Saying, “Thank you” to your money
I was on my library’s website recently, looking for a book someone recommended. I ended up having to request an inter-library loan, which I’m still …
Reviews
What I’ve read lately
I haven’t done any of my Quick Book Reviews in a while, and that’s because I have hardly read any non-school books for the last …
Tightwad Gazette, book three | Nothing new under the sun
The first article is one that made me think of the adage, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Because…it is about how, at …
Tightwad Gazette | Should tuna go in soup?
Today in our intermittent series of Tightwad Gazette reviews, we are finishing up Book II! Price-Book Hassling A reader said that she got confronted by …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | That’s one way to get fill dirt
Ready for another trip down a frugal memory lane with the Tightwad Gazette? Let’s go! Cemetery dirt A reader wrote in to tell Amy that …
Tightwad Gazette | Selective squeamishness
If you’re new here: we’re doing an intermittent series where we revisit articles from The Tightwad Gazette, aka the Bible of frugality. 😉 It’s been …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Credit cards sure have changed!
Look at me, with only two weeks between Tightwad Gazette installments. Let’s go. 🙂 Turn your jeans into a japron, a jote bag, a jorganizer, …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | active and passive frugality
I finally had a moment to flip through the Tightwad Gazette again! We’re starting on page 343 in my big blue Tightwad Gazette book, with …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Summer, from Book One
Ah! We are finally in a section of the book that is seasonally appropriate, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. 😉 …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Spring, from Book One
Alrighty! Time for the third edition of our trip through the Tightwad Gazette books. 🙂 This time around we are in spring from the first …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Winter, from Book One
After I shared my last Tightwad Gazette post, a lot of you said you’d love for this to be a continuing series. Your wish is …
The Tightwad Gazette, revisited | Edition 1
I mentioned recently that I’m doing a reread of The Complete Tightwad Gazette. It’s been years since I have read it (probably since the very …
A Zoijurushi Griddle review (not sponsored)
Could you possibly put a link to the pan you used for the French toast? I have been looking for a new griddle, and I …
I don’t use regular antiperspirant/deodorant anymore
Like most of you, I’d heard for years that regular deodorant/antiperspirant is possibly not the most healthy thing to be putting on my armpits. But …
My medical memoir list + tiny reviews
As you probably already know, I have been on a serious medical memoir/medical non-fiction bender since early 2021. I adore memoirs, and I am interested …