The Tightwad Gazette IIThe Perfect -- and Cheap -- Home Chili Recipe! New Uses for Old Blue Jeans!Make a Quilt for Ninety-five Cents!In 1993， Amy Dacyczyn s first book featured advice from the pages of her two-year-old newsletter The Tightwad Gazette. Over 250，000 copies were sold， inspiring millions of people to profit through thrift. Now， The Tightwad Gazette II serves up all-new help and hints from the newsletter s third and fourth years， yielding still more savings for millions of converts to tightwaddery.Save More Money! Save More Time! Save More Resources!Some of the Exciting， Money-Saving Topics Include:A Reader s Guide to The Tightwad Gazette-- Penny Pinching Pizza-- Car Maintenance Tips-- Calculate Your Cost Per Muffin-- How to Make a Solar Box Cooker-- Store-Brand Common Sense-- Think Small to Save Big-- Where to Get Insurance Information-- Breakfast Breakthrough-- Picture-Framing for Less-- Gas Versus Electric-- Reupholstery Savings-- Army Surplus Bargains-- The Tightwad A to Z-- Saving Space to Save Money-- How to Stop Flushing Money Down the Toilet-- Frugality and the Economy-- Whoopie Pies-- How to Fix Up a House-- Should We Use Used Shoes?-- Where to Get Something for Nothing-- What to Do with Old Blue Jeans-- Warehouse Clubs and Savings-- Cheap Holiday Accommodations-- The Femme Frugal-- Shared-Housing Programs-- How to Work Out How Much You re Saving-- Mail-Order Eye Care-- Budgeting and Keeping Records-- Dumpster Diving-- How to Shop Thriftily-- Money-Saving Recipes-- Homemade Goo-- Coupon or Not Coupon?-- Splitting Pills to Cut Costs-- Stained-Glass Cookies-- The Tightwad Christmas-- Candles and Decorations-- Practical Gift-Giving-- Synthetic Motor Oil-- Bartering and Exchange-- Detergents Determined-- CDs Versus LPs-- Long-Distance Phone Call Charges-- Moving for Less --Just Look Inside For Much， Much More...