Although my family grew up in a very wealthy area, we were not wealthy, and were frugal out of necessity. So rather than shopping at the exclusive boutiques that defined the so-called "business district" of our 2,000 person "metropolitan area", we preferred the farmer's markets where we could buy produce for half the price of the local supermarkets, and flea markets where the rich folk sent their barely used-discards to be sold at ridiculously low prices.
Raising Kids with Just a Little Cash could easily have been written by my bargain-minded parents, and if you are more interested in having a high-quality of life at low cost than having gleaming gew-gaws from Hoffritz and fashions fresh from Nordstrom's, then this is the book for you and your family. Highly Recommended.