June 13, 2009

Festival of Frugality 180: The Gifts Edition

Two days ago was my birthday and I noticed that my attitude has changed recently towards my gifts. I do appreciate receiving them, but I don’t place as much importance on them as I used to.

This last birthday I found that taking a day off from work was a better gift than letting everyone at work know it was my birthday. I learned that if a family limb forgets to get me something, it isn’t a huge deal any longer and them remembering with a pleased birthday is a gift as well. Ultimately, I have found that the quantity of birthday wishes and gifts are inferior to the quality of time and the few heartfelt birthday wishes. I like this change and it only took 36 years to know.
I’ve written a link of posts on gift giving : 7 Ways to Give Gifts for Less Money and My Cheap Minor League Baseball Tickets but the best gifts are those that have been submitted for this weeks Festival of frugality 180; there are 50 chosen from the over 70 submitted.

You can submit yours for next week (hosted by Personal Finance Analyst)

Hosts Choice:
{These are the posts that pulled me in with interest}

Darren wrote about My Chest Fridge Conversion – “A small bit of wiring is vital to set up the digital temperature controller. It’s basically a temperature sensor that can switch a 240v power supply on or off“

Katheryn submitted Buying a Car for $500 (Not a Typo) – “To prove that you can find a reliable ride for just hundreds of dollars, Hedgecock bought a 1974 Pontiac LeMans via his site for just $899 and then gaggle it cross-country from his hometown of San Diego all the way to Miami“

J. Money wrote on The Fee of Faith: Muslim & Jewish Financial Challenges – “I am thoroughly impressed after reading some of these tales. While the Christian part of the condition was sweet fascinating, I’m going to stick to the Muslim & Jewish differences here as they stood out the most to me.“

Kelly submitted her post I’m Not Always Frugal – “I feel like I should feel guilty, for spending money on myself when we don’t have a lot of superfluous money to spare. I don’t though. I wonder what that means.“

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