Welcome to the Festival of Frugality #253, which is going to have frugal and funny Halloween costume ideas* thrown in throughout! I hope you enjoy it and come back to visit BFS!
Editor’s Picks
I have actually done this three times using my husband’s gear. Wear black slacks with a white and black striped shirt. Also put on some big sunglasses and carry a white dowel stick as a tapping stick. You are now a blind ref. 
- Squirrelers presents Squirreling Gone Wild #17: The Magic Gumball Machine and Free Cookies posted at Squirrelers.
- Mike Collins presents How to Find Cheaper Auto Insurance posted at Saving Money Today.
- Kris @ Everyday Tips presents Tips For Buying A Used Car – Written By Someone Who Just Bought One! posted at Everyday Tips and Thoughts.
- Joe Plemon presents Five Steps to Give You Power Over Purchase posted at Personal Finance By The Book.
- Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog presents Exploring a Financial Fast posted at Canadian Finance Blog.
“Get a bag of moss from the craft store’s floral isle. Glue it all over some old clothes and a hat and go as a chia pet.”
- MR presents Frugal Tricks, Making Broken Things Work | Money Reasons posted at Money Reasons.
- Barb Friedberg presents ARE YOUR VALUES MONEY-MAKERS OR MONEY-LOSERS? posted at Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance.
- FMF presents How to Graduate from College in Three Years posted at Free Money Finance.
- Aloysa presents Family Lessons in Frugality posted at The Kitchen Sink.
- FreeFromBroke presents More 0 Percent APR Credit Card Offers Expected posted at Free From Broke.
“Wear a raggedy old pair of shorts and t-shirt, and go unshaven if your a man. Mess your hair up. Get a garden tiki torch from the party supply store. Go as a recent loser from Survivor.”
- Daniel presents Quality Is Always What You Think posted at Sweating The Big Stuff.
- Mrs. Money presents Do you Buy Boy Scout Popcorn or Girl Scout Cookies? | Ultimate Money Blog- Save Money and Live Green! posted at The Ultimate Money Blog.
- FIRE Finance presents 10 Smart iPhone Apps that will Save you Money posted at FIRE Finance.
- Craig presents How To Spend Less On Children’s Halloween Contumes posted at Parenting Family Money.
- Donna Freedman presents What do your kids need to know about money? posted at Surviving and Thriving.
“Dress in a business suit and carry around a big jar filled half way up with thumb tacks. Go as the ‘tacks collector.’”
- Neal Frankle presents Private Career Colleges ? Calculate the Value posted at Wealth Pilgrim.
- Craig Ford presents How to Save Money on Holiday Travel posted at Money Help For Christians.
- Suba presents Amazon or eBay or Craigslist : which is better to sell stuff? posted at Wealth Informatics» Wealth Informatics – Financial freedom through information.
- N.W. Journey presents Spending and Saving Tips for College Students posted at Networth Journey.
- Adam presents Master This and You Master Money posted at Magical Penny.
“Dress up as you normally do. If someone asks what you are, tell them you’re a werewolf. If they ask why you have no hair or fangs, explain that it’s not a full moon.”
- Christian Treitler presents Spend money on relationships! posted at Money Obedience.
- Paul Williams presents Raising a Cow for Beef: Month 14 posted at Provident Planning.
- BWL presents Offermatic Review: Earning More Rewards posted at Christian Personal Finance.
- PT presents Free Airline Miles: The Beginner’s Guide posted at PT Money.
- Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Find Coupon Codes Online posted at The Digerati Life.
“Get a large box. Cut a hole for your head and arms. Wrap it with gift wrapping paper and put a big bow on your head. Make a large gift tag out of construction paper that says, “To: Women, From: God.” This year, you can honestly say you’re God’s gift to women.”
- Ken presents Buying a Home: Should You Hire an Agent? posted at Spruce Up Your Finances.
- Kevin McKee presents Kevin McKee Loses a Bet posted at Thousandaire.
- Roshawn Watson presents Will Mortgage Rates Really Drop to 0%? posted at Watson Inc.
- Jason presents Tips to Host a Party on a Budget posted at One Money Design.
- B.B. presents Even a Little Movement is Better Than None posted at Beating Broke.
“Dress like a mailman. Get a stuffed dog and sew it’s mouth to your pant leg.”
- Kim McGrigg presents To buy or not to buy: Electronic reading devices – Money Management posted at Blogging for Change.
- Jeff Rose, CFP presents Reasons to Avoid Payday Loans posted at Jeff Rose.
- Scott presents Amazon?s Mechanical Turk Disassembled: Day 1 posted at GTD Retail.
- Madeleine Begun Kane presents Pigheaded Limerick posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
- Tim Chen presents Hilton Honors: What You Need to Know About HHonors Rewards posted at NerdWallet Blog – Credit Card Watch.
Wrap yourself in aluminum foil with a pointy foil hat on top and a white tie or strip of cloth around your neck. You’d be a Hershey’s Kiss.
- Jeri Ford presents Rapid Rewards Credit Card by Chase | Get a Free Southwest Airlines Flight posted at Help Me Travel Cheap.
- Briana Ford presents How to Look Wealthy Without Spending a Fortune posted at Go Banking Rates.
- Miranda presents Looking for Free Samples? Here’s Where to Start posted at Coupon Shoebox.
- Chris Butterworth presents September 2010 Budget Report – 50% savings rate posted at Dealerity.
- James Fowlkes presents How to Lower Your Phone, TV, and Internet Bills posted at SimpleVesting.
“Throw a white sheet over your head, and cut a hole for your head to come through. Wear a yellow hat and paint your face yellow with make up. Go as a fried egg.”
- Lauren presents College Degrees and Varying Degrees of Worthlessness posted at Richly Reasonable – Money, Saving, Living, Playing.
- Money Thinker presents Some More Holiday Shopping Blues: Saving Stress posted at Money Thinker.
- And last but totally not least: Khaleef @ KNS Financial presents CVS Shopping for the Week of 10.10.10 – Saved $43, Spent $1, Made $5 posted at Faithful With A Few.
Thanks for checking all of these great bloggers out! If you are interested in being part of next week’s festival, just enter by Monday! It will be hosted at the Magical Penny next Tuesday, 11/2!
*The quoted Halloween costume ideas came from eSSORTMENT. The other two came from me.
Wow! I love your costume suggestions. I used a white sheet and sandals once to go as a Roman senator. I don’t know if it was authentic but it was cheap. – Thanks for including our post.
Haha, I like the mailman and stuffed dog idea. I laughed out loud.
Thank you for selecting my post as an Editor’s Pick! Also, nice job with the Halloween theme. Who would have known it was so easy to dress as a fried egg?
I agree: great costume ideas. Thanks for including my post in the festival
Thank you for including my article! Really appreciate it! I loved the theme!
@Money Obedience, I love your Roman Senator idea!
@Tim, yeah, that one made me smile too.
@Squirrelers, hehehe, now if you can only find someone who would want to…
@Roshawn, you’re welcome!
@Aloya, glad you liked it!
Thanks for inclusion! And here’s a costume I did for my daughter once:
Put a sheet over your head, with holes cut for the eyes.
Glue strips of holiday wrapping paper here and there on the sheet.
You are….the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Thanks for the editor’s pick!
Wear a bathroom, put your hair in curlers and say “Your just running late”!
I would have been disappointed if you didn’t host a fun Carnival. I am NOT disappointed. One year my wife sewed a Red Mohair letter C on my sweatshirt. I went around parting it with a comb. I was, of course, the “parting of the Red C”
Thanks for hosting and the editor’s pick…and for making it fun.
Thanks for including our post!
Awesome costume ideas!
Great job putting this together! Some of those costume ideas had me cracking up the entire way through the carnival
The mailman idea was my favorite!
This carnival theme was so cute!! Thaks for the costume ideas!
@Donna, love it! I always enjoy a good pun. Hahaha!
@Tom, you’re welcome!
@Jenna, hehehe.
@Joe, OMG…it took me a second and then I really did chuckle out loud!
@Nerd Wallet, no problem!
@Craig, thanks!
@Money Reasons, the mailman was my second favorite – my first was the blind ref since I actually do it and my third fave was the chia pet.
@Barb, I’m glad you liked it!
Hey Crystal, thanks for including my link!
Love the costume ideas, especially the werewolf, I gotta try that this Halloween and watch for the reactions =)
I like your site it makes for a great read
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