The Most Popular Frugal Confessions Posts of 2011, and a Few of My Favorites

Happy New Year everyone! Unfortunately for me I came down with the flu starting last Thursday all the way through to Sunday. In between naps, Words with Friends, more naps, and a marathon of movies, I took the sick time to reflect a bit on 2011 and round up the most popular posts from Frugal [...]

Roundup of Cheap Homemade Halloween Costumes

Halloween is almost here! I thought I’d take the opportunity to highlight a few neat and cheap costumes from around the web to give you ideas and inspiration. I haven’t figured out my own costume yet, but am leaning towards the Medusa Hair. I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions in the comments [...]

The 7 Links Project: My 7 Links

Happy Labor Day everyone! I was nominated by 101 Centavos and Sustainable Personal Finance to take part in The 7 Links Project, a blog meme. It’s a chance for me to dredge up some articles from the past and match them to 7 different categories, as well as to nominate 5 other bloggers to take [...]

Article Round-Up

Hello Everyone! I wanted to highlight some articles from fellow personal finance blogs from the past several weeks. Hope you enjoy these articles! Wealth Informatics has a great resource for finding unclaimed money. Mom’s Plans asks, “Are You Frugal at the Expense of Enjoying Life?” Squirrelers looks at Workplace Trends that Impact Us Little House [...]

Yakezie Carnival – The Dow Jones Industrial Average Edition

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the Dow Jones Industrial Average Edition of the Yakezie Carnival. I am honored to be able to host the Yakezie Carnival on Personal Finance this week. If you are new to the blogging world, a blog carnival is a way for individual blogs to highlight other blog’s articles, to get to know [...]

Article Roundup – I’m Back from Austria Edition

Hello Everyone! Well, we are back in the U.S. What a refreshing time off, and a great honeymoon in a gorgeous location. Some of the highlights of our trip include: a trip into the Bavarian Alps (we were right down from Eagle’s Nest, a home built for Hitler…eerie), weiner schnitzel and apple streudel, walks and [...]

Article Roundup – Home Renovation Edition

AT&T Uverse has taken away my beloved HGTV and DIY Network because Scripps Network is trying to charge them double what they are charging other cable networks. As such…I am having house renovation television withdrawals. Hence the roundup. Personal Finance by the Book details a house-flipping project he and his son did together. It’s really [...]

Article Roundup – Suze Orman Edition

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Most of you by now know how much I adore Suze Orman. Since I wrote an article this week dealing with a segment on her show, I thought I would two recent articles around the web dealing with Suze. Daniel from Sweating the Big Stuff discusses some bad advice Suze Orman gave a [...]

Article Roundup – Halloween Edition

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Live Real Now blog has some great tips and ideas on how to save money on Halloween (love the mannequin idea). One of the best is something I do each year: buy next year’s decorations the day or two after Halloween. Look out for sales of 50% +. Len Penzo shares 13 [...]

Article Roundup

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I’d like to share some great articles I’ve read in the last week. Frugal Zeitgeist writes about wacky insurance policies celebrities have taken out. I particularly liked the insurance policy on Ben Turpin’s crossed eyes. Perhaps we should get a policy out on my dimples…. Nickels and Dimes discusses how to get a [...]

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