Weekend roundup
New blogs on the Frugal Blogroll:
- Financial Planning Tips - My site is all about personal financial planning and money management for the average Joe or Jane. Sensible advice for sensible people!
- True Southern Elegance - My blog is a hodge-podge of food (cooking and dining out), entertaining, interior design and travel. A few of my penny pinching entries are: The BEST find at Goodwill, What a Great Week for Thrifting, and White Dishes.
And more good stuff from around the web:
- The Simple Dollar shares Eighteen “Best Money Tips” from the Facebook Fans (and My Comments) - my favorite: I shop with forethought and afterthought. Many, many times I pick up an item only to return it to the self .”Do I need it, do I already have one, can I do without, why do I need it, would something I have work just as well in its place. Doing this has saved us alot of money.
- The Rewards of Frugality and Thrift (or, Why We Scrimp and Save) - Frugality isn't about being cheap. It's about spending purposefully and being aware of our priorities.
- Energy Savings with a Solar Blanket, Hair Clips, and Curtain Rods - If we hadn't installed a sun shade over our deck this summer, I would definitely be trying this. Wish I had thought of it last year!
- 21 Things You Should Never Buy New and 20 Things You Should Never Buy Used - I can never resist lists like these. Good points here but my own list would certainly look different and I'll bet yours would too. ht to pt money
- How to Simplify When You Love Your Stuff - The quote at the top of the article says it all.
- Cheap Wedding Ideas on a Small Wedding - With 4 teenaged daughters (and 6 younger children, 4 of them girls), we'll need to start thinking in these terms very soon.
- Live Within My Means? How? - Too many of us have a hard time with this concept: "It’s a tough pill to swallow, but the guy making $40,000 a year can’t drive the same car that the dude making $100,000 a year does. Once you accept this reality internally, you can become realistic with your spending."
- How to Microwave Gourmet Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag - I'm doing a face-palm now, and you will too. Why didn't I figure this out on my own?!
- Save on Your New Car: Send Mom, Not Dad to the Dealer - Needless to say, this could easily apply to a used car purchase as well. I had to chuckle at how many points I tend to agree with, but it's no coincidence that it was written by 2 women.
- 7 Reasonable Alternatives to Buying - There's nothing surprising here, except how often I forget to consider the options before I shell out the bucks. It's a good reminder.
- Preparing for a Heat Wave - I had to smirk a little at the idea that losing your central air is an emergency - we've spent the last 2 summers in south Texas with no a/c at all. But it's good to have a plan for when things go wrong, and that doesn't just mean the life-threatening situations.
- Bound to Buy: The 10 Types of Consumers Who Inevitably Overspend - Don't be one. If you are, at least be aware of your weaknesses.
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6 Responses to “Weekend roundup”
August 7th, 2010 at 10:34 am
[...] I like to post a roundup of links over at Frugal Hacks every now and then, but I found so many great articles this time I couldn't [...]
August 8th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
OK, I finally tried the microwave popcorn, and wow, it works! That’s a keeper!
August 8th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I hope you all had a great weekend. Thanks so much for the mention.
August 8th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
re: living within my means. how?…it is when you are living below your means that you know you are doing good…who cares what others think..you will have money in the bank.
August 11th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I was intrigued by the popcorn in a lunch bag idea, but my first attempt was a disaster! 1/2 cup of raw popcorn was way too much for the lunch bags I had. I tried 1/4 cup for 2.5 minutes and it was perfect. Great idea!
August 19th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Great reads! Thanks for the frugal ideas. Keep ‘em coming!
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