In light of the several conversations we've been having about being conservative, I..

[mcconnellboys]

thought I'd post this link to Tightwad Central:

http://www.tightwad.com/

just in case there are those here who might be unfamiliar with it. I gave my husband a subscription to The Tightwad Gazette many years ago, but I think I enjoyed it just as much as he did. This online version is also full of tons of thrifty ideas....

Regena

[Kelli in TN]

Am I the only one that read this title and thought, "oh, politics!"

Conservative means different things depending on the context!:)

[GothicGyrl]

I tried, I really did, to follow this. Maybe because I was never taught, but I got so lost trying to follow this that I just gave up. It was just too much work, for trying to make things easier for me. ;P

[mcconnellboys]

I copied the wrong link, anyway, sorry. This is the February free newsletter I was trying to link:

http://www.simpleliving.net/main/custom.asp?recid=1

Sorry,

Regena

[Rachel]

books, sites, newsletters...........I take what I can use and leave the rest.

The one thing I have come to realize is that we all have those things we are willing to skimp on and those things that are non-negotiable.

For me I will not EVER buy generic mayonaise and I buy premium bread.......but I will buy the cheapest paper towels I can find. A friend of mine will not buy anything without a name label on it, but buys all her clothes from thrift stores.

I am sure there are those that will do ALL those things in a book.......but for me there are certain limits I set.....that are different from those someone else makes.

[mcconnellboys]

I agree. But if I'm saving in some areas, I feel that I can afford to splurge more in other areas.

And here's another site I found that has a ton of links for very specific categories of savings:

http://www.stretcher.com/menu/topic.htm

It's called the Dollar Stretcher....

Regena