Winner of The Tightwad Gazette

Posted by: kimc on Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Before announcing the winner of our latest giveaway, we need to take care of business.  First, let's do some research. You do know who Amy Dacyczyn is, right?  You know about The Tightwad Gazette?

Here she is long ago, in the heyday of the newsletter that started it all.  She's talking about a recession.  Funny how people get really interested in living frugally during a recession.

And here she is very recently, in her gorgeous house which - if memory serves - she and her husband purchased with cash while raising 6 children on a very modest income.

Thanks to Yardsalequeen for sharing the video above.

And now that we've done our homework, it's time to announce the winner of the used copy of The Tightwad Gazette, which I got for free by using a coupon at a used bookstore.

Out of 21 entries in which readers shamelessly shared their own frugal failures and those of others, we narrowed it down to the following 4:

Forest, whose friends saved on dinner by digging and cooking their own shellfish on a European trip.  They wound up in the hospital with food poisoning and big fat bill.

Renita, who tried to save on a beach trip by setting up a tent amid a storm of mosquitos, only to get rained out by a storm of another sort.  They ended up spending way too much money on a last-minute unplanned hotel stay.

Allison, who as a newlywed caused her husband great gastrointestinal distress by substituting too much TVP for his customary hamburger.  It was a month before they pinpointed the cause of the trouble.

KarenE, whose dog ate like a king when the family decided they didn't care for the taste of grass-fed - after they bought an entire half.

Our own secret and totally unfair method has pinpointed Forest's friends as those mostly deeply in need of The Tightwad Gazette.  We'll mail it to Forest in the hope that he can impart some wisdom to them.

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6 Responses to “Winner of The Tightwad Gazette”

Kelly E. Says:
February 19th, 2010 at 8:36 am

I missed this post, but I have a few more to add regarding Amy. Blessings

http://kellyskitchenandhome.blogspot.com/2009/12/interviews-with-amy-dacyzyn-from.html

ohhollyf Says:
February 19th, 2010 at 9:34 am

Thaank you for the uplaod vidoes, it was great to hear her last name pronounced correctly, and to see her clean/organized home.

Renita H. Says:
February 19th, 2010 at 6:15 pm

Oh, wow, I cannot believe I won! Yeah!!!

Renita H. Says:
February 19th, 2010 at 6:22 pm

oops! I didn’t win. Oops!

kimc Says:
February 19th, 2010 at 11:31 pm

But you sure told a great story, Renita! Thanks for participating!

Forest Says:
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:31 am

Hey this is awesome news :) …..

Thanks so much and I am really glad you liked the story :) ….. I didn’t think I would win at all!!

Now the problem here is that I am in Egypt and it won’t be very frugal to send it on to me…. So can I give it to one of my blog subscribers!

Shame as I would really love to read it :(

…. Or alternatively, if there is anyway you could know how much it is to send to Egypt I could paypal you the postage costs if they are reasonable, so you are not out of pocket.

Let me know what you would prefer :) ,

Thanks so much,

Forest.

 

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