Festival #236: True Blood Happy Hour Edition
Welcome to the 236th Festival of Frugality, True Blood Happy Hour Edition. I am excited to host this weekly edition and ongoing installation of the best articles on Frugality within Personal Finance. If you’re a fan of True Blood, then I think you’ll like this week’s theme!
Vampire King Picks
Finance 101: Introduction to Bonds Lesson 1
- Bloody sweet post detailing how to save even more money by giving a thorough fangbanger primer on investing in Bonds.
Stay Cool When Saving Money on the Electric Bill
- Fangbanger approved post on how to stay cool during the summer heat wave. You know we get busy at night!
How to Save Money on Your Summer Vacation
- Favorite of the Vampire King picks, fangbangers and vamps alike need vacations too!
Fangbanger’s Delight’s
- Wanderlust Journey shares a timely post about checked baggage fees during the summer travel season.
- RichlyReasonable reminds us that eating in not only saves money but can be a great stress reliever as well.
Sweet Tea: A Cheap Alternative to Soft Drinks but Tastier than Water
- ProvidentPlan extols the virtues of sweet tea and while it may not be as healthy as pure water, it sure is a great alternative to soft drinks
Tax Holidays for Back to School Savings
- Wealth-Builder teaches us how to save during back-to-school season
Learning to Say “No” to Your Kids
- MoneyNing gives important lessons in how to say no to your children
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I'm not a True Blood fan because it's on cable TV right? I can't afford that! Anyway, thanks for having me at the top of the list with my posting on bonds! Will Tweet it out and link back to you. Thank you so much. Oh, and I've always loved your blog name. There's a horrible subway singer in my train station that sings the song and I always think of you blog as she's murdering the song.
Is this author still on a diet? Or, is she really thinking about having a good old cupcake…
Thanks for including me. Nice to be a King pick.