This week’s carnival of personal finance was hosted at Budgeting Babe. Here are my favorites from the carnival:

In Debt Because I Like Nice Things writes a very in-depth guide on how to downsize your stuff in “How Do I Sell My Stuff: Part I Determining What You Can Sell.” The article states the hardest part is learning to let go of your stuff and I agree with that 100%

Blue Jeans Millionaire shares her process in choosing a health insurance plan in Not-So-Slacker Insurance II: …And Love My HSA. Our insurance is through Mr. NMOM’s employer and we always “crunch the numbers” when choosing our plan.

Chief Family Office writes how fake coupons cost everyone. Fortunately, I haven’t had trouble stacking coupons at my local Target but with coupon fraud on the rise, I wonder if stores will become more restrictive in coupon use, or cut it altogether.

This week’s festival of frugality was hosted at On Financial Success. There were lots of great articles on frugality - here are my favorites from this week:

Debtopedia writes How to Avoid Debt With Good Budgeting.

Natural Moms Talk Radio shares that Natural Product Bargains Can Be Found.

Amateur Asset Allocator provides some Frugal Ways To Lose Weight.

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