Yooper is on the right. He was stationed in Hawaii, living in the dorm and eating pizza and drinking beer with another dude. I don’t remember that guy’s name (I am really bad with names). So…let’s look at this 1990ish version of Yooper. Sorta thin. There is hair on my head. I kinda look tan. I might have been in a boy band!

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One of my posts was picked up by the carnival below and it is being cross-hosted so you get two links for the price of one!

E-3 Link

Cross Link (http://thenewpundit.com)

One of my favorite things about blogging is that their is a community of bloggers out there that help each promote each other’s blogs. One of the best ways to do this is at www.blogcarnival.com.

Here is how this works, I write a great post, and Liz reads it and then my readership would pretty much stop there. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!

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One of my posts is included in the Blog Carnival Below, check it out there are a ton of great articles:

Carnival of Twenty Something Finances December 31 edition: Part Two

I saw this clip last night on TV on New Year’s with friends. It is Tiger Woods chipping in The Master’s in 2005. Please check out this video (it is a rather long clip, worth it, but you can fast forward to last 30 seconds or so to get the gist of the idea of this post.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLKXvGE6kN8

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Happy New year Frugality Tips.

Yayoi and I are NOT cheap!! We are frugal. It is a subtle, yet important difference.

Pinyo from www.moolanomy.com hosts The “Festival of Frugality” Blog Carnival. I submitted one of my posts to the festival (http://www.yoopersmith.com/archives/17) and Pinyo selected it for inclusion in the Festival. Here are some of my favorite posts:

Organic Can Be Affordable @ www.naturemoms.com We all want to eat better, healthy, live, natural, organic food…but the mass-produced junk food is SO much cheaper!!! Tiffany shares tips about how to make buying organic food more affordable.

Can You Break This Debit Card for a Dollar Please? @ Millionaire Money Habits ??? Use your credit card whenever you can, you get points and or cash back, and you avoid throwing away change .

15 Products that Save Time, Money, and Space @ Lazy Man and Money ??? Shares his top 15 picks of products that save time, money, and space. The best thing is that you can get them all online from the comfort of your home.

If You Are in Debt, You Are Buying Everything on Credit @ Debt Free ??? Offers an alternative look at money philosophy about spending. If you are not paying down you debt and buy things with cash, you are basically buying things with credit.

These are just a hand full of the articles posted in the festival, so it’s worth it to pop in and check out the link for the whole festival as well:

“Festival of Frugality”

Thanks Pinyo..and Happy New Year to All!

Tags: money, frugality, debt reduction, food, organic, save money, saving, credit

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