CONTENTS

Introduction

1. Upside Down

2. UWMW: Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make Do, or Do Without

3. Don’t Eat the Marshmallow: Learning Delayed Gratification

4. Pay on Time

5. Rethinking Gifts

6. Saving

7. Operation De-spoil the Kids

8. Repurpose, Recycle, and Reuse

9. Dead Horses Smell Bad, but Debt Smells Even Worse

10. Shopping Secondhand

11. To Bulk or Not to Bulk?

12. Amish Foodies or Frugal Feinschmeckers

13. Bartering: I’ll Trade You This Cow for a Bunch of Rugs

14. The Best Things in Life Are Free

Acknowledgments

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