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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 483213" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The books are wonderful. The muffin recipe shows you how to do it with whatever is on hand - how to adjust for adding applesauce, or using leftover oatmeal in it, etc... It has the best granola recipe I have ever found. The ways to save money really work, and it gives you a very different perspective to view your spending habits. </p><p></p><p>Tightwad Gazette was actually a newsletter. Then it was made into a book, then a 2nd, and finally a 3rd. When the writer decided to move on, the newsletter stopped. But she covered a TON of things. They have the books all in one called the Complete Tightwad Gazette. Look at ebay, amazon marketplace, abebooks.com and alibris to find a good used cope (I have gotten books from each of those places with no problems - and what they call good is usually quite fine. Here is a list of them on amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_16?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=tightwad+gazette&sprefix=tightwad+gazette" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_16?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=tightwad+gazette&sprefix=tightwad+gazette</a> . The best one is at the top. I have read a lot of the other fugal, miserly whatever books. Tightwad Gazette is still my fave. Esp as she talks about making your choices fit your home and lifestyle - as in you don't have to keep every container from the bakery and wash it out and save it for when you need it. Save only as many as you will really use, and don't let the stuff you are saving run you out of your home - that type of thing. It also is the least preachy for the most part.</p><p></p><p>Some of the ideas are super easy, like making your own flavored coffees, and saving a TON of $$ when you do eat out by not ordering drinks. Paying $2 for a coke when you won't drink even close to $2 worth is super easy. It makes a big diff in a tight budget. </p><p></p><p>If you want, I can give directions to make the starbucks type drinks. I used to manage a cafe in a Barnes and Noble and had to go through the full Starbucks training. I can't belive the prices they charge - it is just outrageous!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 483213, member: 1233"] The books are wonderful. The muffin recipe shows you how to do it with whatever is on hand - how to adjust for adding applesauce, or using leftover oatmeal in it, etc... It has the best granola recipe I have ever found. The ways to save money really work, and it gives you a very different perspective to view your spending habits. Tightwad Gazette was actually a newsletter. Then it was made into a book, then a 2nd, and finally a 3rd. When the writer decided to move on, the newsletter stopped. But she covered a TON of things. They have the books all in one called the Complete Tightwad Gazette. Look at ebay, amazon marketplace, abebooks.com and alibris to find a good used cope (I have gotten books from each of those places with no problems - and what they call good is usually quite fine. Here is a list of them on amazon: [url]http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_16?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=tightwad+gazette&sprefix=tightwad+gazette[/url] . The best one is at the top. I have read a lot of the other fugal, miserly whatever books. Tightwad Gazette is still my fave. Esp as she talks about making your choices fit your home and lifestyle - as in you don't have to keep every container from the bakery and wash it out and save it for when you need it. Save only as many as you will really use, and don't let the stuff you are saving run you out of your home - that type of thing. It also is the least preachy for the most part. Some of the ideas are super easy, like making your own flavored coffees, and saving a TON of $$ when you do eat out by not ordering drinks. Paying $2 for a coke when you won't drink even close to $2 worth is super easy. It makes a big diff in a tight budget. If you want, I can give directions to make the starbucks type drinks. I used to manage a cafe in a Barnes and Noble and had to go through the full Starbucks training. I can't belive the prices they charge - it is just outrageous! [/QUOTE]
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