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Carnival of Pecuniary Delights Giveaways: Cute Piggy Bank Magnet Prizes for Hosting and Submissions

I recently announced a new personal finance and frugality blog carnival that I’ve organized called the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights, and Madoline and I have decided to kick off the launch of this new carnival with 2 giveaways. The prizes both feature original artwork by Madoline. To see more of her work, please check out [...]

March 1st-7th is National Consumer Protection Week!

Learn how to protect yourself from scams, frauds and identity theft, repair your credit history, save money in the current economy and more.

Pecuniarities (Our Fourpence Worth) 1 Year Anniversary

Pecuniarities is 1 year old this month! The actual date of the anniversary is a little ambiguous, as this was my first blog ever and it took me a little time to get it up and running. After writing several posts, I dated the first post February 13, 2008, but it wasn’t till after the [...]

Friday Fun: Calvin and Hobbes Lemonade Stand Economics Lesson & WSJ Giveaway Reminder

Sorry I’ve been MIA these last few days; I took a short holiday after putting together the Carnival of Personal Finance: Jane Austen Edition, but have a bunch of new posts in the works.
Calvin and Hobbes Lemonade Stand Economics
My Spanish professor from college forwarded me this Calvin and Hobbes comic the other day, which I [...]

2009 Financial Resolutions Blog Contest: Win a Free 6-Month Subscription to the Wall Street Journal

Update 7:20PM January 30, 2009

The winner is Lisa Spinelli! Thank you all again for participating in my first giveaway!
Update 9:00PM, January 24, 2009

Our Fourpence Worth has moved. Please update your feed readers.

Dear Readers,
First of all, we would like to thank you for reading our blog and our feed and email readers for subscribing. We have come a long ways since we started this blog in February, and look forward to bringing you more ideas to help you live frugally, while living healthily and happily too.
A New [...]

Hosting the 16th Finance Fiesta Blog Carnival

Our Fourpence Worth will be hosting the 16th Edition of the Finance Fiesta blog carnival this Thursday September 18, 2008. Frugal and personal finance bloggers, be sure to submit your posts. Categories for this carnival include: Budgeting Techniques, Career Development, Responsible Use of Credit, Economics, Current Events, Money Management, Debt Repayment, Saving Methods and More.
Please [...]



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