The Complete Tightwad Gazette

Posted on 02 August 2017 by Amy Dacyczyn

At last the long awaited complete compendium of tightwad tips for fabulous frugal living In a newsletter published from May 1990 to December 1996 as well as in three enormously successful books, Amy Dacyczyn established herself as the expert of economy Now The Complete Tightwad Gazette brings together all of her best ideas and thriftiest thinking into one volume, along with new articles never published before in book format Dacyczyn describes this collection as the book I wish I d had when I began my adult life Packed with humor, creativity, and insight, The Complete Tightwad Gazette includes hundreds of tips and topics, such as Travel for tightwads How to transform old blue jeans into potholders and quilts Ten painless ways to save 100 this year Picture framing for pennies A comparison of painting versus re siding your house Halloween costumes from scrounged materials Thrifty window treatments Ways to dry up dry cleaning costs Inexpensive gifts Creative fundraisers for kids Slashing your electric bill Frugal fix its Cutting the cost of college Moving for less Saving on groceries Gift wrapping for tightwads Furniture fusion fundamentals Cheap breakfast cereals Avoiding credit card debt Using items you were about to throw away milk jugs, plastic meat trays, and Recipes galore, from penny pinching pizza to toaster pastries And much much. Best Read The Complete Tightwad Gazette [ by ] Amy Dacyczyn [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I am fucking obsessed with these books This woman is possibly the most sensible human being on earth Come for the novelty tips, stay for the practical philosophy.A few good tips, but on the whole not an entirely useful resource Many of her suggestions are outdated There s a lot of teaching you how to think creatively sorts of articles that aren t practical to most people, but are supposed to help you get in the mindset of using what you ve got creatively to solve problems rather than simply spending money Eh ok But how many reminders do we need about that Fro...this book could potentially change your life or,specifically, your relationship to money, time, debt a whole host of other things it s a compilation of self published newsletters that ms dacyzyn published in the early to mid 90 s about her frugal lifestyle sounds like a snooze fest, but she s an engaging writer who is not without a sense of humor my mom used to subscribe to the newsletter i remember reading it as a kid, which is part of the reason i re read this as an adu this book could potentially change your life or,specifically, your relationship to money, time, debt a whole host of other things it s a compilation of self published newsletters that ms dacyzyn published in the early to mid 90 s about her frugal lifestyle sounds like a snooze fest, but she s an engaging writer who is not without a sense of humor my mom used to subscribe to the newsletter i remember reading it as a kid, which is part of the reason i re read this as an adult quite a lot of the things she suggests are for people who a have kids b drive cars c live in the co...The MOTHER of all books on frugality This author is VERY extreme in her frugality and that behavior allowed her to be a stay at home mom of 6 I think kids on her husband s small salary.Many things were to out there for me but at least 3 4s of the ideas I easily adapted to my own life.While I don t save tin foil or iron wrapping paper to use again I was very inspired by this book to implement a lot of her ideas.I re read this book about once a year and usually find a fewideas that I d The MOTHER of all books on frugality This author is VERY extreme in her frugality and that behavio... The Complete Tightwad Gazette has got to be the best purchase I have ever made, with the possible exception of my kindle, and I didn t even pay full price Thanks to a gift voucher I won for Powell s Books, I was able to acquire this book for the cost of postage.When I first received this book, I was advised to read it cover to cover first, then go back through it with a notebook and write down all tips I think are relevant to my family I have just finished reading it for...This book has lots of super practical tips for saving money and living simply Some of them, like how to handle families who often give very expensive gifts over the holidays, are oh so useful Others, like how to make a wreath out of barbed wire, are a little less so My major beef with the book, though, is the organization I would have loved to skip the sections for parents or for car owners, but the book wasn t organized in any thematic way, which made browsing a little challenging The othe This book has lots of super practical tips for saving money and living simply Some of them, like how to handle families who often give very expensive gifts over the holidays, are oh so useful Others, like how to make a wreath out of barbed wire, are a little less so My major beef with the book, though, is the organization I would have loved to skip the sections for parents or for car...Good only for a bit of a laugh at the notion of people paying for long distance calls and being frugal by sending a 29 cent letter instead of calling Even looking past the outdated advice, there s really nothing here for someone with no kids who lives in a Seattle area apartment Even if hanging my laundry out to dry wouldn t result in an eviction and probabl...This 925 page book has taken up a huge chunk of my reading time So hopefully I ll be postingfrequently now that it s on its way back to the library Anyway, this is sort of a thrift Bible she s really taken things to their logical extreme Her writing style is very conversational she investigates the cost of things that most of us would never have the time to do I loved her attitude she was doing these activities as a way to make the most of her family life without any overzealous This 925 page book has taken up a huge chunk of my reading time So hopefully I ll be postingfrequently now that it s on its way back to the library Anyway, this is sort of a thrift Bible she s really taken things to their logical extreme Her writing style is very conversational she investigates the cost of things that most of us would never have the time to do I loved her attitude she was doing these activities as a way to make the most of her family life without any overzealous religion or gender issue and she saw that improved l...This was a pretty thick book, but it was easy to skip over parts that didn t apply to me, and when she was investigating something, I skipped over the details and just read the results I thought this book was poorly organized, and she s definitely extreme I feel sorry for her kids but I did find some great ideas...Amy Dacyczyn was one of the leading figures of frugality advocacy in the 90 s It all started with this newsletter, The Tightwad Gazette It was just what people needed after the excesses of the 80 s, and it caught on like wildfire It really helps that Dacyczyn is so honest, ethical, humorous, and well researched.Tightwads get a bad rap People go about it all wrong They have an attitude of deprivation, that frugality is something poor people do Dacyczyn changes all of that She demonstrates Amy Dacyczyn was one of the leading figures of frugality advocacy in the 90 s It all started with this newsletter, The Tightwad Gazette It was just what people needed after the excesses of the 80 s, and it caught on like wildfire It really helps that Dacyczyn is so honest, ethical, humorous, and well researched.Tightwads get a bad rap People go about it all wrong They have an attitude of deprivation, that frugality is something poor people do Dacyczyn changes all of that She demonstrates that this is in fa...

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02 August 2017

Amy Dacyczyn