Tuesday, 12 May 2009

The 177th Festival of Frugality!

Welcome to the Festival of Frugality! This was my first time hosting a Carnival and it was great fun to read 70-something blogs about personal finance and find some new faves! Take a moment to read a little bit about me as I put together a summary just for you!

I decided to go with a shoe-theme so I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did. Lots of great tips.

First of all, the editor's choice: Snakeskin Jimmy Choos! I love these shoes and these posts! They're just my style.







Can't do gardening without a proper pair of Wellies! And these PF bloggers have some great tips on making your garden work for you.

Buck Weber presents 10 Tips on Finding The Great Morel posted at THE BUCK LIST.

Cindy S presents Seven Deadly Homemade Weedkillers Put To Test: Bleach posted at Small Homestead.
Condo Blues presents Can't Compost? Use Coffee and Eggs Instead! posted at Condo Blues.




Sometimes you just need to go over the top: a truly lust-after-pair of Christian Louboutin's

J. Money presents 5 Things I'll be Blowing my Money on this Boy's Weekend. posted at Budgets are Sexy.

Barry will help you NOT buy them presenting Tips To Curb Impulse Buying posted at Associate Money.

Christy presents Note To Other Spouses From My Husband posted at The Bargain Jargon.








Next, the family shoes you can kick off on your way in the door.


Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents What to Put On a Baby Registry posted at Cash Money Life.

The Smarter Wallet presents Cheap Family Lives The Frugal Life With Ease posted at The Smarter Wallet.

Renee V. Rouse presents Family Meals for Under $5 posted at Frugal-Living-Skills Blog.

Wealth Pilgrim presents The Most Expensive Problem Parents Face - Fixed for Free posted at Wealth Pilgrim: Money Management Advice, Financial Stress Management, & Resources.

Miss M presents A Frugal Mother’s Day posted at M is for Money.

Lazy Man presents Last-Minute, Frugal, Mother’s Day Tips posted at Lazy Man and Money.

DR presents Dave Ramsey Unleashed: How to Apply Ramsey’s ‘Baby Steps’ to Grown Up Finances posted at The Dough Roller.

Shoes hidden at the back of the closet: finding money where you'd least expect it and some good old common sense!


Elizabeth G (Modern Gal) presents Capturing Missing Money posted at Modern Gal.

Kate Kashman presents
Four Financial Lessons from a Six Year Old - The Paycheck Chronicles posted at The Paycheck Chronicles.

debt kid presents
What Puking After a Workout Taught Me About Finance posted at Debt Kid.

Lizzie presents
Search for frugal fun A Dusty Frame posted at A Dusty Frame.
Coupon Artist presents
Frugality Training- Three Essential Steps posted at artofthecoupon.com.

Erin aka Conscious Shopper presents
How to Lower Your Grocery Bill By Not Following My Example posted at The Conscious Shopper.

Debt Free Destiny presents
Steps to Repair Your Credit Yourself posted at Debt Free Destiny.

jim presents
Review Your Insurance Policies Annually posted at Bargaineering.

Debt Free Destiny presents
Steps to Repair Your Credit Yourself posted at Debt Free Destiny.

Gin G. presents
Health Knocking posted at Sense Scribe.

Tracey presents
GIRLS TO GROW: Using Less posted at GIRLS TO GROW.

vh presents
Saving: Every little bit helps posted at Funny about Money.

Mrs. Modern Tightwad presents
MT Tips: Top Ten Garage Sale Rules posted at Modern Tightwad.

Todd presents
Save Money AND Lose Weight posted at HarvestingDollars.

Dan presents
Savings Tips Consumer Reports Style posted at Everyday Finance.

Canadian Finance presents
Just Say No To Extended Warranties posted at The Canadian Finance Blog.

kathryn presents
Even More Easy Savings around the House posted at Out of Debt - Christian Finances and Debt Help.

A true high class classic: Manolo Blahnik's patent leather Mary Jane. These articles remind me of taking classic ideas to a higher level of thinking about personal finance.

Manshu presents Value Traps posted at OneMint.

Madison presents Making Home Affordable Q & A posted at My Dollar Plan.

Michael Haltman presents Man, Is This A Real Bull Market? posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator.

ABC presents Commodities posted at ABCs of Investing.

Bank Savings Review presents Bank Stress Test Results posted at Bank Savings Review.

Investing School presents ShareBuilder Review - Stock Broker for Automatic Investing posted at Investing School.

Raj Patel presents National Addiction to Easy Credit Remains Consumers’ Downfall posted at DebtGoal.

Casual, sun, low budget: flip-flops

Khan Ben presents Investing on a Shoestring Budget posted at Higher Education and Career Blog.

Aryn presents
How to Stay Cool This Summer posted at Sound Money Matters.

MLR presents
Can I Get a Job with a Misdemeanor? posted at My Life ROI, Getting the Best Return On Life.

Heather Levin presents
Frugal Dinner Recipe: Moorish Style Chickpea and Spinach Stew posted at The Greenest Dollar.
FMF presents
How to Afford Retirement: Move to a Foreign Country posted at Free Money Finance.

Kris presents
Spend Less, Eat Healthier: The Five Most Important Things You Can Do posted at Cheap Healthy Good.


and look out for those knock-offs--eww!

Patrick @ Military Money presents Watch Out For Stimulus Check and Government Grant Fraud! posted at Military Finance Network.

FFB presents
Stop The Retirement Ripoff - Interview With David B Loeper posted at Free From Broke.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Prevent Identity Theft: Some Credit Report Monitoring Services and Options posted at The Digerati Life.
Thanks for reading!

8 comments:

Tracey said...

Thanks for hosting the carnival and including my entry. Love the shoe theme!!

Free From Broke said...

Thanks for the hard work hosting!

Funny about Money said...

Thanks for hosting! And thanks for including Funny's squib on saving. Nice job! :-)

Erin aka Conscious Shopper said...

Thanks for hosting this week's carnival! What a great theme!

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sheofthesea said...

Thanks for hosting!

J. Money said...

i loooooooove shoes! esp. sauconys. Fun edition, thanks :)

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