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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This past weekend our garage door decided to take a vacation. Fortunately, we had the car outside when it happened. Turns out the garage door spring broke (big spring!) and we had it replaced yesterday to the tune of $180. Thank goodness for the emergency fund!

On to some highlights from this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance at Mighty Bargain Hunter and Festival of Frugality at Squawkfox.

Mend Your Money discusses how people try to make themselves feel better through shopping too much. I have extended family members who sadly subscribe to this form of therapy.

I’ve Paid For This Twice Already takes the first steps in buying long term disability insurance.

Discover Debt Freedom gives 5 tips for finding financial freedom.

Frugal Dad shares his 75 Tips to Survive a Down Economy.

MoneyNing details a cool way to find coupons and how to “setup Google alerts to get coupons and deals.”

Frugal Fu talks about Putting off Pests for Less.

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The Festival of Frugality #132 was hosted this week at Budgets Are Sexy. Here are my top picks from this week’s entries:

Natural Family Living Blog gives 10 Ways to Reuse a Glass Jar .

No Debt Plan shares How I Saved 30% on Breakfast.

Savvy Frugality shows a way to save on food costs in Grow Your Own Recession Victory Garden

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