01743cam a2200289 4500 1147846870 TxAuBib ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2013023196 9781591846437 paperback 1591846439 paperback TxAuBib O'Connor, Brian J., 1959- The 1,000 challenge : how one family slashed its budget without moving under a bridge or living on government cheese / Brian J. O'Connor. One thousand dollar challenge. New York, New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2013. xvi, 207 pages ; 22 cm. ""A funny, useful guide to saving $1,000 a month, based on the popular series in The Detroit News. With middle-class families more stretched than ever, nationally syndicated personal finance columnist Brian O'Connor decided to test his own advice about saving money. He began a ten-week experiment to cut his family's monthly expenses by $1,000-without sacrificing anything truly important. The result is a funny, savvy guide to budgeting in the real world, across ten different categories of spending. It can help families eliminate petty squabbling about money and feel better about where those hard-earned dollars are going""-- Provided by publisher. Budgets, Personal. Consumer education. Finance, Personal. Frugality. Home economics Accounting. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Budgeting. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Money Management.