My Daily Dollars

We’ve got a gorgeous, sunny weekend in store.  I’d love to spend the whole time outside!  Fortunately, I’ll have some outdoor time at my stepdaughter’s soccer tournament.  Maybe we can squeeze a hike in as well.  However, I won’t be doing any shopping.  I decided to embark on my own little fitness boot camp to shed a few married life pounds before I spend anything on fall clothes.  Thanks to my new saving strategy, I do have a little fun money to spend when I get back into my happy weight zone.

In the meantime, I’ve been finding great frugal ideas across the web.  Here are my favorites, along with two carnivals:

If you’re looking for good recipes this week, check out the Feeding the Family Carnival at Healthy Dinner Recipes.  I plan to try the healthy three-pepper pasta topping; it looks delicious!

I also submitted a post to the 19th Finance Fiesta, and it was an editor’s pick.  Yay!  Living Almost Large put together a great carnival, where you’ll find excellent advice for job hunters at Free Money Finance, and excellent advice for budget-ers at the Financial Wellness Project.

Elsewhere around the web, I connected to Almost Frugal’s musings on shopping.  She asks if you shop for the experience or the object.  I used to indulge in the whole experience far too often.  Now, I’m trying to discover the joys of window shopping!  I was very impressed by Notes from the Frugal Trenches.  She’s gone six months without shopping.  Nice work!

Sustainable Pantry had a feast at a farm; I’ve very jealous!  If I’m up in New York, I’ll definitely visit.

Via Get Rich Slowly, I found a link to A Practical Wedding.  Happily, my wedding planning days are over, but if yours aren’t, check out this site.  It’s great!

Enjoy your weekend; I hope the sun is out in your neck of the woods!