Tight Arts Tip #103 How To Create Gourmet Food On A Tight Arts Budget 21 Oct 2009 by Greg Ellis in Tight Arts Blog

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Bulk cheese. Calculating menu choices. Master Tight Artistry. Depending on your fast food habits, this Tight Arts Tip could save you $62.05 per year. A huge money savings idea that still affords a little slice of luxury.

Watch... and learn from the Master...

How To Dress Like A Movie Star On a Frugal Budget 16 Oct 2009 by The First Catie Cash in Tight Arts Blog

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Hot date. Ritzy restaurant. You're keen to impress. Your normal attire of $20 second-hand jeans and tees from the markets sit begging to be worn in your wardrobe. But they're just not going to cut it this time. You need something REALLY special. You've only a $100 max to spend. Where to go? Where to go?

Well...

Flag the bright and shiny shopping centres with all their $500 designer gear. And ditch the hot little boutiques. The price mark-up on items in these types of places are astronomical.

What you need to do is follow Catie Cash's fashion lead... Check it out. You'll even have change to buy shoes...

Introducing Catie Cash – Our "Best Deals Diva" 12 Oct 2009 by Greg Ellis in Tight Arts Blog

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Introducing "Catie Cash" - Our Best Deals Diva. We've employed her to find (and fight for) the best deals in Australia for our members.

Travel. Fashion. Food. Concert Tickets. Free Stuff. If it's a great deal...the best around…she'll find it. She's a diva after all.

Every week she'll be posting her findings here in the Tight Arts Appreciation Society blog. It may be a link to a cool savings site, an unusual way of making money or a really sweet deal from a company that has contacted us to push their best deals for free.

Know of a great deal? Or maybe you're a business who wants to offer something exclusive to our members? Share the best deals love and tell us about it.

Contact Catie Cash via email @ catiecash@cashdoctors.com.au. We'll choose the Best Deal of the week and post it here PLUS we'll let our friends on Facebook and Twitter know. Great online exposure all for FREE in return for the best deals exclusively for our valued members. Everyone benefits.

And Oh….We'd like to give a big plug... Read More »

How A Tight Artist Has A Fun But Frugal Night Out 06 Oct 2009 by Greg Ellis in Tight Arts Blog

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Practical. Clever. Totally unthinkable. The Tight Artist does it again. Watch as he prepares for a fun but frugal night out using something that resembles a colostomy bag. Buying a woman a drink has never been so cheap... or easy.

The Origins Of The Tight Arts – Part 8 28 Sep 2009 by Greg Ellis in Tight Arts Blog

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A lot of the info I've shared has been practical. You could easily apply it.

Probably not this. But it is a funny story that's in keeping with the Tight Arts movement - living sensibly but stylishly.

Every good Tight Artist knows that home cooking is essential to keeping within a budget. It's fun and if you're a guest, it's a great way to express gratitude and show people how well brought up you are. Cooking with local ingredients is a trip too.

Perched in Sophie's kitchen, I spotted a proudly displayed, but never used Jewish Pie Master Cookbook (The Jews are also Tight Artists but I'll tell you more about that later). Sophie had bought this book on a whim while holidaying in New York. It's a bad mistake to buy a heavy book while travelling plus it hadn't been used, so it was time to justify the purchase.

Pies are a novelty in Denmark. All they eat is Danishes. So we thought we'd buck the trend and master it - perhaps creating a reputation in Denmark and get invited to peoples' houses for dinner so we'd bring our famous pies.

I lea... Read More »