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Thrifty Girl's has a book!
Thrifty Girl KICKS YOUR FINANCIAL BUTT
get a grip on your finances without dying of boredom
Buy the book at Amazon.com
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Where the hell does it all go?
“How can I work my fluffy tail off 40+ hours a week and have nothing to show
for it?” you ask. Thrifty Girl says, “Don’t get those $14 Donna Karan panties in a
knot. I’m going to kick your financial butt into high gear, and let me tell you,
you’ll get more results than South Beach.” This book gives you everything you
need to get a grip on your finances. You’ll learn, step-by-step, how to light a fire
under your ass—organize your finances, set goals, tackle debt and live the life
of a thrifty girl forever. Consider yourself warned—it will change your life!
Take a closer look cover | contents |Talk is Cheap | Chapter 1 | back cover
Softcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Thrifty Girl, Inc. (September 2006)
ISBN-10: 0-978-83570-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-978-83570-0
Reviews and press
Uptown Exange book review
Escape your dead-end bohemian existence
This book is like financial boot camp, but it includes all the necessary charts and checklists to help you escape your dead-end bohemian existence and become a productive member of society. Was it secretly written by your mom?
Quimby's, Chicago
Cheapskate male-basher
Having just completed Thrifty Girl Kicks Your Financial Butt, I have come to the realization that your hen-house style male bashing and stereotyping of this fine gender as a gaggle of sex objects is supremely insulting. You presume early on the 2006 copyrighted edition of this otherwise fabulously entertaining, extremely well written and finely organized work that straight men couldn't possibly admire a woman's handbag much less shop on behalf of his sacred other in some upscale fashion outlet. Has Thrifty Girl cheapened her outlook on men?
Adding insult to injury, your fanciful episode suggesting a run in with some "Spanish speaking hottie" verges on slander, if not blasphemy. You suggest to your largely female audience that seducing a man with pills is OK. For me, your words were no less than a date rape type violation of my reading spectacles? What man would stand around like a dog being shown a card trick while some Thrifty Girl reduces he and each of his brothers, and his brother's brother's, and the brothers who came before them all the way back through the generations to "hottie"? Well, probably most. But that's not the point.
The point, like a tack on your ass is, what an amazingly great book you have created here Alexis! Many of the women who come to my parenting class, not to mention students and faculty at the school, could really use this.
Congratulations on this one! I had a blast reading it and heard your voice most of the way through. (Yes, I'm hearing voices now, don't you hear voices? Well then, you're just not listening hard enough).
Tom, San Francisco
Gift from the in-laws
I received your book from my in-laws this Christmas and just finished reading it. Gotta say I loved it! Your delivery was insightful, to the point, practical, affordable and funny. I'm ordering copies of your books as a gift for the budgeting classes we offer at my agency as giveaways.
Most of the people who write personal finances books write for the masses that already have quite a bit of money but don't know how to manage it. Your book certainly would help those that have but it SINGS to the people (most of my clients) that don't have a lot of money and aren't sure how to get started to get their finances in order. It tells them exactly what to do from someone who's “been there done that” and knows what will work. You lay everything out simply so there's no hair tearing or teeth gnashing and only the laziest of persons would say the homework is too hard. In the past I've had to beef up the current curriculum I'm using to get it to the level that you're at in your book. The “you can do this” attitude of the book is the kick in the butt many people need to reap the benefits that you so eloquently spelled out.
In case you haven't noticed, you now have a fan. I take budget, credit and housing counseling very seriously as it's my livelihood. I love my job and realize what I do effects people's financial future. So when I come across information that's a gem such as yours, I've got to give you the props that you deserve. Thank you for writing such a great book. It will help many people.
Tracy, Albany NY
Truman Student
I am a student at Truman. I saw your book in Truman's catalog a semester ago and finally I bought it a week ago. I have to tell you, honestly, that I love it! I consider myself ignorant when I have to talk or understand finance. Your book is so easy to read and understand that I already recommended to my friends. I bought a book a few months ago about finance, etc but I was tired of reading it because it was so complicated that I had to have my dictionary English-Spanish by my side all the time. You are noticing right now that I am learning English, right? The vocabulary you use in your book is easy to understand. Thanks and congratulations! Your book is excellent!
Jazmin, Chicago
I'm not a chick
Just bought your book yesterday at the MCA on Chicago Avenue at their zine party. I have to admit, I'm not a chick but still like your book. I decided I'd buy it when I saw the tables on page 4 … no waiting around till the end of a preachy chapter to get to work! I love it. Thanks for the great book
Josh, Chicago
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