Festival of Frugality 134
It’s my pleasure to host my third Festival of Frugality. I would like to thank squawkfox for hosting last week. To learn how to participate, check out the Festival of Frugality’s homepage.
With the cost of energy rising and the value of the dollar dropping, frugal choices are becoming increasingly important. Here’s how 55 bloggers have used their frugal instincts to:
- plan for success
- handle credit
- put food on the table
- manage gasoline consumption
- practice the art of shopping
- juggle bills
- lawfully avoid taxes
- enjoy frugal activities
- make frugal calculations
- Tie the knot without getting tied up in debt
- practice frugal habits
Planning for success
- Debtopedia’s How to Avoid Debt With Good Budgeting
- Pasadena Financial Planner’s Living Expense Tracking Methods
- The Family Wallet’s Fun Ways to Teach Kids How to Save Money
Handling credit
- Debt Smack Down’s Ditch The Credit Cards To Save Money
- The DebtFree Playbook Blog’s Credit Cards - Get Deal Wise
Putting food on the table
- Cheap Healthy Good’s 20 Cheap, Healthy Dishes Made From 10 Pantry Staples
- Earthlier Happy is the Rose Distilled’s Frugal Food - Cost Analysis of a Lasagna
- Chief Family Officer’s Not as good as homemade, but better than fast food
- The Personal Financier’s How Shopping for Groceries Online can save you Money As well As Time
- Greener Pastures’s Eating Healthy Without Being Wealthy
- LivingAlmostLarge’s Hillbilly Housewife $70/week
- Save and Conquer’s The Deceptive Grocery Shrink Ray
- Squawkfox’s Recipe: How to Make Authentic and Low Fat Hummus
Black gold
- Funny about Money’s How higher gas prices save money
- Debt Free’s Buying a New Car to Save Gas – Does it Make Sense?
- Penny Pinching’s 26 tips to save money on gasoline
- PersonalFinanceAnalyst’s Get a break from the pump by improving gas milage
- Money Smart Life’s Saving 15 Cents a Gallon on Gas - Plus Doubling Our Savings at the Pump
- The Sun’s Financial Diary’s MyGallons: Save Money on Gas?
- The Sojourner’s How We Are Saving on Gas
The art of shopping
- Fabulous Finances’s The right way to shop for quality without going broke
- Natural Mom’s Talk Radio’s Natural Product Bargains Can Be Found
- Frugalous’s 3G iPhone? Voice of Temptation meet Voice of Reason
- Broke Grad Student’s Is the iPhone 3G Worth It?
- Financial Ramblings’ Find The Lowest Prices Online With Channel-Specific Discount Links (Huh?)
- Think Your Way to Wealth’s The Irony of the 3 Day Only, 50% Off, Salebration!
- Frugal Homemaker Plus’ Why not? You can afford it!
- Our Fourpence Worth’s Booking Flights Early Could End Up Costing More
- Student Scrooge’s booking air travel? a tip to maximize cash back
- MoneyCrashers’ How To Save Money In the Big City
- Cash Money Life’s How Much Should You Tip? Divide by Six
- Frugal Babe’s Baby Clothes - You Don’t Need Much
- Out of Debt Again’s Remove Wrinkles - Like Magic!
Juggling bills
- Art of the Coupon’s Taking a Look at Eliminating Monthly Bills
- Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?’s All I Had to Do Was Ask!
Lawfully avoiding taxes
- Money and Values’ Pay commuting, medical, and/or dependent care costs pre-tax, and save money for both you and your employer!
- My Dollar Plan’s Tax Savings: How to Deduct Mileage on Your Personal Car
Frugal past-times
- Within My Means’ Another Frugal Weekend
- Laura William’s Musings’ Around the Homestead Today…
- Free From Broke’ New York State Empire Passport - Summer Saving Series #14
Frugal calculations
- Uncommon Cents’ A New Bike Won’t Make Me a Better Cyclist
- Blueprint for Financial Prosperity’s Cost Benefit Analysis of GPS Units
- Value For Your Life’s The Undeniable Pet Insurance
- Stop the ride!’s Maybe I’m Just Cheap
- Not Made of Money’s Should You Repair or Replace That Old Appliance?
- Dollar Frugal’s Americans Smarten Up
- This Wasn’t in the Plan’s What Happens When You Already Do What You Should?
Tying the knot without getting tied up with debt
- The Digerati Life’s Control Your Wild Wedding Costs! Set Up A Wedding Budget
- Daily Money Hack’s Wedding Tips: Cost-Cutting Invitation Ideas
- Northern Cheapskate’s A Wise Wedding Registry Could Bode Well For Your Marriage
- FreeMoneyFinance’s Two More Ways to Cut Wedding Costs
Frugal habits
- The Happy Rock’s Embrace Your Diurnal Cycle/Sleep When Its Dark
- Frugal Fu’s Down and Dirty: DIY Plumbing Tip
- Amateur Asset Allocator’s Frugal Ways To Lose Weight
- Debt Smackdown’s Discipline Yourself to Spend Less
For more frugal tips, check out next week’s festival at Antishay Ventenne. You can also find more frugal goodness hosted here: Festival 109 & Festival 122.
If you’ve found this collection of resources useful, please make sure to stumble, digg, or bookmark it below.
Value For Your Life remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thanks for hosting, I like the carnival this week–simple yet effective. I appreciate the inclusion of my post about my family’s own version of pet insurance! Sincerely, Amanda
Value For Your Life’s last blog post..When Career Plans Change
FFB remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thanks for hosting!
FFB’s last blog post..Festive Link Love Carnivality #17
Sivan Segev remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thanks for hosting and including my article! I added this blog to my blogroll.
Sivan Segev’s last blog post..My frugal 4th of July featured on Festival of Frugality
Patrick remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thanks for hosting!
Patrick’s last blog post..Don’t Underestimate the Little Things
Mrs. Accountability remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thank you for the hard work of hosting this event and including my contribution in today’s Festival!
The Happy Rock remarked on July 15th, 2008
Excellent layout and carnival. Thanks for including my post and hosting! I know how much work it can be.
The Happy Rock’s last blog post..They Are Worth It
Rick NHS remarked on July 15th, 2008
WOW!! Unbelievable list! I’m going to have to bookmark these resources. Thanks for taking the time to compile ‘em!
Rick NHS’s last blog post..FHA Mortgage Insurance Updates? Will this Increase Your Monthly Payment?
Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thank you for hosting and for including my post!
Laura @ Laura Williams’ Musings’s last blog post..Tuesday Edition of Contests Galore
Grey remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thank you for hosting! I’ll be sure to mention the festival in my weekly link love post!
Grey’s last blog post..Working Organics in Your Budget: Coupon Finds
RC@Thinkyourwaytowealth remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thanks for hosting and including my article. Great job!
RC@Thinkyourwaytowealth’s last blog post..Mid-Year Update on My Health Savings Account (HSA)-How is it working?
Chief Family Officer remarked on July 15th, 2008
Thanks so much for hosting and including my article!
Shanti @ Antishay remarked on July 15th, 2008
I LOVE how you’ve organized this week! Very cool. Thanks for hosting
Shanti @ Antishay’s last blog post..Life Moves On, and We’re Back In Business
Stephanie remarked on July 16th, 2008
Wow huge carnival this week. Thanks for the great presentation!
Squawkfox remarked on July 16th, 2008
Thank you for hosting and presenting everything so nicely! I can’t believe how much work these festivals are…and this is your third! Wow! Many thanks as well for including my article!
Squawkfox’s last blog post..Recipe: How to Make Authentic and Low Fat Hummus
Christina remarked on July 17th, 2008
Thanks for hosting and including me! You’ve done a great job of pulling it all together!
Aaron Stroud remarked on July 17th, 2008
@ Value For Your Life, I’m glad you found the layout effective. Your post on self-insuring your pets is a great idea.
@ FFB, Patrick, Laura, RC, Chief Family Officer, Stephanie, & Christina—you’re welcome.
@ Sivan Segev, thanks for including me on your blogroll. You’ve got an interesting mix of posts. I’m glad to see you have the fundamental groceries in your blog’s banner!
@ Mrs. Accountability, your post yesterday was great. Pulling those logs out can really hurt!
@ The Happy Rock, it is, it is…thanks for stopping by!
@ Rick NHS, I have a feeling you drink even more coffee than I do! I’m glad you found the posts useful.
@ Grey, you’re welcome and thank you for making a point to link back. I’m sure your readers will appreciate it.
@ Shanti, I’m glad several people found the format useful. I thought it was the only fair way to organize the posts because I didn’t have a chance to read through all of them thoroughly enough yet to have favorites.
@ Squawkfox, hosting is a lot of work, but it’s also a great chance to focus on a specific topic for a few days.