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Barty Phillips is an author, journalist, lecturer and radio and TV broadcaster. She is the former home correspondent of The Observer and gardening columnist for the Sunday Telegraph, and the author of numerous home and leisure titles.
Meet the author | p. xi |
Only got a minute? | p. xii |
Only got five minutes? | p. xiv |
Only got ten minutes? | p. xvi |
Introduction | p. xxi |
Getting the thrifty habit | p. 1 |
Reasons for being thrifty | p. 1 |
Thrift as a way of life | p. 3 |
Day-to-day ways of being thrifty | p. 4 |
Know your shopping rights | p. 14 |
UK laws to protect consumers | p. 15 |
Making a complaint | p. 25 |
In the USA | p. 26 |
Thrifty money matters | p. 31 |
Budgeting | p. 31 |
Saving | p. 33 |
Thrifty thoughts about credit and debit cards | p. 34 |
Borrowing money | p. 35 |
Thrity home ownership | p. 36 |
Dealing with debt | p. 37 |
Tax matters | p. 41 |
Getting the most from insurance | p. 43 |
Thrifty investments | p. 45 |
Beat the bills | p. 51 |
Monitoring the paperwork | p. 51 |
Reducing your fuel bills | p. 53 |
Don't waste your water | p. 58 |
Monitor your electricity | p. 59 |
How much are you wasting? | p. 59 |
Cut your home phone bills | p. 63 |
Don't lose out on grants and benefits | p. 64 |
Internet know-how | p. 69 |
Computer and internet know-how | p. 69 |
Buying a computer | p. 70 |
Computer uses | p. 76 |
Shopping online | p. 80 |
The fine art of haggling | p. 87 |
How does haggling Work? | p. 88 |
Universal haggling strategies | p. 91 |
Haggling on home soil | p. 91 |
Haggling in foreign markets | p. 95 |
Thrifty shopping | p. 102 |
Shopping in large stores | p. 103 |
Shopping know-how | p. 104 |
Shopping in the sales | p. 105 |
Car boot sales and garage sales | p. 106 |
Discount stores | p. 107 |
Cash-and-carry shops | p. 107 |
Farmer's shops | p. 108 |
Factory shops | p. 108 |
Factory outlet centres and shopping villages | p. 109 |
Factory shops in France | p. 109 |
Charity shops | p. 110 |
Street markets | p. 112 |
Auctions | p. 112 |
Buying from a private seller | p. 113 |
Things the thrifty will avoid | p. 114 |
Reduce, reuse and recycle | p. 119 |
Reducing | p. 120 |
Reusing | p. 121 |
Recycling | p. 123 |
Recycling know-how for specific materials | p. 124 |
Salvaging other people's throw-aways | p. 133 |
Buying recycled or sustainable materials | p. 134 |
Savings on clothes | p. 139 |
Getting clothes altered | p. 140 |
Make your clothes last longer | p. 141 |
Buying clothes | p. 145 |
Making clothes | p. 152 |
Look after your shoes | p. 153 |
Saving money on food and drink | p. 158 |
Frugal shopping | p. 159 |
Frugal storage | p. 165 |
Frugal Cooking | p. 166 |
Some budget meal ideas | p. 170 |
Some budget recipes | p. 172 |
Thrift in the home | p. 176 |
Edible cleaners | p. 177 |
Laundry thrift | p. 180 |
Thrifty in the Kitchen | p. 181 |
Thrifty home decorating and maintenance | p. 183 |
Thrifty ways with workers | p. 184 |
Improvised furniture | p. 185 |
Soft furnishings | p. 186 |
Thrifty in the bathroom | p. 186 |
Thrifty medicines | p. 187 |
The home office | p. 188 |
Lounging in the living room | p. 188 |
Children | p. 189 |
Make your own | p. 190 |
Pets and vets | p. 191 |
Economical transport | p. 195 |
Buying a car | p. 196 |
Choosing your car | p. 198 |
Biking | p. 202 |
Train travel | p. 204 |
Coach and bus travel | p. 205 |
Thrifty leisure time and holidays | p. 209 |
Leisure time at home | p. 209 |
Thrifty ways of learning | p. 210 |
Leisure thrifty near home | p. 212 |
Thrifty travel | p. 214 |
Thrifty holidaying | p. 217 |
Make the most of the garden | p. 225 |
Composting | p. 226 |
Frugal containers | p. 231 |
Cheap seeds and plants | p. 232 |
Saving water | p. 234 |
Grow your own | p. 236 |
Earn a little something | p. 241 |
Tax implications | p. 241 |
Work from home | p. 242 |
Occasional and part-time jobs | p. 249 |
Student holiday jobs | p. 252 |
Answers to the quick revision tests | p. 256 |
Taking it further | p. 263 |
Index | p. 273 |
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