Save and Conquer

Our article, Cinco de Mayo, Celebration and Bar Tabs, was listed in the Festival of Frugality #125 – Save Some Money If You Are Rich Edition. This edition of the Festival has a tongue-in-cheek theme where some of the ways that rich people might try to save money are pointed out. The Festival is worth reading just for the tidbits sprinkled throughout.

Some of the posts I liked were

Moolanomy’s Frugal or Cheap test is a very entertaining post. You really have to take the test. I fall in the Frugal category. What else?

Remodeling This Life mentions some of the benefits of being frugal in Why I Like Being Frugal. She also points out how bogus some people can be in that they treat you differently after they find out you have money.

There are lots of good tips from Saving to Invest about Frugal ways to keep your home safe. I’ve been meaning to put a deadbolt on the back door (we already have one on the front). Now where are my tools…

Frugal Dad has Five Craziest Things I Have Done to Save Money. He says painting the roof of his car by hand was crazy. Hey, my parents paid me to paint their old rusted Ford van! Now that was crazy. I used Rust-O-leum, too, and even masked-off a blue racing strip around the middle. My index fingers and thumbs were pretty tired by the time I finished.

A thought-provoking, and somewhat bizarre article by Saving Advice is Voluntary Poverty and Escaping the Need for Money. The comments are worth reading, as well.

There are loads of other great posts in the Festival. I am still reading some of them. Please stop by and check it out when you can.

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