Dawn at Frugal for Life hosts the Festival of Frugality for the 206956497th time (or maybe the 12th time, who’s counting?) and as always does an excellent job showcasing the best of frugality from around the web this week.   Her entries are in alphabetical order by name, and I’ve selfishly chosen to showcase the letter that includes the homepage’s frugal tip:  F. :)  F is for frugal, after all!

• Festival of Frugality - Frugal Tip: High Deductibles With A Plan
• Finally Frugal - Frugal envy
• Financial Tips - High Gas Prices Affecting Families
• FIRE Finance - Top 10 Dollar Store Buys
• FiveCentNickel.com - Frugal is as Frugal Does?
• Frugal Pursuit - Minimizing gardening costs
• Funny about Money - w00t! Frugal Works BETTER!

Thanks Dawn for another stellar festival!  Next week the festival travels to Quest For Four Pillars so get your entries in!

Festival of Frugality #123 hits Sound Money Matters this week!  Scroll down past the book review to get to those meaty articles.  :)  There were 6 editor’s picks this week:

• Money Blue Book manages to find the upside to higher gas prices - less traffic and more use of public transportation.
• Mrs. Nespy’s World runs down the job benefits that can be a deciding factor for prospective employees. It pays to treat employees well.
• Cheap Healthy Good explains why diet foods are actually not good for your weight or health and suggests ways to eat more healthfully instead.
• Frugal Homemaker Plus discusses the importance of teaching children about frugal values early.
• Just Shoot Me Now shows you how to outwit the stores by always checking the unit price. Bigger isn’t always cheaper.
• Credit Addict explains how to combine the stimulus checks, grocery gift cards, and rebate credit cards to save loads on groceries.

Next week the festival travels to Frugal For Life, the queen of the festival, so get your entries in!

On Financial Success brings us Festival #122, and in a break from the ordinary, he puts the entries into paragraphs instead of lists, as to not overwhelm with a huge list of articles.  Nice job!  As to not turn his effort into a list, I bring you one of the paragraphs from his creation in its entirety:

From Frugality encompasses more than just money:

The frugal super-stars among us combine their interest in thrift with a green thumb because growing your own greens saves you money and protects your health at the same time. You can grow potatoes in old tires or install a professional greenhouse, but everyone will benefit from collecting their rain water for irrigation which can be done quite simply. To learn more about gardening, just make a trip to your local library which is also another popular way to avoid spending money.

Next week the festival travels to Sound Money Matters so get your entries in!

I only saw one post that mentioned taxes (and it wasn’t about filing taxes) - Four Pillars discussed  Emergency Funds and Tax-Free Savings Accounts.  But there were an astounding 12 editor’s picks in this edition:

• Think Your Way To Wealth: How to Develop a Frugal Mindset
• Frugal Dad: The Ultimate Frugal Weekend: A 48-Hour Spending Fast
• Dorm Earning Blog: Saving Money During College
• The Digerati Life:   Frugal Tips: How To Make 10 Ordinary Things Last Longer
• Sarahspy:   Four ways to suck less at vintage & thrift shopping
• Frugal Homemaker Plus:  Frugality and Luck
• Cheap Healthy Good:  The Hour: How 60 Minutes a Week Can Save Hundreds of Dollars on Food
• Value For Your Life:  100 Frugal and Healthy Eating Habits
• My Dollar Plan:  30 Money Saving Tips
• Know The Ledge:  If You Don’t Need It, It’s Not A Great Deal
• Greener Pastures Personal Finance:  25 Life Tips and Tricks
• Consumerism Commentary:  The Frugal Lifestyle: Are We Missing Out on Life?

Next week the carnival travels to On Financial Success so get your entries in!

A Penny Saved took on the challenge of hosting the Festival of Frugality this week, and since he did not pick editor’s picks, I shall give you a few highlights from the Transportation Tips at the end of the carnival. Just in case you didn’t read to the end.

• Handling Finances: Gas Prices Too High? Slow Down!.
• FIRE Finance:  Car Pool, Ride Share, Hitch Hike your way to Fun & Dollars!.
• Penny Nickel: Travel by bus: save hundreds of dollars, the environment, and your sanity!.

Next week the Festival travels to Rather Be Shopping so get your submissions in!

Flexo of Consumerism Commentary starts his hosting of the Festival of Frugality this week with the announcement he’s quitting his day job to blog full time!  But with the reminder of April Fools Day at the end of the post - is he quitting or isn’t he?  Either way, he’s done a fantastic job hosting and chosen 7 stellar editor’s picks:

• The Digerati Life: Rent Instead Of Buy, And I Mean Anything!
• The Frugal Duchess: presents Sell the Coach Bag? What I’m Willing To Give Up for Financial Security.
• She Laughs at the Days to Come:  Lovely Leftovers
• Gather Little By Little: Homemade car cleaning products
• 20saver: The beginnings of a frugal wedding.
• Sound Money Matters: Is A Frugal Lifestyle Always Environmentally Friendly?
• Money and Values: 10 ways you can use less artificial light—lower emissions and your energy bill!

Next week the festival travels to A Penny Saved so get your entries in!

My Dollar Plan plays host to the 118th Festival of Frugality, The ABC Edition.  I thought reading the theme it was going to be a back-to-basics idea, but instead, Madison’s house is learning to spell (the kids I think!) so she focused on spelling out F-R-U-G-A-L!   The 8 editor’s picks were:

• No Credit Needed: Beware Of The Laundry Detergent Cap
• Squawkfox: Top Five Frugalicious Snacks (A Visual Guide)
• Sound Money Matters: 13 Frugal Ways to Celebrate Spring Fever
• The Frugal Dad:  Prepare Your Home for Summer Energy Savings
• Frugal For Life: Uses for Aluminum (tin) Foil
• Financial Learn: My Dad – Frugal, Generous and my Hero
• Savvy Frugality: Where to Find the Cheapest Travel Deals
• Jinxy Knows Best: Budget Organic – How to Spend Less for Organic Foods

Next week the festival visits Consumerism Commentary for the April Fools edition so get your entries in!

Paid Twice is our host this week, and she walks us from theory to practice through Festival of Frugality #117. Here are her top 6 editor’s picks:

• Cheap Healthy Good provides concrete ways to battle rising prices with Recession-Proofing Your Diet: Food Strategies for a New Economy.
• Lazy Man and Money learns that sometimes our perspective on ourselves isn’t everyone else’s perspective in Am I officially cheap?.
• Value For Your Life shares a simple yet profound grocery savings tip with My 25% Grocery Savings Rule.
• Funny About Money shares ways to develop a great and important frugal habit in Make It from Scratch.
• Paradigm Shifted shows simple ways you can be frugal and not deprive yourself with being frugal doesn?t mean missing out.
• But Why Doesn’t It Grow On Trees shares why a credit-only lifestyle works for them and helps them be frugal (I actually have a post scheduled for later this week about my cash frittering too!) in Cash to Burn: Why a Credit-Only Lifestyle Works for Me.

Next week the festival will be hosted by My Dollar Plan so please get your entries in!

Written by Pinyo of Moolanomy

Green Panda Treehouse is our host this week, and she has a great architectural themed Festival of Frugality #116. Here are her top 5 editor’s picks:

• EcoTrekker has listed 33 Tools to Get the Cheapest Gas Available.
• AnnualCreditReport.com and Free Credit Score posted at Prime Time Money. My husband just did his last weekend for the first time.
• Broke Grad Student presents Why You Should Never Buy Another Textbook posted at Broke Grad Student. Economic textooks were one of the most expensive for the business management course at my university.
• Too Much Clutter? 20 Tips for a Successful Garage Sale has some wonderful ideas.
• My Dollar Plan had some interesting thoughts with Buying a New Car? Skip the Negotiations.

Next week the festival will be hosted by Paid Twice so please get your entries in!

Written by Pinyo of Moolanomy

Broke Grad Student is our host this week, and he revealed the secret weapon that helped him pinch every penny…Ramen Noodles.  Here is the “Ramen” themed Festival of Frugality #115, and his top 5 picks are:

• Andy at Tight Fisted Miser shares an exercise and frugality hack that is sure to put a smile on your face. Be sure to check it out for a good laugh!
• Becky at Family and Finances provides step-by-step advice on getting the best deal on airline tickets. Read this article before you buy your next airline tickets.
• Have you ever thought, “Hey, I can afford 5 payments of $9.99, no problem!” while not noticing that the full price of what you are thinking of buying is actually $50? David warns about The Affordable Monthly Payments Syndrome at My Two Dollars.
• Did you know that restaurants, bakeries, stores, etc. throw away perfectly good items in their dumpsters? Amanda reminisces on dumpster diving in college at Me vs Debt.
• FANDD explains how being cheap can hurt your career at Go To The Ant. Read about three frugal habits and where to draw the line before you potentially hurt your career.

Next week the festival will be hosted by Green Panda Treehouse so please get your entries in!

Written by Pinyo of Moolanomy