Welcome to the 18th edition of the Festival of Frugality dedicated to posts that show how to make every dollar go a little bit further.

Without further ado, here are the highlights:

A Blast From the Past: Portion Control and Cost Per Serving: Frugal Wisdom shows how to practice the lost arts of portion control and calculating cost per serving.

Surviving IV: Change Our Family Tree shares their family’s experience of being broke and how they cut expenses to survive in a series of posts.

Super cheap travel in the Midwest (or England): Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise posts about a new economical bus service called Megabus.

Don’t you know? me-ander says that not everyone appreciates a bargain.

Great “Hot Deals” Sites: 2 Retire At 50 shares his favourite sites to find out what the good deals are for the day.

Finance: Spring Cleaning: Canadian Financial Stuff adds a new ritual for the spring season.

Money Saving Tip: Keep Your Kids from Hanging on Garage Doors: Free Money Finance offers a unique money saving tip!

Hints & Tips: Nuts to Address Labels: Frugal for Life throws out a few extra tips to make things last longer or find new uses for stuff.