Mighty Bargain Hunter

Welcome to this week’s Festival of Frugality!

May 30th, 2006 | by mbhunter |

Welcome to this week’s Festival of Frugality! Here we go!

• Supermom in NY presents How To Shop At The Mall, But Pay LESS! posted at Getting Out of Debt.
• Seattle Simplicity gives a Simple Living Profile of a Stay-at-Home Mom & Travel Enthusiast. Stay-at-home and travel enthusiast — now THAT’S impressive!
• MsSnow at msSnow’s Blog gives some ideas on how to make money online.
• Amy Allen Clark at The MotherLoad saves some thyme by making the spice rack usable.
• LA MoneyGuy presents Gambling in Vegas for cheap — posted at It’s Just Money. Always remember: snake eyes beats a trump.
• Tony Miller presents How Layaways Can Save You Thousands On Electronics — posted at SavingMoney. Interesting ideas!
• Free Money Finance presents How to Make a Million Dollars in Ten Years, Part 2: Saving Money. My answer: ask FMF to send you $100,000 per year for 10 years.
• Kevin Surbaugh at Becoming and Staying Debt Free presents some free samples for your perusal.
• Amanda at Young and Broke presents the Cheapskate Grocery Challenge! Good ways to save money here.
• Moses Wong at Investhinker phones home with How Do Resident Aliens Get A Credit Card?
• FinancialReflections presents Five Ways To Be A Frugal Shopper. Some things to try in addition to the cheapskate grocery challenge!
• Automotive Body Work, A Frugal Solution, posted at Jack Yoest — and not a single mention of duct tape!
• Best Shopping Tip: Check Your Receipt, posted at My 1st Million At 33. Aw, come on … everyone knows that those prices are checked, re-checked, and then checked again!
• The Family CEO presents A New Feature: Take Stock Tuesday posted at The Family CEO. Sometimes a reminder of what you’re doing goes a long way.
• Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, originator of this frugalicious festival, presents 2006 Sales Tax Free Shopping Dates. Trivia question: Which state(s) have no sales tax any day of the year?
• JLP presents College Tuition Estimator Online Calculator posted at AllThingsFinancial.
• Nina Smith gives some hints to deal with endcaps, posted at Queercents.
• Bill at Ask Uncle Bill presents Sucking Downward. Friends (frugal and otherwise) come and go, but enemies accumulate!
• Tony Miller presents Tricks For Saving Money Using Rain Checks posted at SavingMoney. “Yep! It’s raining!”
• Muse at Me-ander poses the $64,000 Digital Question. (Well, maybe not quite that much. This is a festival of frugality, after all!)
• Big Cajun Man presents University Education in Canada posted at Canadian Financial Rants.
• Ricemutt at Experiments in Finance presents When did diamond engagement rings become standard? (Personal note: Mrs. MBH did not want a diamond! I got by really inexpensively there!)
• Krista at Living Like No One Else presents this swell-tering post on how to Cool off this summer and save money!
• Jennifer Fowler at Frugal Upstate forgoes dirty looks with No More Classes, No More Books. . . .
• Dominic Foster scores with Setting Goals for Financial Freedom — posted at Growth Milestones.
• Last, but certainly not least, Claire at Tired but happy presents Frugal fundraising for schools.

Thanks for everyone who submitted this week! Hosting the carnivals is always very enjoyable. Have a great week!

Questions tagged credit-card at Cash Commons:

• Anybody have sucesss with 0% Balance Transfers on Credit Cards?
• When entering credit card information on a website, does the billing address have to be correct?
• Two of my credit cards got hit with fraudulent charges the same day. What gives?