Some of the tips may not appeal: "Look for milk with a date that has just expired or is about to expire. Dacyczyn's book, "The Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle" (Villard, $9.99), is full of money-saving advice from someone whose goals you can admire. All this is by way of explaining that Ms. But what does she do with all the money she's earned? Does she take a cruise around the world? Buy a new car? No, she and her husband frugally set up irrevocable trust funds for their kids, give generously to local charities and renovate a 200-year-old house, which they rent for a modest sum to a woman and her three children who were homeless. Amy Dacyczyn edits the Tightwad Gazette, a newsletter with more than 80,000 subscribers, and has a new book out on being frugal.
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