People You Should Know - Amy Dacyczyn
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I’m sad to tell you that I’ve wasted my 15 minutes of fame on dryer sheets. I remember my father telling me, “That’s great, Heidi. I hope my own 15 minutes of fame has to do with something a bit more substantial than dryer sheets.”
Awhile back I was mentioned on MSNBC for my money-saving tip that involved cutting your dryer sheets in half. In order for it to work well, you need to purchase name-brand sheets but you’ll still come out ahead. I’ve also found that the tip doesn’t work so well in the winter. But anyway, it got me mentioned on MSNBC.
I am not the brains behind that idea, though. All the credit goes to Amy Dacyczyn (pronounced “decision”). She is the queen of thriftiness and if you are trying to get out of debt or just want to save a few bucks, you may want to check out her book at your library.
Dacyczyn is the author of The Tightwad Gazette. It was a newsletter that was later published into set of books. I’ll admit that there were only a handful of ideas I took away from her books. I hate wasting money, but I’m just not that frugal. For one thing, I work full time and frugality takes a lot of time. It was still it an interesting read and gets you thinking about where you could save some money.
A tip I liked: Cutting dryer sheets in half
A tip that was just too frugal for me: Digging the leftover deodorant out of the dispenser, melting it in the microwave, and pouring it into an old deodorant container. Eventually you would have enough to use.
Dacyczyn no longer writes about frugality. Last May, Trent from The Simple Dollar interviewed Dacyczyn to see what she’s up to now. You can read that article here.
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