The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches - Now Available In Stores & Online! Watch Jeff Yeager's interview with Matt Lauer on the NBC Today Show regarding The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Mapt to True Riches Video Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22578458/ Michelle Singletary's Color of Money Book Club Selects The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches as the February 2008 Book of the Month "a fun book, full of nuggets about Yeager's frugality ..'Money is relative - it's not a matter of a lot or a little, of more or less, it's all about enough'.. Yeager's got the right perspective on penny-pinching." (Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, February 3, 2008) The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches Released to Rave Reviews "Yeager convincingly makes the case that frugality can free more time and cash for life's true pleasures - a passion-filled career, hobbies and giving back to one's loved ones and community." - Publisher's Weekly "A compelling - and highly entertaining - look at improving both the quality of our lives and the health of our planet by consuming wisely and laughing out loud." - Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club "People today think frugality is no fun. Jeff puts the lie to it. Less doesn't mean deprivation - it means less stress, commuting, illness, loneliness and other ills of our 'more is better' and 'it's never enough' culture. . . Read More >

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Cellulite Nightmare
By Jeff Yeager

[The following dream began haunting me in my sleep shortly after I wrote an article suggesting that people might be able to save some money and simplify - and therefore improve - their lives, by giving up their cell phones. My naivety about the hell-storm of controversy that that suggestion would unleash stems from the simple fact that I'm 51-years old and have never owned a cell phone. And nothing awful has ever happened because of it. . .

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Rotten Luv:
My Love Affair with Compost
by Jeff Yeager


I fell in love with composting and my bride-to-be at the exact same moment, although not in that order, as I recall it.

But in both cases it was love at first sight. When I met Denise almost 30 years ago, her amazing smile and steel blue eyes immediately captured my attention, as did her T-shirt. On the front it read "A Rind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste." And on the back, you guessed it: "I (heart) Composting."

Today our compost pile - affectionately named "Gomer-the-Pile" - is the steaming envy of organic gardeners throughout our county. . .

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Thursday, April 17, 2008 2009 Edition --- Spring is in the air, and a cheapskate's fancy turns to ___________? Tell me your favorite springtime cheapskate tips,and you could win a free copy of my book. Maybe you have some cheap tips for spring cleaning? Or maybe you're into wild food foraging and can share some ideas about finding wild asparagus,or morel mushrooms, or wild onions, or some other springtime specialties. Or maybe, like me, you consider spring to be the official end of underwear season .. . . Read More >

Friday, July 3, 2009

The Tour de Cheapskate is now history .. well, at least for the time being. I hope to hit the road again by bicycle in the late summer/fall of 2009. . .

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JEFF YEAGER spent 24 years working as a CEO and senior executive with national nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC before launching his career as a freelance writer, public speaker, and broadcast journalist in 2004.

Specializing in an offbeat blend of original humor and practical advice for living a better life with less, Yeager was dubbed "The Ultimate Cheapskate" by the NBC TODAY Show, where he periodically appears as a guest correspondent.

His work is featured on his website, www.UltimateCheapskate.com, and regularly appears in The Dollar Stretcher publications. . .

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