Maybe even have dinner with her husband in a restaurant? Well, all you cynics out there, all you conspicuous consumers who whine that you never have enough money, all you misguided souls who believe frugality is an unhappy necessity rather than a virtue - prepare to be disappointed. After five years of publishing a monthly newsletter, two successful books and a national reputation as the Queen of Cheap, is it time to sell out? In short, she doesn’t have to live like this. The mother of six who brags that she spent just $100 on her twin babies in a year (except for food and doctor bills) could afford to hire Barney himself to entertain them. The self-styled “frugal zealot” who suggests saving on funeral expenses by donating your loved one’s body to science is staying at fancy hotels on her book tour. Will success spoil Amy Dacyczyn? The woman whose Tightwad Gazette taught average Americans to look for food bargains in Dumpsters now makes a six-figure income.
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