The Festival of Frugality has been around for almost 5 years (Dec. 2005) and Frugal for Life has been around since Nov. 2004, though due to a "duh-me" moment, you only have archives from Nov. 2008. Time passes so quickly and it is fun, sobering and enlightening to go over the archives and see what was important to us at the time.
For this edition of the festival of frugality I want to take a walk through the submissions in order the blog was started (based on what I could find), from newest baby blogs to the "old guy" blogs. Enjoy!
The links with a star ☆ are the articles that interested me.
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2010
August
The Half-Off Diet - The Frugalist Asks: Should You Throw Away Food?
June
Spruce Up Your Finances - Understanding Tax Credits
Richly Reasonable - Money, Saving, Living, Playing - The Problem with Easy Money
May
My Life after Layoff - Variations On A Frugal Theme
Provident Planning - Personal Finance Bible Study: Contentment (Part 7 of 12) – Practical Applications
Debt Assistance Guru - The Insiders Guide To Cutting Your Cell Phone Expenses
April
Surviving and Thriving - The blackberry gavotte
Wealth Informatics - Taking a 401k loan – Rules and limits
March
☆ Squirrelers - Shameless Frugality or Just Plain Weird?
January
My Personal Finance Journey - "High-End" and "Value" Pricing Strategies on Consumer Goods
Control Your Cash - Lower fees through prevarication
2009
November
☆ ShopGala Blog - 16 Unbelievable Shopping Disasters Caught on Tape
Live Real, Now - Selling Your Home: The Real Estate Agent
October
Obsessed Analytic - A Personal Credit Score Designed for You
July
☆ Wanderlust Journey - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Shareholder Benefits
Find My Car Seat - How to Save Money on Diapers
June
Rabbit Funds - HOW TO: Dejunk your home, sell stuff, and be happier
2008
December
PadBlog - Rental Insurance for Apartments – Do All Renters Really Need It?
October
Family Balance Sheet - How To Make Iced Coffee
August
Money Beagle - Don't Be Wasteful When Shopping In Bulk
Money Obedience - Save Money with 2 Rules to Negotiate for a Good Bargain
May
Passive Family Income - How to Start Saving Money on Food Expenses
February
Budgets are sexy - Don’t Know What to Make of These “Coupon Books”
2007
October
Free from broke - 9 Ways For Students To Get Textbooks For Less
August
Move to Portugal - Reader Question: Do you make your own bread?
May
Christian Personal Finance - How Do You Avoid Cell Phone Bill Overcharges?
☆ Dough Roller - Comcast Has Lost My Business Forever
April
PTMoney - Frugal Travel to New York: My $400 3-Night Trip
2006
August
My Wealth Builder - Look or Ask for a Coupon
The Digerati life - How A Good Insurance Agent Helps Cut Insurance Costs
January
Dual Income, No Kids - Should You Buy or Lease a Car
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March
☆ Free Money Finance - Where You Buy Something Makes a Big Difference in Cost
Canadian Personal Finance Blog - Dumber Than Snake Mittens
February
Bargaineering - Calculate Your Monthly Freedom Day
Dewey's Treehouse - Abundance of the heart...on the many ways of looking at money
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Thank you for reading this week's Festival of frugality. Get your articles in early for next week, it will be hosted at Canadian Finance. Also, let Jim know if you are interested in hosting as well. A bit of work, but a great way to get your blog out there.
If you were included in this list, please don't forget to link back to the festival here. Thanks!
Looks like we win the Old Geezer award? Thanks for hosting!
Oct 2008 seems so long ago.
Thanks for hosting and including my post.
Thank you for including my post! I also appreciate seeing the star next to it, I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.
Thanks for hosting and including my article!
Didn't realize there were so many blogs back in the day.
Thanks so much for hosting!
Thanks for hosting, I am almost an Old Geezer, I guess.
Thanks for including the brand-new Half-Off Diet! What a clever spin on the carnival layout...it must have been quite a job. Thanks for hosting. :-)
Thanks for hosting this carnival and for including our post!
Thanks for hosting Dawn and including my post; gosh time flies when you're having fun :-)
Thanks for including the Control Your Cash post, and indirectly encouraging consumers to lie through their teeth.
@Control Your Cash
I aim to please - even in the grey areas
Very original idea and kinda fun to see where we fall into place. Thanks for the include!
Great blog posts, def going to have to check some of these out :)
Tanks for hosting!!!
Thanks for the inclusion! I, too, enjoyed the format.
thank you for including my post