It’s easy to become frugal if you follow the steps and keep thy commandments. Don’t forget: the tightwads will smite you if you fall off the path.
Moneyed Blogger presents How To Make A Budget And Stick To It posted at MoneyedUP. You can’t save money if you don’t know where you’re spending it.
Commandment #2: Hold Onto Thy Funds.
Reasonable provides a very succinct breakdown of your W-4 with W-4 Check-Up posted at Richly Reasonable – Money, Saving, Living, Playing.
PT schools us in the right way to complain with How to Complain and Get Your Money’s Worth posted at PT Money. It really is an art form, especially for PT.
vh makes me miss the days of my childhood when I used to come home from school and jump directly in the pool with Hot and Muggy! posted at Funny about Money. Even running through a sprinkler is a great way to stay cool when the weather stays hot.
Jason presents The 10-Step Saving Action Plan posted at Live Real, Now. He is the man with a plan.
Craig Ford presents Student Loan Debt Forgiveness | For Ministers & Non-Profit Workers posted at Money Help For Christians. There are more and more avenues for loan forgiveness, and it would be silly not to explore them all.
Commandment #3: Endeavor To Spend Wisely, If One Must Spend At All.
FMF presents Save Money by Buying on Specific Days of the Week posted at Free Money Finance. Who knew Thursdays were the best time to go clothes shopping?
J. Money presents Rent vs. Buy: Tools, Textbooks, Caskets? posted at Budgets Are Sexy. Rent-a-casket? Definitely grounds for cremation!
Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog presents Calculating Fuel Economy posted at Canadian Finance Blog. Whether you calculate kilometres and litres or miles and gallons, the math is still the same. Keep in mind, it not only helps you track your expenses, but a observing a drastic change in fuel consumption can help you identify a repair before it becomes major.
Paul Williams presents The Value of Quality Cookware posted at Provident Planning. In the Modern Tightwad house kitchen items are a major source of splurge, but we found that having nice cookware means we like cooking more, keeping overall food bills down.
There isn’t a time in my life that I don’t look back on and wish I was more frugal, then when I was going to school MD presents Frugality and Focus in Education posted at studenomics.com.
Neal Frankle presents How To Get Senior Term Life Insurance Cheap posted at Wealth Pilgrim. There are certain items that are more difficult to obtain based on your age. Neal breaks down how to obtain term life insurance as it gets harder.
Commandment #4: Ask For Help When In Need.
Leave Debt Behind.com presents A Money Coach Can Fix Your Finances posted at Leave Debt Behind. There’s nothing wront with asking for assistance.
Commandment #5: Don’t Compromise Thy Good Standards.
Briana Ford presents When Being Frugal is Bad posted at Go Banking Rates. Being frugal (or a tightwad) does not mean you act without ethics. You should always be able to look yourself in the mirror, or your kids in the eye when you save money.
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Thanks for including Funny's squib on surviving on the surface of Venus…uhm, in the low desert of the American Southwest.
Nice job on the carnival. That was very thoughtful to send a short URL, too!
Yes! Cherish Thy Budget – say it loud and say it proud!