Not Made Of Money

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 [...]

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The Carnival of Personal Finance #159 is up over on Greener Pastures: Personal Finance. This week’s carnival is quite large and has a “zero-emissions” theme. Here are my faves from this week’s carnival:
How I Teach My Kids About Money and Life By Using Bricks at The Wisdom Journal. A great analogy which [...]

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The 131st Festival of Frugality is up over on Broke Grad Student. My top picks from this week’s festival are:
Costco Doesn’t Always Have the Best Price at Uncommon Cents. We have definitely found that you have to constantly watch the prices at the wholesale clubs as they do tend to creep up over [...]

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I’ve just finished reading the 158th Carnival of Personal Finance over at Mrs. Micah. As always, there were many good entries so you really need to head on over there and check them all out. Here are my top picks from this week’s carnival:
Comparing The Cost Of Moving – Do It Yourself [...]

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The 156th Carnival of Personal Finance is up over on PT Money. Here are my favorite picks from this week’s carnival:
13 Free or Cheap Ways To Keep Your Home Cool This Summer at One Caveman’s Financial Journey. Some great ways to reduce the power bill this Summer especially since it is [...]

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We’ve been doing some more simplifying in the house (getting rid of clutter). It was a very “get organized” weekend here in the Not Made Of Money household. Now I have to decide if we’ll donate it all to Salvation Army or Freecycle it.
The Sun’s Financial Diary discusses a plan to [...]

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Our 401K has been on our mind a lot lately. Mr. Not Made Of Money’s employer is changing the plan administrator so our investment choices are changing and the fees are going up. Darn! Anyway, here are some interesting posts I’ve found recently:
Generation X Finance writes that your 401K is not a [...]

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