Festival of Frugality #161 – Frugal Businesses?

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Another week of Festival of Frugality, another collection of amazing frugality articles for all to enjoy.  It’s no surprised that everyone is into being frugal these days but here’s something to think about – What if the company we work for starts being frugal?  Is that good or bad for us?  Is it necessary?

Editor’s Choice

• Destroy Debt thinks there are 11 Weird Ways to Use Coca Cola and Save Money. What do you think?
• In a great move (more so because of health reasons than financial), Single Guy Money is Ready to Quit Smoking and Save Money.
• Nature Moms’ post title is Save Money on Healthy Organic Foods but it actually contains a bunch of money saving tips!
• Christian PF shares with us Where he find Free and Legal TV and Movies online.

Frugal Tips and Tricks

• Cheap, Healthy and Good lists out 65 Cheap, Healthy, One-Dish Meals with Good Leftover Potential.
• Blueprint gives us a Quick Travel Tip: Subscribe to Travelzoo’s Top 20 Deals List
• Secrets for Money writes: Homemade Spa Treatments At Home Save You Money
• Oh no! Finally Frugal got sick and shares with us 5 frugal cold remedies.
• Your Money Relationship gives us a few Frugal Wedding Tips and says “It’s location, location, location”.
• Fix My Personal Finance gives us some tips when Shopping for a Mortgage.
• Join Passive Dad with Supermarket Money Saving Tips For 2009
• Did you know that Military Members File Taxes Free? Military Finance Network says.
• Being Frugal is not just about saving those dollars and cents. Keep yourself healthy might end up saving you even more down the road, so check out Passive Family Income’s Controlling Rising Health Care Costs.
• Funny about Money shares with us one more money saving tip when he found that space heater works to save on power bills.
• Amanda discusses some common excuses people come up with on trying to save money on groceries in her 25% Grocery Savings Rule In Action-Part 3-Challenges.
• What does it mean to be hardcore frugal? Find out PT Money’s definition with It’s Time to Get Hardcore Frugal. (Disclaimer: Tips within)
• These Get Warm Tips must be popular because we are ahhh.. cold! Frugal Fu writes to us The ABC’s of Surviving Extreme Cold.
• Credit Card Assistant offers one great frugal tip. Don’t Take Your Credit Limit to the Max.
• Have you ever done any Book Swaps? Living Almost Large seems to like them.
• Christmas is over but that doesn’t mean you can’t make use of One Family’s Blog’s Ten Great Gift Ideas for Frugal Families.
• See what Lighter Footsteps mean when he says Living Cheap Is the New Green.
• Stingy Students can get Free Sam’s Club membership. Well, actually all students can. Find out how over at that post.
• I seriously thought I read Online Classes but I learned something new with Personal Finance Analyst’s post on Online Glasses. Ahh, maybe I do need a new pair.
• Make Razor Blades Last Longer by Keeping Them Dry. I always wondered whether spending more money up front on a electrical razor is worth it (it’s more convenient and cheaper per use) but if you still use razor blades, follow Money Tipper’s advice.
• Save Money On Gas wrote about Effective Gas Consumption. Hey, what else did you think he wrote about?
• Frugal Bostonian thinks we can Save $$ Owning Rather than Leasing Cable / Internet Equipment.

Frugal How To

• Want to know how to really be frugal? Learn about value as opposed to price! Pimp your finances has just the article about comparing products.
• FMF reposts a great list from MSNBC on How to Save Money in 2009
• What a timely post. Not Made of Money wrote about How to Have a Frugal Super Bowl Party.
• The Digerati Life reviews a great budget tool when she wrote YNAB (You Need A Budget) Personal Budget Software Review.
• Little People Wealth wants us to Use A Free 411 Service. in last week’s Thrifty Tips Thursday.
• Out of Debt Christian wants us to Be a Better Bargainer. It’s always great to become a expert negotiator.
• How to Manage Money When You’re Unemployed, writes Money Under Thirty. I believe these are great rules to live by even when you have a job.
• Manely Montana gives us a ideas in how we can  Survive the Winter.
• Lazy Man wants to help you Save Money on Your Landline Phone. I would’ve just said to cut it out and use your cell phone instead but he’s actually got tons more good suggestions.
• Teach your kids how to be frugal, presented by American Consumer News.
• How to File Your 2008 Federal Taxes For Free. Timely and important from Cash Money Life.

Frugal DIY

• Valentine’s Day but you want to make a good and frugal impression? Here’s How to Make Your Own Valentines Day Card.
• Make Meals That Cost Pennies, teaches The Family Wallet. Let us all become amazing cooks and save tons of money!

Frugal Stories

• Beef Up Your Piggy suggests: Stick To The List when it comes to shopping!
• Some thoughts from a mommy blogger about cooking Useful Portions. Not too much, not too little!
• Learn how to cook with FruGal’s Domestic Slack-arse to Domestic Goddess in 3 steps.
• Sometimes, we just want to buy something whether it’s expensive or not. See how The Happy Rock felt about shoveling her snow when she said Screw Saving Money…I Want a Snowblower!
• ZPetals writes – Frugality and the Environment.
• Miss Money shares her story about Using Less, Wasting Less.
• The Most Economical Video Game Purchase I’ve Ever Made, presented by Money Beagle.
• 5 Things I Would Splurge On. Some really nice stuff that The Strump wants there. What about you?
• I Pick Up Pennies takes a look at the Marketing logic of his cell phone plans.

Others

• Watson Inc asks “Thrift Paradox – Is Frugality Hurting Economy?“
• Want Suze Orman to approve you on your purchases? Good Financial Cents has just the ticket in: How To Be Approved on Suze Orman.
• The Smarter Wallet takes a deep look at Costco, Sam’s Club and Other Wholesale Shopping Clubs. Do you own memberships to any of these?
• 10 Valentine’s Day Gifts for Under $10. Great post from Making My Own Payday.
• Frugality is important on an individual level, but maybe it’s more important on a country level. Look at our national debt in what Sound Money Matters call the Scariest Movie of the Year: IOUSA.
• The Well Run Dry explains we at all war with mainstream media in his post: The War On Frugality.

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