disorderlyvision
05-30-2009, 09:16 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Tightwad-gazette-Promoting-alternative-lifestyle/dp/0679744037/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243697220&sr=8-4
http://www.amazon.com/Tightwad-Gazette-Promoting-Alternative-Lifestyle/dp/0679750789/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243697220&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Tightwad-Gazette-III-Promoting-Alternative/dp/0679777660/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243697220&sr=8-3
The Tightwad gazette: Promoting thrift as a viable alternative lifestyle:
I have all three books. They are filled to the brim with ideas on how to get by on the cheap, how to reuse things, etc. here are some snippets from the reviews.
"More than any other author I have seen, Amy challenges her readers to examine their own values and utilize all of their creativity and intelligence to maximize the value they receive for their money. This is NOT a "don't shop when you're hungry, use coupons, and gee, try to pay down your mortgage" book. Amy provides an impressive array of real, creative, effective methods to slash waste of <all> resources: money, time and the enviroment. The books teach you to THINK in a "tightwaddy" (economic) way and take real control of your future according to your own value system, instead of just throwing out a handful of one-time-only "tips". I can honestly say it brought microeconomics home to me and changed my life."
"I bought this book on a whim off the bargain shelf at Barnes & Noble. Since then, I have read and re-read it and cluttered up the pages with annotations and sticky notes. It isn't just the usefulness of the suggestions that keeps me coming back, but also the author's whimsical writing style. Clearly, she doesn't take herself too seriously, but she does take saving money seriously. There are no lengths to which she will not go--from stocking up on sale-priced food to recycling vacuum cleaner bags--to avoid wasting money.
Notice that I did not say "to avoid spending money." Her whole point is that there are things worth spending money on and things not worth spending money on, and which is which will vary from person to person. Her own splurges include a big New England farmhouse and six children. But as she points out, this is what frugality is all about: spending less on the things that aren't important to you so that you'll have plenty of money for the things that are. As she puts it, there's no right or wrong way to be a tightwad."
The books are worth checking out as their are thousands of ideas. pick and choose what works for you.
http://www.amazon.com/Tightwad-Gazette-Promoting-Alternative-Lifestyle/dp/0679750789/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243697220&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Tightwad-Gazette-III-Promoting-Alternative/dp/0679777660/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243697220&sr=8-3
The Tightwad gazette: Promoting thrift as a viable alternative lifestyle:
I have all three books. They are filled to the brim with ideas on how to get by on the cheap, how to reuse things, etc. here are some snippets from the reviews.
"More than any other author I have seen, Amy challenges her readers to examine their own values and utilize all of their creativity and intelligence to maximize the value they receive for their money. This is NOT a "don't shop when you're hungry, use coupons, and gee, try to pay down your mortgage" book. Amy provides an impressive array of real, creative, effective methods to slash waste of <all> resources: money, time and the enviroment. The books teach you to THINK in a "tightwaddy" (economic) way and take real control of your future according to your own value system, instead of just throwing out a handful of one-time-only "tips". I can honestly say it brought microeconomics home to me and changed my life."
"I bought this book on a whim off the bargain shelf at Barnes & Noble. Since then, I have read and re-read it and cluttered up the pages with annotations and sticky notes. It isn't just the usefulness of the suggestions that keeps me coming back, but also the author's whimsical writing style. Clearly, she doesn't take herself too seriously, but she does take saving money seriously. There are no lengths to which she will not go--from stocking up on sale-priced food to recycling vacuum cleaner bags--to avoid wasting money.
Notice that I did not say "to avoid spending money." Her whole point is that there are things worth spending money on and things not worth spending money on, and which is which will vary from person to person. Her own splurges include a big New England farmhouse and six children. But as she points out, this is what frugality is all about: spending less on the things that aren't important to you so that you'll have plenty of money for the things that are. As she puts it, there's no right or wrong way to be a tightwad."
The books are worth checking out as their are thousands of ideas. pick and choose what works for you.