The frugal living movement is based on the idea that financial stress and consumerism eat away at personal happiness, and the best way to overcome this is to practice a debt-free lifestyle. The Dollar Stretcher pushes that approach with penny-pinching ideas on topics from kitchen organizers to substitutes for baby wipes to inexpensive Y2K plans.
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This newsletter provides tips on saving money and getting out of debt. A sample issue, selected tools and daily tips are free. This site from consumer Kathryn Nye is one woman's quest to spread information on how to live a frugal life. The content is detailed and opinionated, tackling credit, debt, food bills and budgets. Nye's ideas of how to cut costs may sometimes seem harsh, but her counsel is practical.