By: Roshawn Watson
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Festival of Frugality #248! This is my first time hosting, so I’m so thrilled you decided to join me. Today, we have some informative and entertaining posts from all over the blogosphere. This edition will also list some rather interesting celebrity net worth trivia. Without any further ado, let’s get this party started!
Frugality Commentary
J. Money presents High Cost Hobbies vs. Low Cost Hobbies posted at Budgets Are Sexy.
Miranda presents Frugal Living: Attitude of Gratitude posted at Coupon Shoebox.
FMF presents Three Expenses I Thought I Couldn’t Live Without posted at Free Money Finance
Crystal presents Do You Buy These Generics? posted at Budgeting In the Fun Stuff
Miss T presents Staying Healthy Saves You Money | Prairie EcoThrifter.com posted at Prairie Eco-Thrifter.
Ctreit presents Show kids how to save money posted at Money Obedience.
If you guessed Brad Pitt, you are correct. His estimated net worth is $150 million (Angie’s worth another $90 million & Jen’s worth $120 million).
Credit
Neal Frankle presents What Is A Good FICO Credit Score Range? posted at Wealth Pilgrim
Investing
Ken presents Retirement Planning: Understanding the Various Types of Investment Assets posted at Spruce Up Your Finances.
Suba presents How much do I need for retirement – My Retirement Number posted at Wealth Informatics
Humor
Daniel presents Funny Finances: Episode 1 posted at Sweating The Big Stuff.
Straight-talking Dr. Phil has found the greatest financial success with a sizable net worth of $150 million. Bubbly Rachel Ray is worth $60 million, and Dr. Oz is worth $7 million.
Savings Tips
Laura @ Move To Portugal presents Frugal habits I’ve gained so far posted at Move to Portugal.
Craig Ford presents Save Money On Heating And Cooling Costs posted at Money Help For Christians.
John presents The Search for Cheaper Cable TV Alternatives posted at Passive Family Income.
Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog presents 10 Ways To Reduce Your Cell Phone Bill posted at Canadian Finance Blog.
Jason presents Cheap Vacations posted at Live Real, Now.
FIRE Finance presents 12 Tips To Lower Your Heating Bill posted at FIRE Finance.
The Homemaking Helper presents Saving Money On Kids Clothes posted at The Homemaking Helper.
Music icon Kayne West got this one beat with a net worth of $70 million. Jeremy Pivens and Jennifer Hudson are worth $15 million and $5 million, respectively.
Other
Kay Lynn Akers presents Organize Your Rewards Cards with Cardmobili posted at Bucksome Boomer.
PT presents Mystery Shopper Jobs: Deciphering the Mystery posted at PT Money.
Squirrelers presents What Kind of Car Should a Teenager Be Driving? posted at Squirrelers.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Get Out of Business Liquidation Sales: Not A True Bargain posted at The Digerati Life.
Control your Cash presents Charles Barkley, Read This posted at Control Your Cash.
Free From Broke presents Pay For Amazon Purchases With AmEx Membership Rewards Points posted at Free From Broke.
That would be Miss Banks of course with $90 million, but Heidi is not hurting with her $70 million.
I hope you enjoyed this week’s festival! Don’t forget to submit for next week, which will be hosted by Money Beagle.
If you were included in this list, please don’t forget to link back to the festival here. Thanks!
Thanks for hosting and including my post Shawn; now I just need to get myself a guest spot on Oprah 🙂
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Thanks for hosting and great facts!
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Wow, usually frugality and celebrity are not used in the same sentence. Interesting but fun choice for a theme. Thanks for a nice list of articles.
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You are welcome my friend. Thanks for the comment and for the social media support!
My recent post Do you challenge yourself enough
You are definitely welcome Financial Dream. I really wanted the festival to be both entertaining and unique, so I tried to come up with a different theme.
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Hey Betty,
I just dugg it. Thanks for the heads up and the comment. Best Regards,
Shawn
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Thanks for including my article. Great creativity with the edition.
Thanks for including my article! Those are some staggering net worths. Not to mention the income earning power they command.
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You are welcome Miss T. I was trying to make this edition a little different 🙂
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You are welcome Squirrelers. Thanks for your submission!
Celebs – it certainly is an interesting and different world they live in.
Regards,
Shawn
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Sweet, thanks! Mixing two of my fave things – money & celebs 😉
Sure thing my man. Thanks for stopping by!
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Thanks for hosting with such a fun theme! I would never have guessed that Jennifer Aniston was worth that much. I guess $1 million an episode x ?? will add up fast!
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Hey Kay,
You are some welcome. It was my pleasure hosting. Love her or not, Jennifer Aniston is still a major Hollywood player. For a while, she was demanding $20 million per movie. I heard that she gets somewhat less now, but she also has 12 projects currently in the works. She's not going anywhere soon!
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Great article. This is a subject that everyone loves. As a celebrity personal assistant myself, I can tell you that many high net worth families and celebs can be VERY frugal. Sometimes they have a $2000 dinner and don't leave a tip.
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