Comments on: Five Books That Made a Difference to Rebekah: Part One

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:52:04 +0000

If you’d been a reckless spendthrift, the book would have changed your whole world view.

When I started dating Mr. Jaunty, he never checked unit pricing. He’d spend $50-70 dollars a week on groceries. I was AGHAST. He has since changed his ways.

By: Ming

Ming — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:54:17 +0000

I LOVE that book! I was a little disappointed to find I was already using a great many of the ideas therein – so i didn’t suddenly start saving oodles. I guess already saving oodles for years is even better. It’s amazing how ingenious one can suddenly become about saving money around the house once you move out and have to pay for those things yourself. (I remember when I was in High School I tweaked the thermostat in my room so it would SAY it was on 65 degrees when really it was on 80. Dad was really upset about this for some strange reason.)

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:36:59 +0000

Phoebe – Every home should have one—- Gazette OR Steinway, possibly both.

Smiley Woman – Some guilt is good and useful, some is just self-torture. I usually can’t tell the two apart.

Redd – If you want the truth, I haven’t come up with the other four books. This could take awhile.

Jay – The author had six children, she knows allll about affordable peanut-raising. =)

mum – She also cites a Chinese proverb about how going to bed early to save candles is improvident if it results in twins.

Pravit – Man, I HATE losing comments/emails! I feel your pain.
Interestingly, the Tightwad Gazette doesn’t advocate one-ply toilet paper, theorizing that a person simply uses twice as much. Haven’t tested this personally, but I think you’re right about nature vs. nurture. I suspect we all have our areas of cheapskatitude and recklessness. =)

By: Pravit

Pravit — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:55:14 +0000

I spent such a long time tapping out a comment on my iPhone and it got deleted!

For some reason that book reminds me of the bread machine cookbook I used to have. I’m horrible with money despite being brought up by an amazingly thrifty mother. That woman could make a roll of scratchy one-ply toilet paper go a loooong way. And I’m pretty sure I developed corns on my fingers from squeezing out the last drops of toothpaste.

Now that I’m a grownup with my own home I always buy super soft quilted TP which I use quite liberally and I replace the toothpaste tube well before it’s empty. Nature over nurture, I say.

By: mum

mum — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:08:05 +0000

I remember the author has twins while she was doing the newsletter that became this book. She noted that pregnancy/nursing saves you $$$ on “feminine products” for quite some time, but not as much money as the resulting babies cost in the long run.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:53:04 +0000

Ming has been going back over this book because of the little peanut we’re expecting. I’ve only read bits and pieces of it… but yes, great book!

By: Redd

Redd — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:00:49 +0000

Oh! Nevermind~ I just spotted the “Part One” at the top of the post. Dee Dee Dee~!

By: Redd

Redd — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:59:50 +0000

I recall this book, although I do not yet own one of my own. Hmmm… I shall have ot start looking about town for a copy of my own.

…HEY! That’s only one book! Where are the other four? Is this just the first installment in a glorious series-o-blogatude?

By: Dylan G

Dylan G — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:49:28 +0000

Wow! I need to find this book!

By: Smiley Woman

Smiley Woman — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:00:44 +0000

Never heard of this book before. It sounds pretty cool. I’m the good one of my family with money (my sister isn’t, though). The thing is that I’m still learning how to spend my money on things that I need without feeling guilty after it…. =)
thanks for letting us know! =)