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02-24-2008, 04:25 PM #1Registered User
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What is your favorite book on frugal living/budgeting?
I know there have been many discussions on frugal/budget books....but I am always looking for new reads and new ideas.
My fav is Total Money Makeover by Dave RamseyDJ
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02-24-2008, 04:50 PM #2Moderator aka AmyBob
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Not a Mary Hunt fan at all. But I loved the Tightwad Gazette.
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02-24-2008, 05:36 PM #3
I don't care for Mary Hunt or Suze Oreman . I like Dave Ramsey, Larry Burkett.
My personal favorite though, is "Living More With Less" by Doris Jansen Longacre.
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I'm also not a big Mary Hunt fan but I do like TWG and TMMO!!
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The Total Money Makeover, and Tightwad Gazette.
How much we enjoy what we have is more important than how much we have. Life is full of people who have more than they know what to do with, but cannot be content. It is the capacity to enjoy life that brings contentment.---Unknown
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Not into Mary Hunt for obvious reasons.
How about this book?
http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/c...ebt/index.html
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02-25-2008, 01:19 PM #7Registered User
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Thanks Sara, that was too funny!
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My favorite book on frugal living is Carla Emery's Old Fashioned Recipe book. Then for finianices I like David Ramsey.
But Carla's book is best because its how to live with nothing and take what you have and make the most. I've read and reread her book and always come away with something new.
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02-25-2008, 06:02 PM #9Super Moderator
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Originally Posted by Sara Noel
Not into Mary Hunt for obvious reasons.
How about this book?
http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/c...ebt/index.html
If you don't have a sense of humor about money, don't click. You'll only hate me more.
"We can put it on our credit card!"
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02-25-2008, 07:05 PM #10
Jerrold Mundis (Debtor's Anonymous) "How to get out of debt, stay out of debt, and live prosperously"1988
11% gross to retirement
10% takehome to tithe and offerings
emergency fund maintained at 3000(works for me)
credit card debt 7500
mortgage free
freedom accounts/sinking funds that ebb and flow
then live on the rest!
i am trying something new. LDS church advises savings or debt repayment should be the same as the tithe. 10% each.
"i create prosperity, abundance, and savings for me and my household"
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I have TMMO, but my favorite is still the Tightwad Gazette.
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I'm fairly new to frugal living, having started my TMMO in December, but I love TMMO. My copy is only a few months old and is already totally beat up because I have read it several times cover to cover.
I look forward to reading more - there are some great suggestions here.
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02-26-2008, 10:33 AM #13Super Moderator
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Hope you don't mind if I answer. Sara's syndicated column replaced hers. Originally Posted by EmilyD
I think Mary is getting pretty wierd, here's an example:
[ame="http://www.frugalvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89168"]Mary Hunt Just Ticked Me Off! - Frugal Village Forums[/ame]
(scroll to see Lylac's post about Amy D.'s opinion, too)
Sometimes you can wrap bs up in fancy giftwrap, but guess what's still inside?
I don't think you'll see a forum here with her name on it & it's about time she retired. jmho
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02-26-2008, 10:43 AM #14Registered User
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Thanks for the answer Darlene....I too, was curious. I've never been a Mary Hunt fan myself, but to each his own.
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