Contents -- Introduction: Welcome to Brokemomics -- I. PHILOSOPHIES -- 1. There Will Always Be Someone Richer, Taller, Smarter, and Better Looking Than You -- 2. Laugh It Up -- 3. Be Your Own Life Coach -- 4. Stop Trying to Keep Up with the Joneses (or the Carters or the Kardashians) -- II. THE BASICS -- 5. Nobody Likes a Klepto -- 6. The Joy of Haggling -- 7. Always Tip, or You're Going to Hell -- 8. How to Step Away from the Lotto Tickets -- 9. Why Have Baby When You Can Just Get a Nice Potted Plant? -- 10. Why You Should Never "Just" Use Your Credit Cards -- 11. WebMD Is Not an MD -- 12. Don't Sell Your Organs-You Need Those! -- 13. It's Not Just a Coffee Shop, It's an Experience -- 14. Living Large in the Cheap Sheets -- 15. What's So Funny about Taxes? Nothing, so Let's Just Get This Over With -- III. HOME -- 16. Who Needs a House When You Can Live in your Honda -- 17. The Perks of Being a Renter -- 18. ISO Roommate: Sanity a Plus -- 19. Flea Market Chic -- 20. How to Be a Guilt-Free Gourmet while Prepping for the Apocalypse -- 21. The Freeloader's Guide to House-Sitting -- IV. TRAVEL AND LEISURE -- 22. Planes, Trains, and Acute Nervous Breakdowns -- 23. Couch Potato Today, Gone Tomorrow -- 24. Somebody Knows Somebody Who Lives in Paris -- 25. Wedding Season: Their Dream, Your Nightmare -- 26. How to Fix Your Car with Velcro (and Other Tricks No Mechanic Will Tell You) -- 27. Sneaking Into Swimming Pools: A Lesson in Human Rights -- V. FASHION AND BEAUTY -- 28. Yard Sales Are a Girl's Best Friend -- 29. Shampoo, Rinse, Spend a Gazillion Dollars on Haircuts -- 30. Why Buying Great Shoes Is Better Than Investing in the Stock Market -- 31. La Mer Is La Mer -- 32. The Neiman Marcus Experiment -- 33. Can't Afford a Tailor? A Stapler Works Just Fine -- 34. How to Buy a 10 Pressed Juice and Not Feel Like and Asshole.

35. Share with Your Friends, Especially the Ones with Better Clothes -- 36. Zen and the Art of Bankruptcy -- 37. How to Turn your "Beach Bungalow" into a "Fitness Oasis" -- VI. EDUCATION -- 38. A Modern Warrior's Guide to Grad School -- 39. So You Want to Major in Philosophy -- 40. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance, Direct Deposit -- VII. WORK -- 41. How to Babysit and Not Have a Nervous Breakdown -- 42. A Tough-Love Guide to Internships -- 43. How to Survive a Layoff -- 44. You May Be Desperate for Work, but that Doesn't Mean You should Join a Cult -- 45. Pop Quiz: How to Tell a Real Party from a Pyramid-Scheme Party -- VIII. LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS -- 46. Nobody Writes Odes about Romance and Finance -- 47. The Love List -- 48. Do Not Date Anyone Who Values their Bong More than they Value You -- 49. To Sugar Daddy/Mama or Not to Sugar Daddy/Mama -- 50. When to Go For Broke -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Selected Titles from Seal Press.