I asked my SIL to order it for me with her credit card and I gave her a cheque for it. Am reading through it now, and it's very interesting. She has a lot of interesting thoughts in here. I think she's right -- if your goals are really what you want in this world, it's not exactly a stretch to do some rather drastic things. Mind you I don't agree with everything she does -- washing aluminum foil seems a bit far-fetched to me, but some of the other things make sense to me. Though I'm not that far into the book so we shall see.

That book really helped me save a LOT of money!

I havent read all the way thru mine,but what I did read,somethings I would do or have done,some I wouldn't.
I have washed foil but only like if bread or the like was wrapped in it.Not like cake with frosting or anything.

Which book do you have? The complete? I just have the Zealot? I think its called. I never really got into mine. I look thru it every now and then but like I said,havent read it all the way thru.

Enjoy your TWG! I'm constantly pulling mine off the bookshelf to check a recipe, a strategy, or just to read for inspiration!

I really like it. It's like comfort reading - i know it will help me save money so it gives me a warm glow!
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I also gleam alot of information from the The Complete TWG.

I look at mine from time to time.

I pulled mine off the shelf last night for the first time in a while. I have to laugh at some of the things she suggests (read the part about birthday party decorations and whatnot--sorry, but I can't see myself using newspaper as a tablecloth or making a bow for a gift out of plastic bags lol), but there are a lot of good tips in the book otherwise :)

There are lots of great ideas and tips in the books. I also have the complete tightward gazette . Some of her ideas are a little extreme for me but I have used quite of few of the others.

I showed my scientific genius husband her paragraph about washing baggies. It took her 11 seconds to wash a baggie, saving her 5 cents. It took her 5 seconds to toss out that baggie and get a new one, costing her five cents. According to her calculations, in washing baggies, she's saving $30 an hour.

My husband nearly wet himself laughing. "There is NO mathematical conversion unit between baggies and hours!!! This woman has horrible, horrible math!" He's completely lost all faith in her. Even the article on potatoes (he's a big fan of mashed potatoes, stewed potatoes, anything potatoes) didn't save it. Because the whole time she's comparing the savings of a potato at 7 cents, and in the chart, they're 2.5 cents. :P

Ah well, I'm having fun.

:) She does have some interesting calculations! It becomes really apparent when, as a Canadian, I try and re-figure out what in blazes she's doing in Cdn. dollars! Some things I just do my own way...using real math. You can tell she's an artist, not a mathematician!

One good thing about her horrible math was it made me sit down and do the figuring myself. I found it necessary to buy a food scale and to figure out how many cups of something is in a kilogram, but once that was done I could do cost comparisons quite easily.

Michelle, I actually did cut plastic bags into ribbon. I got some real fancy bags from a store we went to once - white with black polka dots. Nice thick plastic. They made wonderful 'ribbon'. I cut them with an exacto-knife and long metal ruler. We were impressed with how the ribbon turned out! But most plastic bags are too poor quality now-a-days to turn into decent ribbon. So I don't do that anymore.

Never went as far as newspaper tablecloth though...:D