How Do You Live Simply And Save Money?
As our family grew slowly over the years to include a father, mother and ten children, we began by necessity to become a frugal family. As a stay at home mother who was mostly responsible for keeping the money our hard working father brought home stretch to meet our needs, I found many ways to do this. The main way I learned was by reading. There are many good books on this subject, but the one I found the most useful to me was “The Tightwad Gazette” by Amy Dacyczyn. This book is actually three books combined into one, and has more information in it than you will ever be able to use, from buying furniture, cars and houses, to giving gifts and ‘dumpster diving’. It’s a fun, witty book to read, and makes being frugal an adventure, rather than a chore. One tip that helped a lot was to ‘plan my pantry’ rather than just using menus and shopping lists. The book taught me to make a list of all the ingredients we needed to make our favorite meals, and keep the pantry continually stocked with t
