Festival of Frugality

And every other country of course, but here in the USA it is Veterans Day tomorrow – so Domestic Cents tips their hat to those who have served.  The five star picks are as follows:

• J.D. Roth from Get Rich Slowly shares The Curse Of A Big-Win Mentality.He writes, “We are a culture that loves to celebrate shaving $200 off our monthly mortgage with a new $300/month car payment.” So true.
• Oops! Did you screw up dinner? No need to throw it out and order pizza. You can find 5 Quick Fixes To Salvaging A Good Meal at Wise Bread.
• There’s a tough one at Gather Little By Little – How Much Does Your Vice Cost? We all hold onto something that isn’t really helpful or doesn’t make like easier – we just like it. What is it costing you?

Thanks for hosting!!  Next week the Festival travels to Cheap Healthy Good – so make sure you’re a part of it by entering today!

As Frugal Homemaker Plus hosts the Big Long List Edition, and I’ve picked a few out that caught my eye:

• Cheap Healthy Good puts on a mythbuster hat to bust modern food myths!
• Family Balance Sheet reminds us that the clearance rack is not just seasonal wrapping paper!
• Sarah at The One! gives 99 excellent tips on saving money at your wedding.

Visit the Festival to see even more great entries, and pick some favorites of your own!  Thanks for hosting the BIG list!  Now make sure to submit today to be included in next week’s edition, hosted at Domestic Cents!

At Gather Little By Little, of course!  The cream of the crop for this banner festival is judged to be:

• Craig Ford presents How to Avoid the Restaurant to Save Money posted at Money Help For Christians.
• Mr Credit Card presents Why I Collect Milesposted at Ask Mr Credit Card.
• Peter presents How To Get The Best Deal When Signing Up For Cable Or Satellite TVposted at Bible Money Matters.
• J.D. Roth presents Pay Yourself First posted at Get Rich Slowly.
• MoneyNing presents Help Your Children Visualize Money Mangement with the Four Jars Approach posted at Money Ning.

But there is plenty for all to enjoy!  Take a spin over to the festival and find something you like.  And while you;re doing that, make sure to enter next week’s festival, which will be at Frugal Homemaker Plus!

The Festival of Frugality has reached a historic milestone, the 200th edition!  Witness the fun, excitement and celebrations at Miss Thrifty, with fireworks included! The festive edition includes these witty entries:

Tyler presents Quit Worrying About 80% of Your Life posted at Frugally Green.

Paul Williams presents Neuroeconomics: Helping Explain Why We Make Stupid Money Mistakes posted at Provident Planning.

Wojciech Kulicki presents Navigating The 4 Stages of New Car Ownership posted at Fiscal Fizzle.

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the Festival travels to Gather Little By Little so get your entries in!

The Festival this week travels to Improve The Quality, where the host wants to improve the quality of your festival with his Signs of the Times edition.  The tight four of editor’s picks include:

• Tyler presents Less is More: Embrace Sustainability and Avoid a Scarcity Mindset posted at Frugally Green.
• Shadox presents Mortgage: Every Thing You Buy Costs Twice as Much! posted at Money and Such.
• The Financial Blogger presents 2008-2009 Recession Being Good for You! posted at The Financial Blogger.
• Madison presents 5 Ways Spending More is Actually Frugal posted at My Dollar Plan.

Thanks for hosting!  Did YOU want to be a host to this enlightened festival of goodness?  Maybe you could host the historic 200th edition?  Or even #199, because yes, we need hosts as soon as next week.  Contact us today and make that dream a reality!

The festival this week travels to Green Panda Treehouse, a resource for the savvy college student. Laura hosts the Juggling edition,  picking a number of editor’s picks, including:

• Free Money Finance presents How to Save Money on Moving.
• Tyler presents Prioritize Your Sustainable Pursuits.
• My Life ROI presents Guide to Getting Hired Quickly.
• Gather Little By Little asks, Purchase with or without a credit card?
• The Dough Roller presents 75 Painless Money-Saving Tips .

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the Festival of Frugality travels to Funny About Money, so get those witty words entered!

The Festival of Frugality travels this week to The Good Life – On a Budget of course!  The festival shines with editor’s picks like:

• Peter from Bible Money Matters presents What is a Roth IRA and What are the Benefits?, a guest post by JoeTaxpayer.
• Jim at Bargaineering showcases a guest post on How to Eat Healthy on $10 a Day, written by Vic at Gym Jumkies.
• Silicon Valley Blogger explains why the savings account rates right now are so pathetic at The DIgerati Life.
• The Financial Blogger gives us 4 Tricks to Save Money on Groceries while being lazy.
• PT presents How Does Your Spouse Help Financially? posted at PT Money.

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the festival is off to Green Panda Treehouse so don’t delay, enter today!

First time host The Centsible Life does a bang-up job organizing their very first festival! Among the editor’s picks for this edition are:

• Green Panda presents Preparing for a Move: Removing Clutterposted at Green Panda Treehouse.
• J. Money presents Look Like a Million Bucks on a Budget posted at Budgets are Sexy.
• FMF presents Always Do the Math posted at Free Money Finance.

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the festival travels to The Good Life on a Budget so get your entries in!

Or maybe to my childhood – Canadian Finance Blog hosts the GI Joe edition! My internet decided to take a hiatus yesterday morning for the day, but the festival still went out right on time, with these editor’s picks:

• Francine Jay presents 9 Ways to Save Money Before 9AM posted at Frugillionaire.
• mfd presents 11 Money Saving Renovation Tips posted at My Findependence Day.
• Silicon Valley Blogger presents Use Energy Star Appliances To Save On Utility Costs posted at The Digerati Life.
• Studenomist presents 10 Ways College Students Can Save Money posted at Studenomics.
• Dawn presents When Frugality Crosses Over to Stealing posted at Frugal For Life.

Thanks for hosting!  Make sure you don’t get lost at the movies and enter today for next week!

This week the festival travels to Automatic Finances, where we learn to put our finances on autopilot and watch our net worth grow.  Jason picks a few gems as editor’s picks:

• Paul Williams presents How to Conquer Any Sales Pitch: The Power of Enough posted at Provident Planning.
• Andy presents The Health Benefits of Living Frugally posted at Saving to Inve$t.
• a.b. presents Frugality Still Not “Acceptable” posted at Modern Tightwad.
• Baker presents 25 Essentials That Are Better and Cheaper to Make at Home posted at Man Vs. Debt.
• Elizabeth G (Modern Gal) presents Has Frugal Advice Gone Too Far? posted at Modern Gal.

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the festival travels to Canadian Finance Blog, so make sure your entry is among them!