Ms. Cheap's Guide to Getting More for Less

Ms. Cheap's Guide to Getting More for Less

Ms. Cheap’s Guide to Getting More for Less
Mary Hance
Rutledge Hill Press

Try this money-saving tip: “After using a soapy steel wool pad, put it in the freezer—it will thaw quickly for its next use and it won’t be rusty.”

Or this: “My sister and I sometimes share the cost of a wedding shower gift. We purchase a laundry basket or kitchen trash can and fill it with cleaning products that we have purchased with double coupons. It allows us to give more.”

More than 900 such tips, gathered from experts, everyday people, and even kids, can be found in this book, whose author may be familiar to American Profile readers. Mary Hance is a regular contributor who authored stories on saving at the grocery store, planning a successful yard sale, and money-saving travel tips.

Each of her book’s 12 chapters focuses on specific savings: reduce grocery bills and household cleaning costs, family fun for less, keep vacation costs down, and using the Internet to save big bucks.

“My writing is … for people like you and me, who are making decisions every day about what we do with our limited resources,” Hance says.

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