This books is great fun to read as just oozes money saving tips! To be in with a chance to win one of two copies you need to be a follower as one book will be given to a name picked at random from my followers list. To be in the second draw just blog about the giveaway and mention it in a comment below. Draw closes on Sunday 9th of January. Draw takes place on 10th January. Good luck, it really is a fab book.
The Thrift Book Retail Price £11.99 Amazon
HERE IS THE BUMPH ON THE BOOK:
Feeling poor because of the credit crunch? Feeling guilty because of global warming? Feeling like you'd like to tighten your belt, but aren't ready to embrace DIY macrame handbags? No need to panic. Put down the economy mince and buy this book instead - it's a blueprint for living beautifully while saving money and easing your conscience. India Knight will show you: how to make wonderful dinners with very little money; how to dress on a budget and still look fabulous; how to make friends - and start sharing - with your neighbours; and, how to holiday imaginatively - with barely a carbon footprint. Try it - you have nothing to lose but your overdraft.
Reviews
India Knight shows you how to say no to waste, save pots of money and look good while you are doing it Sunday Times A joyous read, The Thrift Book might be the only surefire investment out there Harper's Bazaar A blueprint for living well, however broke you are, with thrifty tips on looking fab, cooking, pampering and partying Cosmopolitan A triumphant treat and a useful and sensible manual Independent Brims with tips on how to live well on little cash The London Paper Endearing and informative -- Fay Weldon Observer Belt tightening at its most fun Closer
About the Author
India Knight is the author of My Life on a Plate, Don't You Want Me, The Shops and Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times and lives in London with her three children.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 0141038233
EAN: 9780141038230
Dimensions: 19.0 x 129.0 x 1.0 centimeters (0.19 kg)
36 comments:
could I go in the hat please, I'm a follower too - what a lovely book and yes, we definitely are feeling the crunch so need lots of help - if I am not one of the lucky ones I think I will have to pursuade my library to get it in! Thanks for the chance to win - always hopeful. Betty x
Oh please enter me, Annie! I was flicking through that book ages ago but was much too tight to open my purse. xxx
Can I have a do please Annioe, looks like a fab book, thank you for your comment too x
Ooh I'm a follower, I want in on this please! :)
Mozzypop x
Who DOESN'T need this book? Posh and Becks maybe, but for us mere mortals...
Thanks for the tip about the book and thanks for the opportunity to win it. xx
Ohhhh. . .
Me likey. . .
I am a follower already and I am going to blog later so I shall pop you and the book in. :o)
Have now blogged.
Fingers crossed I win a copy. . .
:o) xx
Hi Annie! So very nice to "meet" you~ Please,please drop my name in the hat..I NEED to be reading this book! Thank you for a great giveaway~
Not sure how I missed your blog Annie, am now a follower as just saw you mentioned on Mermaids Purse's blog. Hope you are fab . x
Sounds a fab book Annie, I think we all need a few money saving tips after Christmas and for the coming year!! I would love to win a copy.
Jo xx
Ooh please enter me for the draw Annie. xx
Ooh I'd love to be entered, I've flicked through that book a few times before and it looks really interesting.
X
Me too please x
As a mum of 5 every little helpsid
Can I go in as well pleas, Follower of the fairy 0:-) xx
Please count me in as this sounds like a brilliant book and will help me in "frugalizing" my life in 2011!!!!
Will put it on my blog too!!!
Ooo I'm a follower! I want to enter for sure! That book looks great! :) I'm having a giveaway soon (when i get it organised) so keep an eye out for it. :)
xBeth
Ah ha! My lovely daughter has been extolling the virtues of this book so I would very much like to win it as I have just accepted a job on less money but hopefully more happiness, this book will help me on my quest for inner peace, lol
Happy new Year BTW hope it brings you happiness too.
What a great book, fingers crossed my name comes up. I joined the Money Saving Expert site after I read you had, there's loads of brill ideas on there too :) x
Count me in too, please.
What a generous giveaway. What a great title this book has - very appealing in these strapped for cash times.
I'm already an enthusiastic follower and would love to enter please.
Thank you!
Margaret
Hi Annie, Thank you so much for following my blog. I have become a follower, and I have put a prominent link to your book giveaway on my sidebar. SueXXX
Hello, could I please be entered into your draw too. I am now a follower. Many thanks, Sarah x
Oh yes please ... I'm all for thifting and that looks like a good read. Off to post a link on my blog now .... many thanks XX
Thanks for the chance to win this lovely book.
I am a follower and just done a blog http://fairlygirly.blogspot.com/2011/01/thrift-book-giveaway.html
Fingers now crossed! Lorraine x
ooooh please count me in :) we've been living on one wage for 7 months now and an extra bit of money saving advice is always a bonus!
Once I find my camera I need to show off the earrings I made with the gift you kindly sent me :D xxxxx
Count me in please Annie, would love some more inspiration...
Sarah x
Would love a chance to win, always in need of new inspiration. Kx
Lovely giveaway. I'm a follower :)
Please enter me into the giveaway - just come across your blog for the first time while trying to buy some buttons on ebay!!
please count me in, im a follower, thanks
I'm now an official follower rather than a frequent lurker, lol. I definitely need to find a more frugal way of living so would be delighted to have the chance of winning this book. Thank you!
Something (at last) that is really worth winning!! Ive given a mention at my blog. Pen xx
Aah just the book for a tight Scot lol fab giveaway Annie, marice ;0)
Looks like a great book.
I have only just found your blog and am going to read your older posts. What a pretty blog it is!
Can I enter the giveaway please? one of my goals for 2011 is to be more thrifty.
I am not too late am I? it is still Sunday :P what a wonderful book x
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