐在一个训练球上。这个办法不见得在任何公司都可行。“坐在训练球上，你就没办法驼背了，一整天都可以训练背部和腹部肌肉。”

　　Q. How can you dress fashionably at work without spending a fortune on new clothes?

　　问：每天穿得光鲜亮丽去上班，我怎么有办法不买新衣服？

　　A. Shop at second-hand clothing and upscale consignment stores, suggested Rachel C. Weingarten, president of GTK Marketing Group in New York and author of “Career and Corporate Cool.”

　　答：GTK纽约的Rachel C. Weingarten建议大家去二手服装店或者

　　For women, she suggested having “a few key separates: pants, a jacket, a couple of suits and blouses, and dress them up with a variety of accessories like brooches, necklaces and scarves. Look at fashion magazines and find similar items at discount stores.”

　　对女性消费者，她建议大家衣橱里要备有几条裤子、一件夹克、一些套装和衬衫，然后搭配不同的胸针、项链或丝巾穿。可以看看时尚杂志上的物品，然后到打折商店买类似的款式。

　　Men can invest in a couple of sport coats and use them again and again with different shirts and slacks, preferably all machine — or hand — washable, Ms. Pinsker Gladstone said.

　　对于男性，可以备好几件运动外套，搭配不同的衬衫和休闲裤来穿。这些衣服最好都是可以机洗和手洗的那种。

　　Consider having a clothing swap party, she added, where you can gain clothes while getting rid of things you don’t wear anymore. You can also refurbish suits and shirts by having cuffs repaired, buttons replaced and hemlines adjusted. Extend the life of shoes by repairing the soles.

　　也可以举办个服装交易会，处理掉你不想再穿的衣服。缝补袖口、钉上扣子、补好边缘，坏掉的套装和衬衫就可以继续穿了。钉鞋掌还能延长鞋子的寿命。