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This Week’s Carnival of Personal Finance and the Festival of Frugality

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I participated in two carnivals this week:

The Festival of Frugality over at Frugal Babe. I submitted my article on The Frugal Ways We Beat the Heat Today.

Plonkee Money hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance. I submitted my article on Operation Garage Sale: Successfully Selling Clothes.

There are lots of articles to read. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to go through them yet, so I hope you enjoy.  If you find an article that you really enjoyed, feel free to share in the comments.

Thanks to Frugal Babe and Plonkee for hosting!

A Lie About Credit Card Debt, Paying off $58K and Needs Vs. Wants

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I’ve been pretty occupied with getting ready for our garage sale and as a result I put our finances on autopilot for a little while. That’s why I haven’t updated my net worth or our debt total yet. I cannot believe what I have been finding while going through everything. I mean, I found clothes that I purchased years ago for my son to grow into. Well, I “remembered” about them a little too late because some are now too small!

Oh, the neatest find so far? I had purchased some rolled paper from a garage sale years ago. I thought my son would love drawing on it and I could set it up so he could roll it out, draw on it and tear off his creation. Again, he was a little young at the time so it sat in a cabinet. I uncovered it, and when I opened it I found a few surprises that the previous owners must have forgotten about as well. I now have a calculator that will work great for my garage sale and I have a hockey puck with a Red Wings player on it. I’m not sure if it’s worth money (it’s from Burger King), but it was pretty neat.

I hope to have my finances updated shortly. I really have to keep the motivation going for my garage sale or it will never get done so I’m giving that priority status right now.

Anyways, here’s a few articles that caught my eye that I hope you enjoy.

JLP pointed out an article that points out a lie often portrayed in the media about credit cards. Very interesting.

Cleverdude shares how they paid off $58,000 of their debt. That’s pretty awesome!

Miel discusses needs versus wants. Besides being a good article, I love the picture of the glass they have for that post!

Have a great weekend everyone!