A Festival and a Carnival!

Which would I prefer, a festival or a carnival? In the real world, festivals are more booths and shopping, while carnivals have rides and *shudder* carnies. So it's a toss up.

In the blogging world, both amount to the same thing: a collection of blog posts on similar topics. This week I participated in my first ever festival and first ever carnival. I am excited to announce that my articles were included in both!

The Festival of Frugality #92 was hosted this week by No Credit Needed. I can only imagine how long it took to read all the submissions, thanks NCN! My post on The Best Souvenirs was included. My favorite posts from the festival are:

• Something I always need to work on: Reducing my energy bill & competing rising energy costs.
• Christmas is coming! Food gifts are cheap and personal.
• Millionaire Mommy Next Door also wrote about souvenirs - and mentioned one I forgot, Christmas ornaments! How did I forget that? Most of our tree is from vacations

The Carnival of Money Stories is hosted this week at Paid Twice. True to the story telling form, the articles are included in a fairy tale. My article on how I want an emergency fund is part of the tale. My other picks include:

• MoneyDummy's post on the turning point to getting smarter about money.
• How your debt to credit ratio can change your credit score - a topic I have been thinking about recently.
• Overcoming financial disaster at The Simple Dollar.
• Can you tell I need to come up with a Christmas Plan based on my other favorite posts today?
• I love Target for reasons like this post.

Holy links batman! Enjoy all the different articles at both the carnival and the festival, there are tons of great ones!