The Olympics Is @ The Carnivals!

Have you been watching the Olympics?

I haven’t been following it that much, and only do so when I surf the channels during a break. But I did hear about this guy who won a ton of gold medals (was it up to 8 now?), whom the Festival of Frugality #139 was celebrating in its current edition.

I was happy to have had my post (Lost Money: How Money Drains Add Up) make it as an Editor’s Pick at this festival. I also didn’t realize that I had accidentally submitted this same post this week to the Carnival of Personal Finance, which is actually against the CoPF’s rules. This post also made it there as one of the Editor’s Choices, but now I feel guilty having made the boo-boo with the submissions. Unlike how it would be at the Olympics, I wasn’t disqualified. I hope the carnival “powers that be” will forgive me for this error this one time!

But back to the Festival of Frugality, hosted at Our Fourpence Worth. Here are some of my faves for this edition:

• Is The Layoff Boom about to Fall? @ Funny About Money
• Frugally and Happily Back To School 9 Different Ways @ MoneyNing
• 13 Tips On How To Maximize Grocery Shopping @ We Like Money

While at the Carnival of Personal Finance #166 presented by Everyday Finance, I was drawn to these posts:

• The Lady Who Wouldn’t Pay Her Mortgage @ Can I Get Rich On A Salary?
• Dow 370,000 @ Dividend Growth Investor
• If You Want To Be Wealthy, You Need To Know This @ Millionaire Mommy Next Door

Also, I won a place in the hard to enter Real Estate Blog Carnival this time around! Yay! I got the “Inverted Elbow” award (warning: this Olympic moment is ugly) for my post about big houses entering foreclosure via the Extreme Makeover Home Edition show.

And to round out this Olympic themed week, I was very thrilled to accept a bronze medal from the Carnival of Debt Reduction for my vintage article on how we can borrow, barter and buy used as ways to embrace a frugal lifestyle.

Recent Carnivals

• Investing Carnival #8
• Festival of Stocks
• Carnival of the Green
• Reviews Carnival
• Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival 63
• Parents Helping Parents
• Best of Me Symphony

 
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