Bloggers Meetup And The Best Frugal Book Ever

Posted by Home Morgage | Personal Finance | Sunday 27 September 2009 9:18 am

Today was supposed to be a picnic at the apple orchard day, but the cold weather and rain put a stop to that idea. So I guess it will be another blogging day for me. Last week was the first time that Moolanomy featured articles written by staff writer. Please let us know what you think about our new direction — i.e., becoming a multi-author blog.

Intuit And NYC PF Bloggers Meetup

Thanks to Flexo of Consumerism Commentary, I had a chance to meet several personal finance bloggers, the great folks from Intuit who sponsored the event, and a journalist from the Wall Street Journal. Although it wasn’t the intention, it was a nice going away dinner before I move to Virginia. The dinner at the Mercer Kitchen was awesome and the company was great. Amongst the participants are

Kelly from The Centsible Life,
Darwin from Darwin’s Finance,
Jon from Betterment,
Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge,
My Journey To Millions,
Shawanda from You Have More Than You Think,
Christian from Money Obedience,
Chelsea Marti, Ashley, and Emily Johnston from Intuit TurboTax, and finally
Mary Pilon from The Wall Street Journal.

I know we called it NYC Meetup, but in fact there were people from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington DC, and even San Diego!

The Most Wicked Funny Personal Finance Book of 2009

Usually, people don’t associate the words: clever, wicked, funny, or hilarious with personal finance. But there is actually such a book and it’s called Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel: 100 Dirty Little Money-Grubbing Secrets by Phil Villarreal. Of course, I am too lame to use most of Phil’s secret, but it’s still a good feeling to imagine myself being an awesome Frugal Ninja like Phil.

In this book, Phil teaches you 100 ways to save money and get things for free — not all are kosher but probably wouldn’t hurt if you want to try each of them once or twice.

If you dare to try any of these ideas out, please let us know.