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Festival of Frugality # 7

January 23rd, 2006 · 18 Comments

Welcome to the 7th edition of the Festival of Frugality dedicated to posts that show how to make every dollar go a little bit further. Last week’s edition was hosted by Clutter2Cash.

Without further ado, here are the highlights:

Extended Warranties: Investing Intelligently relates a personal story about being asked to buy an extended warranty on an audio cable. Tries to answer the question, “are extended warranties worth buying?”

Spending Less Money on Food: Investing Intelligently provides us some tips on how to spend less on food from his personal experience.

Frugal Valentine’s Day: February 14th is just around the corner and Frugal For Life has a few good back up ideas if the desire hits to celebrate the special day.

Simplify Home Cooking: Create Two Recipe Files: Seattle Simplicity offers a neat tip to organize recipes culled from newspapers and magazines.

Calls to and from Abroad treated as local calls: Wandering Indian Monk shows how to use a VOIP phone to make international calls as if they were local.

Asian grocery stores save you money: mapgirl offers some shopping advice on where the deals are at Asian grocery stores.

Debt Reduction: Solve the Right Problem Financially: Canadian Financial Stuff shares an interesting anecdotal story about making sure that you are solving the RIGHT problem.

We don’t need no stinkin’Paperwork Reduction Act: Don’t Mess With Taxes says that dealing with the IRS can be a hassle, a costly hassle. But some people may be able to save some bucks by e-filing for free.

9 Ways to Look Rich but Live Cheap: Free Money Finance says that it doesn’t take a million bucks to look good.

Avoid Costly Home Insurance Mistakes, Part 1: Five Cent Nickel discusses an article that shows how to save hundreds of dollars every year on home insurance.

Button Cell Batteries: raising4boys.com shows how to get a great deal on button cell batteries to replace those that your kids have burned out since Christmas.

Your Savings is Going to a Better Place: Frugal Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Warehouse shows how to make more interest by simply relocating your money.

The Danger of Cash Flow Thinking: Early Riser discusses the pit falls in forgetting net worth and blindly focusing on cash flow.

Hints & Tips: CD Coasters to Tomcats: Frugal For Life has pulled together a few ideas and links that may help save money or get your juices of creativity going.

Saving on Maternity Clothes: Fat Pitch Financials says that big savings on maternity clothes can be had on eBay and share his recent experience on how the savings stack up.

Free Federal Tax Filing Software: MyMoneyBlog has listed some free tax filing software options open to everyone, but also including a large list of free options by the IRS for people with an AGI under $50,000.

Money Saving Chronicles #2: The Frugal Mind: Adam’s Blog analyzes the frugal mindset and paraphrases Yogi Berra that saving money is 90% mental.

Next week, tune in to Frugal Underground for more frugality ideas.

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18 responses so far ↓

  • 1 jim // Jan 23, 2006 at 9:44 pm

    Thanks for hosting!

  • 2 Financials Carnivals - Fat Pitch Financials // Jan 23, 2006 at 9:57 pm

    [...] Festival of Frugality – Canadian Capitalist [...]

  • 3 Investing Intelligently » Blog Archive » Festival Frugality #7 // Jan 23, 2006 at 10:42 pm

    [...] Canadian Capitalist is hosting the 7th Festival of Frugality today. It features two articles from myself, and also a few other ones I liked such as how to have a “Frugal Valentine’s Day,” how “Asian grocery stores can save you money.” [...]

  • 4 MyMoneyBlog // Jan 24, 2006 at 1:45 am

    Carnavales Del Dinero

    Carnival of Debt Reduction – Canadian Capitalist Carnival of Personal Finance – Be Capitalism Carnival of the Capitalists – Patent Baristas Carnival of Investing – Blueprint for Financial Prosperity Festival of Frugality – Canadian Capitalist…

  • 5 Kay // Jan 24, 2006 at 2:02 am

    Thanks! Duly noted in my blog: “… a pick in the Festival of Frugality #7 compiled courtesy of Canadian Capitalist. Take a look for some money-saving tips.”

  • 6 Kay // Jan 24, 2006 at 2:03 am

    Thanks! Duly noted in my blog, Don’t Mess With Taxes: “… a pick in the Festival of Frugality #7 compiled courtesy of Canadian Capitalist. Take a look for some money-saving tips.”

  • 7 » Festival of Frugality #7 by Blueprint for Financial Prosperity // Jan 24, 2006 at 7:41 am

    [...] Canadian Capitalist is hosting this week’s Festival of Frugality, 7th edition, which is fat with seventeen entries. [...]

  • 8 » Festival of Frugality by Blueprint for Financial Prosperity // Jan 24, 2006 at 7:42 am

    [...] Festival Schedule: DateHost BlogFestival Link Dec. 13th, 2005Blueprint for Financial ProsperityFestival #1 Dec. 20th, 2005Mighty Bargain HunterFestival #2 Dec. 27th, 2005Free Money FinanceFestival #3 Jan. 3rd, 2006Frugal For LifeFestival #4 Jan. 10th, 2006Okdork.comFestival #5 Jan. 17th, 2006Clutter2CashFestival #6 Jan. 24th, 2006Canadian CapitalistFestival #7 Jan. 31st, 2006Frugal UndergroundFestival #8 Feb. 7th, 2006Blueprint for Financial ProsperityFestival #9 Feb. 14th, 2006Boston Gal’s Open WalletFestival #10 Feb. 21st, 2006Retire At 30Festival #11 Feb. 28th, 2005Mighty Bargain HunterFestival #12 Mar. 7th, 2006Simply ThriftyFestival #13 Mar. 14th, 2005Neo’s Nest EggFestival #14 Mar. 21st, 2006Free Money FinanceFestival #15 Mar. 28th, 2006Frugal For LifeFestival #16 Apr. 4th, 2006Five Cent NickelFestival #17 Future datesUndetermined, contact me to host [...]

  • 9 ~Dawn // Jan 24, 2006 at 8:21 am

    A job well done, pulling together two of these!

  • 10 Caitlin // Jan 24, 2006 at 11:29 am

    Thanks for hosting..it looks great and it’s chock full of good reading!

  • 11 mapgirl // Jan 24, 2006 at 5:33 pm

    Thanks for hosting this week!

  • 12 Free Money Finance // Jan 25, 2006 at 11:11 am

    Free Money Finance in Eight Carnivals This Week

    Free Money Finance is part of eight carnivals this week: The Carnival of Investing includes my post on 4 Rules for Asset Allocation Carnival of the Vanities includes my post on Keys to Growing Net Worth Carnival of Personal Finance

  • 13 Harshly Mellow // Jan 25, 2006 at 2:22 pm

    [...] Jeff Soyer has posted his weekly check on media gun bias. The 120th Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Patent Baristas. If you like business blogging, in addition to Carnival of the Capitalists rounding up mostly good stuff weekly, there is now Jotzel. It’s ongoing business and economics related posts anyone can submit and registered users can vote on. The most popular rise to the top, so to speak, and can be seen on the front page. Don’t miss Grand Rounds at Kevin, M.D. If you’re more into the law stuff, Blawg Review has its latest edition, the 41st hosted by Jonathan B. Wilson. For more carnivals and similar memes, check out Blog Carnival Index. For instance, by going there you’d know about the latest Festival of Frugality and the Carnival of Debt Reduction. [0] Comments (0 views) |  [0] Trackbacks  | Permalink [...]

  • 14 Consumerism Commentary // Jan 26, 2006 at 8:24 am

    Participation Requested

    One thing we would like to accomplish with the MoneyBlogNetwork is to spotlight other wonderful blogs covering personal finance. AllThingsFinancial is spearheading the campaign, so if you’re a blogger and you’d like your website to be featu…

  • 15 Five Cent Nickel // Jan 31, 2006 at 6:51 am

    Carnivals – Week of 01/23/06

    It’s that time again… The Carnival of Investing is up at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, and includes my post on An Interview With Ben Stein. The Carnival of Personal Finance (and absolutely nothing else) is up at Be Capitalism, and…

  • 16 MyMoneyBlog » Blog Archive » Carnavales Del Dinero // Aug 5, 2006 at 3:44 pm

    [...] Carnival of Debt Reduction – Canadian Capitalist Carnival of Personal Finance – Be Capitalism Carnival of the Capitalists – Patent Baristas Carnival of Investing – Blueprint for Financial Prosperity Festival of Frugality – Canadian Capitalist [...]

  • 17 Frugal Guy // Oct 15, 2006 at 11:08 pm

    I like the concept. I see I’ve found this page very much after publication, but I’ll be searching around to see if I can find out how to participate and submit items… (or maybe the owner of this blog will shoot me a tip?)

    Thanks.

  • 18 » Carnivals - Week of 01/23/06 @ fivecentnickel.com // Feb 4, 2007 at 12:15 am

    [...] The Festival of Frugality is up at Canadian Capitalist, and includes on my post on Avoiding Costly Home Insurance Mistakes. Also included is Button Cell Batteries from raising4boys.com. [...]

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