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I should have gotten to this a week ago, but that’s how it goes. Anyway, both of the following pages have an insane amount of posts on saving money and reducing debt, enough so that there’s not much point in me picking out a few favorites, so scroll through and give them a look.

The Carnival of Debt Reduction covers a lot of ground. I particularly like the debt reduction back-to-basics posts and tax ideas now that April is right around the corner. The Festival of Frugality is another encyclopedia on saving money. It overlaps the CDR in some areas, such as tax advice, but the slant is more towards frugal choices in budgeting, the home, shopping, etc.

Definitely plenty of gold to be found in both, so start panning my friends!

We contributed to the Festival of Frugality and the  Carnival of Personal Finance this week. There are lots of posts in both, but here are a few that caught my eye as I skimmed through:

My Open Wallet observes the similarity between managing money and managing your weight.

Clever Dude points out that frugality is a broader concept than just saving money.

Piggy Bank Raid has a great list of free tools.

It’s up at Home Equity Loan Lowdown. I probably should have included this with the others in my previous post, but I forgot it was coming out. Some of the posts I recommend:

Edith Yeung tells readers How to Say Goodbye to Someday Isle. It’s not immediately obvious from the title, but it turns out to be a motivational post about getting off you duff and doing that risky thing you’ve been wanting to do. Or just that thing you’ve been putting off because you don’t want to do it. Get it now? “Someday I’ll do X” = “Someday Isle.”

The Dough Roller explains How to Find the Hidden Cost of Mutual Funds. A quick explanation of the different fees and expenses they use to getcha with mutual funds.