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Frugal Luxuries: Simple Pleasures to Enhance Your Life and Comfort Your Soul
Tracey McBride
3.19 AVERAGE
3 reviews for:
Frugal Luxuries: Simple Pleasures to Enhance Your Life and Comfort Your Soul
Tracey McBride
3.19 AVERAGE
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
This book is like a 90s middle-class version of Isabella Beaton's Household Management. I expected it to be more craft-DIY based, but the first half of the book is life management.
It does however operate on the assumption that you are a homemaker, so some of the concepts seem impractical in today's economic wasteland.
Some of the book was a bit flowery and outdated in that way, especially the clothing and financial advice. Some of her more general advice boils down to "just think differently!"
When discussing presents for a loved one, the author suggests seriously that one should consider giving the gift of "Caring" "Simple Wisdom" "A Genuine Wish for Success"
Some of the cooking stuff was genuinely helpful. I did bookmark a few tips, including how to stock a pantry.
It does however operate on the assumption that you are a homemaker, so some of the concepts seem impractical in today's economic wasteland.
Some of the book was a bit flowery and outdated in that way, especially the clothing and financial advice. Some of her more general advice boils down to "just think differently!"
When discussing presents for a loved one, the author suggests seriously that one should consider giving the gift of "Caring" "Simple Wisdom" "A Genuine Wish for Success"
Some of the cooking stuff was genuinely helpful. I did bookmark a few tips, including how to stock a pantry.
This book serves as a thoughtful reminder to focus on the quality of one's life, and not the quantity of possessions. Contains many practical ideas for pursuing thrift with style, yet always adds a short essay to put the thrift into an almost spiritual context.
the tone of this book was lovely, the practical information was either rather dated or a bit vague. I first found this book through it's partner book: Frugal Luxuries by the Seasons. The library where I work had a copy that caught my attention, and the thoughts on various means to bring luxury into one's frugal life based on the seasons of the year were so cozy. This book, while the precursor to the other, wasn't QUITE as neat a read. Solid tone, not as much practical, for me.