The beauty of this book is that it's not prescriptive, ie "you must do this and this and this because anything else is a waste," but it's more about changing the way YOU look at what you've got and how you really use it and seeing what YOU can change based on your own priorities and resources. Looking at me, for example, you're witness to one way I could save money if I was truly as tightwaddy as can be-- cable internet. I could get dial-up or even just use the library. But I need the Internet too much for trying to make money by writing, so the priority is a bit different (now if I can just justify that claim by making myself WORK more at paid writing). On the other hand, I don't need a clothing budget at ALL, let alone garage sale vs. department store vs. designer stuff.
I have lots of underwear so as to wash it less, too, actually! it's not about not buying what you need, it's not buying what you DON'T need, like fancy gift underwear from Victoria's Secret that comes in a pretty pink box with a little stuffed dog vs a bulk pack of plain but decently made underwear from K-Mart.
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Date: 2007-08-12 04:30 pm (UTC)From:I have lots of underwear so as to wash it less, too, actually! it's not about not buying what you need, it's not buying what you DON'T need, like fancy gift underwear from Victoria's Secret that comes in a pretty pink box with a little stuffed dog vs a bulk pack of plain but decently made underwear from K-Mart.