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post #1 of 17
6/27/06 at 3:17pm
Thread Starter 
Post your favorite frugal sites and books here!

(Unless this has been done before . . .then I'd love a link!)
post #2 of 17
6/27/06 at 4:29pm
I like www.stretcher.com

Sara
post #3 of 17
6/27/06 at 6:59pm
I like www.cindysporch.net
post #4 of 17
6/27/06 at 8:33pm
We used www.cheapskatemonthly.com to become debt free (we still have a mortgage). We are still applying her principles with the goal of building our home/homestead in the near future.

Jayne
post #5 of 17
6/27/06 at 9:39pm
Tightwad Gazette has been invaluable.

I also like www.simpleliving.net and www.stretcher.com

I am reading Simple Living: One Couple's Search for a Better Life and it's quite good. I also liked Judith Levine's Not Buying It.
post #6 of 17
6/27/06 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by jaynejohnson
We used www.cheapskatemonthly.com to become debt free (we still have a mortgage). We are still applying her principles with the goal of building our home/homestead in the near future.

Jayne
I subscribe to her Everyday Cheapskate newsletter and have found it very informative, I'd say only about 30% of the time does it apply to debt (which we don't have really, so those tips don't interest me), the rest is more often frugal tips or etc. I love her reader's tips which she does several times a month, so many good little ideas in there.
post #7 of 17
6/28/06 at 12:12am
i like simpleliving.net too. Elena, I think I've seen you there before. I post occasionally as Rebecca (big surprise! LOL)
post #8 of 17
6/28/06 at 8:58am
I second (and third and fourth) The Tightwad Gazette. It's definitely the frugal Bible. And every time I read it, I get new ideas. I love that sucker.

Dh knows that when I'm rereading it, he better watch out....New ideas are a coming! LOL
post #9 of 17
6/28/06 at 9:20am
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Originally Posted by BetsyS
I second (and third and fourth) The Tightwad Gazette. It's definitely the frugal Bible. And every time I read it, I get new ideas. I love that sucker.

Dh knows that when I'm rereading it, he better watch out....New ideas are a coming! LOL
I know! It's amazing, I probably read them every 18 months or so, and I always find something that makes me think or applies to me that I didn't notice before.
post #10 of 17
6/28/06 at 9:32am
Bumping because I could really use some ideas. :
post #11 of 17
6/28/06 at 9:49am
Your Money Or Your Life is great - I found it very inspiring. Also Mortgage-Free by Rob Roy. The first one has info that can be immediately applied to your life; the second is more of a long-term goals kind of book.
post #12 of 17
6/28/06 at 10:26am
Here's another great site: http://savingslist.home.mchsi.com/
post #13 of 17
6/28/06 at 11:27pm
Thread Starter 
I recommend A Reasonable Life. It's an easy read, and while not that much as far as practical application, thought provoking, esp. as an intro to simple living. Frugality is referred to in the context of simple living.
post #14 of 17
6/28/06 at 11:28pm
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Originally Posted by Rebecca
i like simpleliving.net too. Elena, I think I've seen you there before. I post occasionally as Rebecca (big surprise! LOL)
Yes! My only issue there is that it seems that many people perceive having children as anti-frugal and not part of simple living.
post #15 of 17
6/28/06 at 11:48pm
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Originally Posted by mightymoo
I subscribe to her Everyday Cheapskate newsletter and have found it very informative, I'd say only about 30% of the time does it apply to debt (which we don't have really, so those tips don't interest me), the rest is more often frugal tips or etc. I love her reader's tips which she does several times a month, so many good little ideas in there.
I guess I should have mentioned that we used her book Debt Proof Living as a guide to become debt free. I also am a member at her site. I also browse over at simplyliving.net every once in a while. Also own the Tightwad Gazette books. Oh and Jonni McCoy's book Miserly Moms.

In reality we have used a lot of sources in our quest to be debt free.

Jayne
post #16 of 17
6/28/06 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by Mizelenius
Yes! My only issue there is that it seems that many people perceive having children as anti-frugal and not part of simple living.
Yea but I just skip by those threads. If I allow myself to be sucked in a get way too annoyed.

Jayne
post #17 of 17
6/29/06 at 9:28am
My favorite book is The Tightwad Gazette, for sure. I reread it periodically. Sometimes I hear folks say it is too out of date, but except for the food prices, I don't really see that. I also like to have a little laugh when I read the book about yard sales and realize that yard sales prices are still usually 25 cents for children's clothes! Everything is going up in price, but not the yard sales (most of them anyway -- some in my area try $1 for a piece of clothes and I must say I willlingly pay it for some things!).

My favorite site that has not yet been mentioned:

http://frugalliving.about.com/

She is a die-hard anti-debt, really frugal type and although I don't always take each suggestion, they really get me thinking. She has also been kind enough to respond to me when I have asked questions. I like The Cheapskate Monthly too. The post should me made sticky!
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