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Does anyone remember The Tightwad Gazette? It was a 3 volume series written by frugal queen, Amy Dacyczn (sp?). She told people not to buy her books, but to check them out from the library instead (hahahaha, bet her publishers loved that!) However, I really would recommend buying them as they will pay for themselves over and over again. These are EXCELLENT books for anyone looking to become more frugal. She has lots of recipes and very specific, workable tips, as well as essays on the general idea of frugality and how it relates to decisions like paying for college -- or not, etc.
This is a new "single volume" book that supposedly took the best from the original three volumes, but I would go ahead and try to find all three original volumes since I don't trust the publishers to know what "the best" is when creating this single volume.
In keeping with the frugal mindset of these book search the web to see if these books can be found in the used, overrun or orphan book market. I often find books I want for a 1/10 of new cost on this site (One of many).....
I didn't find the book useful for our life but nevertheless, it was interesting to read. Got it from the library (free!). I'm not into saving "junk" for art projects, she has the space for it (a huge farm house). Nor am I into buying a LOT of stuff at once and saving it under the bed. But she has some really good points, definitely a good book to read.
Amy Dacyczn gives you about 1,500 money-savings ideas in that book. Adopt less than a dozen, you have probably made your money back.
Some of her ideas are a bit wacky but so what?
Funny, I didn't find any of her ideas wacky. I think she's one of the smartest people on the planet. I applaud her efforts and ability to raise a family on little money. She truly is the "queen of frugal". I aspire to be like her.
I have all three of her books that I bought second hand. Truly a great read.
I learned so much from TTG! I don't have kids or a big house, but there was plenty in the books that was applicable: mainly the attitude adjustment to creative frugality.
I think of TTG every time I stock up on loss leader grocery items to "stock your pantry with food bought at the lowest possible price."
I'll store cans of food under the bed if they are bought at a super low price.
I read all three of them about 5 years ago maybe. Really loved them. I was already doing lots of what she talked about, and adopted more, but there's still about a thousand things I could still do if I wanted to put the energy and time into it. Although, she did have a lot of silly things in there, too, lol
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