Category Archives: Carnivals

Make It From Scratch! Carnival

Hello everyone!!  I am so pleased to host the Make it from Scratch! Carnival today at Out of Debt Again. Pamela Jorrick presents The BEST Birthday Party Ever!!! posted at Blah, Blah, Blog. Lucky presents All Day Beef Stock posted at Making My Own Luck. Joanne presents Fun Easy Recipes For Kids posted at Fun Easy Recipes For Kids. Craft Stew presents Broccoli Fried Rice posted at Craft Stew. Miss Thrifty presents Growing Brussels sprouts for Christmas posted at Miss… Read the rest

My Grandma was Truly Frugal

Yesterday I promised to tell you about my frugal Grandma.  Grandma was born in 1914 and passed away in 2007.  She grew up during lived through the Great Depression which I'm sure affected her lifestyle for her entire life.  In her mid-twenties, my Grandma contracted tuberculosis and spent almost three years in a sanitarium. When she finally recovered enough to be discharged, she discovered that family members, apparently assuming she would die in the sanitarium, had been able to remove… Read the rest

Festival of Frugality #206 Homemade Christmas Gifts Edition

Welcome to the 206th Edition of the Festival of Frugality – Homemade Christmas Gifts Edition! Posts to the Festival stopped coming in right around 8pm on Friday night. Either y'all were too stuffed from Thanksgiving Dinner, everyone was too busy out on Black Friday or shopping online Cyber Monday, or something's up with the Festival of Frugality email. So this week's edition will be short and sweet. Interspersed amongst the few posts from the early birds, I am going to… Read the rest

Friday Favorites, November 27, 2009

I haven't done this in a while, and since I didn't participate in any blog carnivals this week I thought I'd mention some favorites I found at a couple of the carnivals this week: Carnival of Money Stories hosted by Mighty Bargain Hunter Wow, Good Financial Cents REALLY loves In-n-Out Burgers!  He manages to come up with an entire post on all the wonderful things about this burger joint.  I have to agree, they ARE delicious! My favorite is the… Read the rest