Festival of Frugality #6

Welcome to the Festival of Frugality #6! This week we have (lucky) 13 bloggers presenting all sorts of techniques for finding more value from that dollar. This includes 4 posts about things that are absolutely FREE.

• ~Dawn at Frugal for Life is at it again with strange tips cultivated from the internet and God-knows-where-else that span from Hints Calendars to Cockroaches
  
• jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity teaches us how to earn 5% cashback from vendors that you normally can't.
  
• FMF at Free Money Finance gives us 9 Ways to Look Rich but Live Cheap
  
• Sarah at frugal underground reviews MySpendingPlan.com, a new online personal finance software that is also FREE.
  
• nickel at fivecentnickel.com saves money by relying on perception in The World's Most Affordable Alarm System
• Kim C at Life in a shoe: a peek into the methods and madness of one mother of 7 posts about getting More Free Pictures! at Shutterfly.
  
• David Gross at The Picket Line suggests This year, invest in solar power (instead of oil war) to tax advantage of "green" tax credits and lower your tax bill.
• Jane Dough at Boston Gal's Open Wallet is keeping her Hands off that thermostat! in an effort to lower heating costs even more.
  
• Jeffrey Strain at Personal Finance Advice explains how kicking a habit helped him save in: How Water Saved Me $1000 A Year
• George at Fat Pitch Financials points us to Free Morningstar Stock Research
• Retire at 30 ponders Which path will lead to your early retirement: living more frugally... or creating more value?
  
• Amanda at Young and Broke explains how to feel good about frugal choices by aligning your spending with your values in: Values Pt. 2: Saving and Spending
  
• Madame X at My Open Wallet has started a project collecting frugal recipes to create a blogger cookbook (and we all know how much cheaper cooking at home can be!)
• Adam Graham from Adam's Blog starts his Money Saving Chronicles with suggestions for frugal grocery shopping
  

Thanks to everyone for submitting and helping to nurture this "carnival". Next week the festival is hosted by Canadian Capitalist. If you have a submission, you can find instructions at the Festival of Frugality page.