I’m writing a 31-part series (one post per day for those who are counting) of frugal tips.

These tips are inspired by (but not stolen from) a book I’m reading called “The Complete Tightwad Gazette,” which in true tightwad style, I borrowed from the library. The book is a compilation of several years of newsletters composed by Ann Dacyczyn (pronounced like decision). Sadly, Ms. Daycyzyn is in retirement, and while essential to the last recession, is rather absent from this one.

My tips are inspired by hers, but mostly updated to meet more current needs and audiences (i.e. my tips require a lot more Internet access than hers).

If this series is a success, I’ll be directing the blog more towards frugal living—so please let me know what you as a reader would like to see. I’m struggling with where this blog should go next—as it’s served so many purposes already—showing how we not only survived a layoff, but thrived. By the end of April we were focusing on getting out of debt and debt-busting strategies. Now that our family will be debt-free except the house by the end of the year—I can’t help but wonder what direction to take pennywise family.

Your feedback will be a great help to me.

Jessica (The Pennywise Mom)