The 121st edition of the Festival of Frugality is up and running over at Rather Be Shopping.  Frugal Dad’s “Ultimate Frugal Weekend” was fortunate enough to be designated an editor’s choice, along with eleven other outstanding articles. 

My personal favorite from the festival was submitted by Catherine at Frugal Homemaker Plus.  Catherine eloquently describes the difference between luck and hard work, and emphasizes hard work is what makes people successful over the long term.  This is an excellent read - if you skip the other eighty-something articles, don’t miss this one!

Another favorite from this edition of the Festival of Frugality was submitted by “Fabulously Broke” of Fabulously Broke in the City.  Her article, The True Cost of Owning and Watching a TV is one of the most thorough posts I’ve ever read on the dangers of television watching (financially).  As you all know, I’m not much of a television watcher, so this one was right up my alley!

Now, go check out the other 80+ articles today!

First, I would like to announce The Festival of Frugality #119 is up and running over at Consumer Commentary.  One of the largest collections of articles on frugal living you’ll ever find!  Frugal Dad’s article, “The Difference Between Being Frugal , and Being Cheap” was honored to be included.

March was a good month here at Frugal Dad.  We saw over 52,000 page views, and subscriber count more than doubled from 149 at the end of February to 357 on March 31st.  I’m honored to have you all as readers, and hope you will tell a friend about FrugalDad.com.  If you have not yet subscribed, you may do so here via RSS, or here for email delivery.

Unfortunately, I was late signing up with a tracking service that provides information on my top referrers, so I’ll have to wait until next month to provide that listing.  However, I would like to thank…

Top Commentators for the Month of March

• The Wisdom Journal
• Mom Advice
• Semicharmed Wife
• My Super-Charged Life
• Family and Finances
• 21st Century Dad
• Mommy Gets Paid
• Chance Favors
• Be Thrifty Like Us

These guys run great blogs, and I hope you’ll take some time to visit them today.  Thanks to all of you for taking the time to share your comments.

That puts March in the books.  Today begins a new month with new opportunities.  In April I will celebrate my 10-year wedding anniversary.  No big plans, but a couple surprises I can’t share here in case the wife is reading.  I’ll share details post-surprise.

Image Credit:  Hamed Saber

Interview 

Dean over at Mr. Cheap Stuff interviewed me over the weekend and posted the results at his blog yesterday evening. Check out his interview post to learn more than you ever wanted to know about the Frugal Dad!

Festival of Frugality - ABC Edition

The lastest Festival or Frugality is up and running at My Dollar Plan.  There were some excellent selections in this edition.  Thanks to Madison for hosting, and for selecting my summer energy savings article as an editor’s pick.

The latest Carnival of Debt Reduction is up and running over at Debt Reduction Formula.  My thanks to Ryan for hosting the carnival, and for selecting my article as an “Editor’s Pick.”  Check out the other great reads if you have some time.

The Carnival of Everything Finance is up at Everything Finance and it is a veritable cornucopia of finance article links. I’ve been home sick this afternoon and had more reading material here than I could work through in one day - just incredible!

Frugal Dad’s article Resisting Financial Peer Pressure was fortunate enough to make the cut.

Thanks to Lazy Man and Money for hosting the 112th version of the Festival of Frugality.  Frugal Dad’s article “20 Money-Saving Tips for the Grocery Store” was included, along with many other fantastic financial articles.

Check out this week’s Festival of Frugality today!