One explanation is that environmentalism and thriftiness have made growing vegetables trendy, an idea that is supported by growing shortage of allotments.
So to improve my thriftiness and to test it, I have got a job, started bookkeeping and put some money in stocks.
This can lead to thriftiness to the point of denying yourself pleasure, or embracing some health fad to ward of disease.
Check out the power Hog, an adorably pig-shaped power monitor that introduces kids to energy efficiency (and general thriftiness) by piggybacking upon the familiar format of the piggy bank.
