Festival of Frugality #77
The uber lucky David at My Two Dollars brings to us the uber lucky 77th Festival of Frugality this week and did us a great favor by selecting some nice editor’s choice articles.
Paul presents 10 frugal things to try before you die (updated) posted at Wise Bread – Personal Finance and Frugal Living Guide. Some great stuff here, as I am a fan of reading various books on things I should do before I die. However, drinking beer out of the drip tray at a bar is definitely not one of them.
Super Saver presents Free Children’s Books From Barnes & Nobles posted at My Wealth Builder. This not only is frugal, but it will encourage your children to read more books. And anything that does that is a very positive thing indeed, regardless of whether it saves anyone any money.
The Frugalist presents Cheap Versus Frugal: 21 Humorous (but Common) Mistakes posted at Frugalist. How often do you cross the line between being frugal and being cheap? A few years ago I learned the difference and have never looked back!
Nina presents Miscellaneous Expenses: Where Did My Money Go? posted at Queercents. Creating and following a budget is relatively easy…but what exactly goes into the miscellaneous category? If anyone can tell me, please let me know.
FMF presents How to Have A Wedding for Under $200 posted at Free Money Finance. While we spent more than $200 on our wedding, we were able to keep the costs below $12,000, about half of the national average. Seeing some friends drop the price of a new BMW or a big down payment on a house for a 5 hour event encouraged us to save where we could by doing a lot of it ourselves. After all, as much as weddings are great, they are over in the blink of an eye, and most people spend money to impress other people, not themselves. That, my friends, is not being very money smart.
Next week’s Festival will be hosted by Jenn of Frugal Upstate.