Pecuniarities

Welcome to the 139th Edition of the Festival of Frugality! This week’s edition celebrates the sensational achievements of Michael Phelps, holder of 15 Olympic Gold Medals and 7 World Records in swimming, in the past week and a half at the 2008 Olympics with photos and inspirational quotes from the champion himself. I am also [...]

This month’s topic for the PF Bloggers Network Group Writing Project is “Rich People Gone Broke.” Our chosen subject for this project is Wolfgang Mozart, one of the greatest composers that ever lived. While a genius in everything musical, he was less lucky when it came to money management. Prodigy and Breadwinner Mozart first went [...]

While browsing the WiseBread Forums today, I came across an interesting thread in which a member asks: Is “Simple Living” Just Another Term for “Giving Up”? Several members responded with various opinions: There is a difference between simple living and forced poverty. Not everyone enjoys the rat race. It’s a choice. It’s a form of [...]

To celebrate our new Money Tree blog theme (if you’re reading this post in a reader, come and check it out!), I thought I would post a facetious poem that Madoline wrote a while back. The quote in our new header comes from the first line of this poem titled ‘Tis Not a Crime to [...]

We would like to thank the following blog carnivals for including our posts in the following blog carnivals for the moth of March 2008. (Descending chronologically by inclusion date) March 26, 2008 Money Hacks Carnival #5 – Haute Couture Edition Article: Language Lesson ~ Frugality is a Virtue March 24, 2008 Carnival of Personal Finance [...]