Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle

Amy Dacyczyn  a.k.a. The Frugal Zealot

The classic complendium 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. The Complete Tightwad Gazette brings together all her best ideas and thriftiest  thinking into one volume, along with 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     -Thrifty window treatments     -Inexpensive gifts     -Creative fundraisers for kids     -Slashing your electricity bill     -Saving on Groceries     -Avoiding credit card debt     -And much much more!