I am going to write about various tightwaddy/frugal things that I do as I remember them and post them into the “tightwaddery” category, because it seems like many people find this blog looking for frugal/tightwad tips.

Magazine Subscriptions: Don’t have any.

Of course you can always read at the library, but magazines annoy me because of the numerous ads they have. I’ve had two subscriptions during my lifetime: PC World, and Real Simple. I had the PC World subscription when I was trying to learn about computers, and the internet wasn’t as big of a resource as it is today (late 90s). I stopped the subscription when I learned how to get information online and found various online computer websites/news sites. I subscribed to Real Simple because…I am not really sure. It was probably because the magazine looked pretty. I originally found the magazine to be useful: I used many of the recipes, tips, suggestions and enjoyed the articles and stories. But then I began to get annoyed with the various ads, booklets, product placements, product suggestions all pointing to: Buy! Buy! Buy! I hate being told what to do, so I didn’t bother renewing when the renewal notice came around the last time (about 2 years ago).