Published: Oct. 31, 2011
Words: 24,042 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465710192

Short description

The tips, tricks and methods used to live on less than $500 a month.

Extended description

Do You Want to Live on Less?

Would you like to learn how from someone who actually does?

Dear Friend, (Read more) Do You Want to Live on Less?

Would you like to learn how from someone who actually does?

Dear Friend,

Over ten years ago I found myself a single mother with three children to raise.

I had to learn fast.

I had to support those kids on a fast food paycheck while I put myself through school.

Not only did I manage to do it but I topped my own expectations. We ended up living better than I ever would have imagined.

Since then I have not only quit my day job but I have built up sufficient income to become a single stay-at-home mother to my youngest child. This feat would not have been possible without the frugality of shoestring living.

We live well on about $500 a month - and know how to live on even LESS!

Over the years I have shared my secrets with others who have fallen on hard times. I have helped friends who became disabled, single parents, the unemployed and others who found a need to live on as little money as possible.

The first thing I always shared were the timeless words of my grandmother. Even now I can hear her reminding me to hold up my head because...

"There's no sin in being poor!"

This may be your first brush with life below the poverty line. You may be scared. You may be ashamed. You may not know what to do or where to start.

I'm here to help you save money

I have drawn upon my 10+ years of personal experience to create the ultimate frugal living guide. I won't bore you with stupid fluff about clipping coupons. Instead, you will find a concise method you can implement to save thousands of dollars over the course of a year.

Sections Include:
Housing
Auto
Groceries (Includes raising food)
Computers (includes where to find free and inexpensive software)
Television (includes watching shows online for free)
Books (lots of links to free ebooks and how to search for free ebooks online)
Music (includes links for free music sites)
Clothing
Cleaning tips and recipes
Personal care tips and recipes
Furniture
Thrift Shops
Yard Sales
Jobs and self-employment
And much more!

I not only explain the exact methods that I use to save money and live frugally but I also explain how I could live on about half of the money that I actually do.

While you may not wish to apply everything here I am confident that you will be inspired to save more money than you ever thought possible. You will learn the skills you need to overcome your current financial challenge.

Start Saving Money Today!
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Tags

money, thrift, finances, simplicity, work at home, frugality, single parents, live on less, live cheap, shoestring living, live on shoestring

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Reviews

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Review by: Erik Vangsness on Oct. 14, 2012 :
Very inspiring & quite practical. I have put a lot of suggestions to good use, and saved money. Books has paid for itself. Thanks!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Rachel Nichols on April 21, 2012 :
Very practical and helpful. As someone trying to make ends meet and get off the government dole, I am eager to put many of these suggestions to use. I am also excited about the Waysale.com link. Thanks Annie!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Mike Hatz on Feb. 06, 2012 :
When one reads such a book as "The Shoestring Girl", one looks for the one thing that cannot be faked: the Voice of Experience. Annie Brewer has compiled a blueprint for living a life of thrift and freedom from the bondage of "stuff" that has evidently been based on her wealth of real-world personal experience. More than a dry, lifeless "how-to" list for living under one's means, "The Shoestring Girl" also gives realistic, plausible, and practical reasons WHY shoestring living is so liberating and satisfying, while reminding us frugal types that making/growing your own 'everything' can actually defeat the purpose of lo-maintenance living by the very impracticality of such endeavors. Perhaps best of all, Ms. Brewer reminds her readers that Shoestring Living can either be a temporary damage-control mode during which the person who's fallen upon hard times can survive until back on their feet, or an almost Gypsy-like way of life. I look forward to Ms. Brewer's other titles, as "Shoestring" has so much to teach even a lifelong skinflint like myself that there's always a way to save even one more unnecessarily-spent penny!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Juan Ortega on Dec. 12, 2011 : (no rating)
Great book, because there is a ton of good advise in it that you can start including in your life to live a free and happier life. I will be buying more of her books.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: J.A. Gort on Nov. 23, 2011 :
All,

Good book, I liked it very much.
The text about the dentale care was used three times, I think she made a copy past error.

Kind regards,
J.A. Gort.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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