From the monthly archives:

July 2006

Festival of Frugality #32 is Up!

by mapgirl on July 25, 2006

Penny Nickel has the latest Festival of Frugality available now, and you’re in for a real treat!
She’s written limericks! Fun stuff. I would say ignore my submission because the Technorati survey call has been taken down now. But go read the submissions by others. Good stuff.
Note: Penny Nickel has changed my submission since the old [...]

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Every year I go to a camping event for 10 days in the desert. Tickets are usually $200+ by August. If you are smart, you buy them in January for $185. Even with the ticket handling fees, it ends up being a good deal than buying one at the gate for $300. Talk about Time [...]

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Hello and Welcome!

by mapgirl on July 25, 2006

Thank you new visitors! Please leave a comment and say hello. (I am sorry that Blogger was down on Monday, but come back again to leave a non-anonymous comment.)
Yesterday, I had a banner day for traffic. I think it was the most traffic I’ve ever had on a single day when I wasn’t a Carnival [...]

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Nalgene Bottles!

by mapgirl on July 24, 2006

College Saver on Nalgene bottles. If you’re a PF Blogger, I am sure you drink lots of tap water. (Will that be filtered or unfiltered?) Read more here. It’s the reason I picked it as my best advice for saving money.
I love my Nalgene. It’s easy to clean, goes anywhere, handles warm beverages or being [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance #58 is up!

by mapgirl on July 24, 2006

Savvy Saver has it available now!
She had a little glitch with Blogger and so it’s not as fancy as she’d like it. That’s ok because there was a ton of submissions anyhow. Just email her if she missed your submission.
There’s good stuff in there. I recommend you check out My Money Blog, Don’t Mess with [...]

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TILT! Save-O-Meter Complete!

by mapgirl on July 24, 2006

As of close of busines today, ING Direct will take out my automatic savings deposit and I will be done my Save-O-Meter!
That’s $4K saved in the bank, not to be touched until I get laid off or whatnot.
It’s mostly in short term CD’s earning at least 5%, because otherwise I will pillage it for some [...]

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My Very Best Money Saving Tip

by mapgirl on July 23, 2006

Drink Tap Water whenever possible.
By far it’s the best money saving and weight reducing tip I can offer. I’ll actually have more this week about this subject.

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Fun Bits From WSJ This Weekend

by mapgirl on July 23, 2006

For some reason, the Wall Street Journal still wants my eyeballs. Though my subscription expired in May, I’m still receiving it. That’s fine by me since it’s pretty expensive to get it which is why I chose not to renew.
This weekend had some pretty spiffy articles. If you can get a copy of the Saturday [...]

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NYT: Two Good Articles

by mapgirl on July 23, 2006

As always, go to Bugmenot for a login if you do not have one. However, I’ve never been spammed by the NYT, nor the Washington Post. Really, just get your own.
First off, a little international intrigue. I’m Korean and the man with the big hair and lifts scares the bejesus out of me. Economic terrorism [...]

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Technorati Calls for Survey Participants

by mapgirl on July 22, 2006

I was on Technorati today, just checking links when I saw an ad in the top left corner. I figured I should click the survey link since I don’t ever do that, but lots of PF Bloggers have been filling surveys and getting cash for it. Why not?
I won’t say anymore about it other than [...]

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