The Complete Tightwad Gazette

By: Amy Dacyczyn

Published December 15th 1998 by Villard (first published January 1st 1998)

Category: Business

Pages: 976 pages

ISBN: 9780375752254

Description:
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 tightwadsü How to transform old blue jeans into potholders and quiltsü Ten painless ways to save $100 this yearü Picture-framing for penniesü A comparison of painting versus re-siding your houseü Halloween costumes from scrounged materialsü Thrifty window treatmentsü Ways to dry up dry-cleaning costsü Inexpensive giftsü Creative fundraisers for kidsü Slashing your electric billü Frugal fix-itsü Cutting the cost of collegeü Moving for lessü Saving on groceriesü Gift-wrapping for tightwadsü Furniture-fusion fundamentalsü Cheap breakfast cerealsü Avoiding credit card debtü Using items you were about to throw away (milk jugs, plastic meat trays, and more!)ü Recipes galore, from penny-pinching pizza to toaster pastriesü And much much more . . .