Carnival of FRUGALITY!

There's a brand-new carnival out there, and Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is hosting the first one. Check out the very first Festival of Frugality. I'm annoyed with myself because I meant to enter this one, but I forgot all about it until the deadline had passed.

That's no reason we can't all benefit from it though.

Some of my favorites:

Young and Broke explains how you, too, can feel like a millionaire- save your money, invest wisely, maintain a thrifty mindset, clip coupons, buy clothes on sale, be frugal.... check out the link to see why.

Boston Gal's Open Wallet explains some frugal uses for candle stubs, and she explains the easy way of getting old bits of wax out of the candle holder (I mean to share this when we wrote about this easy craft using old wax, but I forgot. Visit Boston Gal and see what it is. I promise, it really works!)

Wenchypoo at Wench Wisdom has some very interesting ideas about big ticket items, insurance, pensions, and more. A thought provoking read. I'll be showing this one to the Headmaster.

David Gross at The Picket Line has a great post (you'll need to scroll down):

“How can you possibly live on $15,000 a year,” says someone who lives on $40,000 a year. “How can you possibly ask that question,” says someone who lives on $800 a year.

Why do people have such a wide range of values for how much money they think is necessary to get by on? A couple of days ago, PNC Bank released some results from a survey they’d done of “America’s wealthiest individuals” (“792 affluent American adults, including nearly 500 high net worth individuals with more than $1 million in investable assets”):

Click on the link to see the findings. I found it interesting because every place we have ever lived, and that's a lot of places, we have been told that it is impossible to live on one income, and in particular on one airman's salary. Impossible, absolutely impossible, we're told, and yet, we always have managed to do just that.

Crafty Geek gives instructions for making a rice bag. These are great to take to bed on a cold winter's night.

There's a few more of interest; it's not a large carnival, but I'm sure it will grow. Instructions for entering the next one are included at this one, so click on the link and start saving.=)