Festival of Frugality 138 – The First Principles

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Welcome to the 138th edition of Festival of Frugality – The First Principles.  When it comes to frugality, some people seem to think that if it’s not already within us, it’s impossible to become frugal.  As personal finance bloggers all know, this is simply not true!  With so many great articles about the subject this week, let’s use this chance to revisit the fundamentals and highlight the first principles of frugality.  Gain the knowledge by learning it, train our behavior by thinking it and put frugality in action by just doing it!

Refreshing Ideas

• Steward presents A Frugal Shopping Tip That Leaves Everyone Smiling. I really hope that this happens to me!
• Jason presents Don’t Be a Self-Righteous Frugalist. Really. Don’t!
• Lazy Man and Money presents Can I Pay Less for Something of Similar Value? That’s exactly how we should think all the time.
• Squawkfox presents eBook: Frugal Food and Fitness: Get fab without spending a fortune. Get your copy today!

Learn It

The best gift we have is our ability to learn!  If we can learn a few new ways of saving money every week, we will be a frugality expert in a few years!

• Cash Money Life presents Online Bill Pay – Cheaper, Faster, Greener, More Secure. Save more money!
• Steve Faber presents How to Save Gas Tips – The Master List
• Tiffanie presents luggage costs: coach vs. first class.
• Aryn presents How to Eat Well for Less: Frugal Grocery Shopping
• Briana presents 7 Ways to Save on Prescription Costs
• Amy presents Your Local Library: Netflix for Books
• J. Money presents The Half.com, Amazon, Overstock, College bookstore challenge
• The Happy Rock presents Get Lots Of Free Stuff On Your Birthday
• Chief Family Officer presents When is it worth hunting for cheaper gas?
• Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Cost of Being Overweight!
• Dana presents Making Money from Your Trash: Sell, Donate, Recycle, and Re-Gift
• Randy presents Buying that Dream Car Might be a Good, Frugal Decision
• Joseph presents How To Save Money On Cars
• Ben presents Save Money on Gas with Rewards Cards, Gas Rebates, Working from Home, and More!
• Madison presents 15 Tips for Saving Money While You Still Have a Job
• Del presents How Discount Shopping Trumps the Mall for Back-to-School Bargains
• Briana presents Coupons! They really are everywhere!
• FMF presents Do You Buy, Sell or Trade Gift Cards? Check this out to save some money!
• Ashley presents Green Living: Shop Smart
• Lauren Rose presents Tips on How to Teach Your Kids to Save Money.
• Lisa Spinelli presents Reasons to Pass on the Extended Warranty
• Cooupon Artist presents Trying Out A Variation on Once-a-Month Cooking
• KCLau presents Frugal living doesn’t mean cheap
• GBlogger presents I Get Frugal With A Little Help From My…
• So Cal Savvy presents Frugal Furniture
• BeThisWay presents Medication Expiration Dates Not So Relevant

Think It

Whether it’s our behaviors or our mindset, it takes constant reminder for being frugal to become second nature.  Here are some examples of how we should think and behave.

• Kyle James presents Frugality In Practice: Only Buy What You Can Afford, Please!
• LAL presents Frugal Tip – Use CC to buy Gas!
• Jennifer presents Getting Ahead: Plugging the leaks!
• Erica Douglass presents Entrepreneurs: Is Extreme Frugality A Waste of Time?
• Penelope Pince presents Is “Simple Living” Just Another Term for “Giving Up?”
• Wenchypoo presents TV D-Day: Will You Need a Converter Box?
• Jennifer Derrick presents Life is Short: Loosen the Reins on Spending?
• Joseph presents Do You Really Need Cable?
• 3 Moms presents Being Frugal, Not Cheap
• Ryan Suenaga presents Thrift: What a Concept!
• Kevin presents Your Garbage Reveals All
• Benjamin Dinsmore presents Dave Ramsey Shifted My Financial Paradigm
• DJ presents Getting Used to the Frugal Life

Do It

Nothing will result unless we put it in action.  To borrow from a slogan we’ve all heard before, “just do it”!

• YI HUI presents I made $1 by buying 2 boxes of Hair Color in Walgreens
• jim presents Be Ecofriendly To Your Wallet This Summer
• PT presents Walking Directions From Google: Its Cheaper To Walk Than Drive
• Serena presents Stretch Your Food Dollar: Amazing Grains
• Marcia presents Pinching Pennies on Produce
• Todd presents Subscription Skip (Finance Game #3)
• rc presents Frugal Things to Do in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Kelly from Almost Frugal presents Frugal Entertainment in France
• Briana presents What I did this weekend: Canning & Freezing Garden Veggies
• Redd Horrocks-Maier presents Need to Save Money on Entertainment? Watch the Olympics

Others
To practice frugality, just learn it, think it, and do it!

• FIRE Finance presents FIRE Finance: FREE Nationwide Musuems Admissions – Courtesy of BOA
• Megan presents Pet Expenses
• Stephanie presents What is Green?
• Jonathan presents The Hidden Fee That Costs Us Money
• Anand presents Ian Stephens – Identity of a Wealth Builder
• ChristianPF presents Getting out of Debt (Part 1): It’s not about you

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