Festival of Frugality

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!

Frugal Upstate hosts this week’s compendium of frugality with a simple theme – let the posts speak for themselves. And with that, here is a taste of the frugality with the editor’s picks:

• Mmmm, Seafood! posted at Modern Tightwad
• Man Vs. Debt posted Should You Hate Debt… Should You Hate Anything?.
• Delayed Gratification: The frugalist’s secret weapon posted at Funny about Money.

Thanks for hosting!  Make sure to be included in next week’s edition by entering today!

At It’s Frugal Being Green this week! The festival makes a stop at this first time host, garnering a number of savvy posts and one editor’s pick:

Modern Gal presents Do Certain Personality Types Save More? posted at Modern Gal.

Thanks for hosting! The festival makes a trip to Frugal Upstate next week, so get those frugal thoughts posted and entered!

First time host Modern Tightwad presents us with a festival full of tips, tricks, and of course, a few editor’s picks! They include:

• Tyler presents Lessons From Children’s Tales: The Tortoise and the Hare posted at Frugally Green.
• FMF presents It Pays to Ask — You Never Know If/When It Will Work posted at Free Money Finance.
• Francine Jay presents 10 Signs You’re Not as Rich as You Could Be posted at FRUGILLIONAIRE.
• Patrick @ Money Saving Deals presents Free Smoothie From Jamba Juice posted at Money Saving Deals.

Thanks for hosting!  Stay tuned for next week when the festival travels to It’s Frugal Being Green – make sure to submit your entry!

Or maybe just taking a stop along the Financial Highway with the best wedding songs edition.  The host is getting married this weekend, so included his top four wedding songs (my very own wedding song did not make the cut, sniff sniff).  Along with some songage, these were the editor’s picks:

• Peter presents 10 Tips To Help Sell Your Home Fast In A Down Market posted at Bible Money Matters.
• Craig Ford presents Frugal or Cheap? posted at Money Help For Christians.
• Tom @ Canadian Finance blog presents 10 Ways To Save Money On Groceries posted at The Canadian Finance Blog.
• Heather Mann presents Dollar Store Crafts:Make a Trashcycled Hermes Birkin Bag posted at Dollar Store Crafts.

Thanks for hosting!  If the festival got married, what would it marry anyway?  The Carnival of Personal Finance perhaps?  I can’t answer that, but I can remind you to get your entries for next week in!

Festival of Frugality travels to Go Frugal! for its 187th edition, and a festival it is!  It does not have editor’s picks, but categorizes the posts nicely.  The very first post caught my eye and, I quote:

Let’s start with something ambitious – James, of the blog Losing Face, has spent over 18 months in a cashless existence.  What began as a bet, ended up teaching him the importance of budgeting and planning ahead.  Watch his video for some of the “Do’s and Dont’s” he’s learned along the way.

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the festival again rides the Financial Highway – make sure it stops by your entry!

Is frugality underrated?  Is being frugal underappreciated?  Check out this week’s Festival #186 at M is for Money, hosted by the fabulous Miss M, and decide for yourself!  Here are a few frugal finds:

Save Trips to the Store, Save Money
We save money by shopping less often, and apparently we’re not alone. Maggie at Your Non Toxic Life shares How Frozen Milk Saves Me Money

Will America’s New Found Frugality Last?
Darwin’s Finance wonders if America has learned her lesson in The New Normal is: Abnormal – It Won’t Last

See the Game, Keep your Change
Jeff from Good Financial Cents gives his thoughts on How to Save Money Going to a Sporting Event

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the festival travels to Go Frugal! – make sure to enter early (but not often! - one per customer).

Hosted this week by Money Relationship! The barbeque edition this week features a smorgasbord of favorites, including:

• Paula presents Do Not Buy These School Supplies Unless Required posted at Monroe on a Budget.
• Jeff presents How To Save On Your Property Tax posted at Good Financial Cents.
• Heather presents How Costco Primes Us To Spend More Money… posted at The Greenest Dollar.
• Barry presents Learn To Survive On A $100 Grocery Budget posted at Associate Money.

Thanks for hosting!  The list of future hosts is getting lean, consider volunteering to host a future edition of the festival, and don’t forget to enter next week’s hosted by M is for Money!

A Frugal Adventure, of course! This week the festival travels to My Frugal Adventures, where the editor-selected highlights include:

MoneyNing presents Side Hustle, Self Employed, Entrepreneurship.

Monevator says “Borrow now and have less later” in The Really Obvious Thing We All Forget When Borrowing Money

Thanks for hosting! Next week the festival travels to Money Relationship, so get those frugal entries in!

The festival of Frugality travels to Financial Highway this week, presenting on the road to the Honeymoon Destination edition!  It is chock full of frugal insights and tips, including these editor’s picks:

• Fabulously Broke presents The three levels of frugality posted at Fabulously Broke ….in the City.
• Lazy Man and Money presents Save Money on Groceries posted at Lazy Man and Money.

Thanks for hosting!  Next week the festival travels to My Frugal Adventures so get those entries in!