Squawkfox is hosting the Carnival of Personal Financeand woah! is this edition a doozy. She’s culled some of the finest personal finance articles from around the web, including “Decorate Your Home on the Cheap“. (The editorial board is pleased!) There are, sadly, no explicit pictures of naked fruit this time.
Among my personal favorites are:
- Financial Rambling’s comparison of free budgeting software. I doth believe that ‘free’ is music to thine ears!
- Antishay Ventenne’s justification of expensive shoes. What? Did I just hear the ladies of the blogosphere actually swoon?
- Amateur Asset Allocator’s horror story and warning: your safe deposit box isn’t all that safe!
- Living Almost Large’s reasoning for not tithing. Scandalous!
- Broke Grad Student’s reasoning for not giving money to the homeless. The comments on this post are fascinating.
Now, I’ll be honest. Squawky is one of my absolute favoritest people that I have ‘met’ in the blogosphere. And, if her literary sassiness and concise idea synthesis weren’t enough to make me fall in platonic love with her – well, her latest moves would have sealed the deal!
Last week she gave us but a hint of her upcoming nefarious scheme. She offered (for free!) a uber-thorough, printable grocery list for all the frugalicious hidden grocery gems. (Believe me; I have already printed mine and amended it for all my future shopping trips.)
This week resulted in the culmination of her nefarious scheme to be of absurdly good benefit to the denizens of the internet. She released her very first e-book called “Frugal Food and Fitness: Get Fab Without Spending a Fortune!“ This one is free too!
It’s extremely easy to read, the pictures are absolutely gorgeous, and the layout is a triumph of stunning visuals and forthright practicality. What this illustrates above all, however, is that the internet is not some novelty of information storage – it’s a very real way to exercise our purpose and gift our abilities to the world.
Squawfox is giving the gift of her gifts to the world, and I for one can’t wait to see what she does next!
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August 4, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Kyle
Thanks for the mention! I look forward to reading Squawk’s new ebook, too.
August 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Lee McKusick
Hmm, some interesting reads; congrats on your own inclusion in there. =)
(Also, you’re link to Broke Grad Student points to the Living Almost Large article.)
hayden tompkins says:
Thank you, Lee! I fixed it.
August 6, 2008 at 12:24 am
Squawkfox
Holy Crap! (Can I say that on your blog?) I walk away from my computer for a day…and THIS! Quick, say something mean…cause my head is about to swell and expunge my boggled brain!
Hayden, you are seriously the most amazing nicest blogging blogger ever! This post is just made me cry, then laugh, then weep. I am so beyond happy you approve of my “nefarious” offerings. LOL! I seriously have a blast blogging, meeting awesomely articulate writers, and am thankful anyone at all even reads my bloggy blog. I thank my lucky day I met you over “How to Be a Woman” @Pavlina’s site. HUGS!
(Going to get an ice pack to reduce my brain swellage.)
hayden tompkins says:
Haven’t you read Just Say “Thank You” yet?! You’re welcome.
Can you believe the Pavlina thing was only in April?
August 7, 2008 at 1:26 pm
hungrybritain
With the current uncertainties with food prices there is a greater need for us to conserve and be increasingly economical about food consumption at home. We have become wasteful as consumers of food and have never really had a need to feel otherwise before this crisis started. Blaming the rampant consumerism of the supermarkets has now irrelevant in this discussion. The situation now is that if we don’t change our food habits this situation could easily escalate completely out of control. The responsibility is now on us all to change our food buying and food consuming habits.
Simple food saving tips are things we need to get used to and practice more regularly. Most of these are common sense and can be quite creative. You can find a list of free food saving tips at sites such as http://www.foodcrisis.co.uk amongst other similar sites as well.
We all need to contribute to a fairer and more food wise program for ourselves.
hayden tompkins says:
“Blaming the rampant consumerism of the supermarkets has now irrelevant in this discussion.”
I’m not entirely sure anyone was doing that.
August 7, 2008 at 6:40 pm
livingalmostlarge
Thanks for the mention! Gee I am scandalous!
August 8, 2008 at 6:50 am
Broke Grad Student
Thanks for the link and for participating in the discussion!
August 19, 2008 at 7:29 pm
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