Comments on: A Book Giveaway: The Complete Tightwad Gazette

By: And we have a winner | Move to Portugal

And we have a winner | Move to Portugal — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:07:26 +0000

[...] thank you to all of you who entered my giveaway to win a copy of The Complete Tightwad Gazette. All the entries {comments and retweets} were [...]

By: Mizé

Mizé — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:21:17 +0000

It´s difficult to pick just one frugal practice as I´m trying to apply as many as I can in different categories: food, entertainment, hairdresser, clothes, etc. Even saving on small things became fun: free ketchup & free sugar packets.
I´m happy with my wardrobe reduction and the choice of not buying new clothes. It´s making my life a lot simpler (save washing, energy, time, ironing, etc).
I was very lucky to have won your last giveaway and I´m grateful I did because that book was really inspiring and helpful to my PF journey.
Now..this one´s your favorite… it must be a good read too so I´m joining the giveaway.
Retweet done tonight.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:50:55 +0000

I convinced my husband to stop going to the hairdresser and to let me cut his hair – especially after we did the math and realized that it would save us about $600 a year. Also, we’re total food and wine lovers, so as much as I love to cook, we love dining out. We’ve made it sort of a rule that we’re only allowed to by food once a day – like if we know we’re going out to dinner that night, we can’t get lazy and pick up lunch as well.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:33:41 +0000

Stock up on consumables. By having stuff on hand, you can wait until you find a real bargain to buy more instead of having to run out every few days and pay whatever the current prices may be. A stocked pantry means you can buy most everything on sale from now on.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:08:42 +0000

I hang everything to dry, either outside on the line or inside on a rod installed in the family room. I also have drying racks for underclothes. No dryer use. Only wash in cold water. I have even gotten my husband to pretreat any stains, so less need to buy new clothes.