Frugal Holiday?

The holiday season can be an awesome time of year, however, with the economy as it is and the high unemployment rate, are families starting to opt for frugal holidays?  Is society in general still using credit cards to finance the holidays
 . . . going into more debt?


As an active frugalogist, I wonder how everyone else treats the holiday gift-giving tradition.  What I've done in the past is give handmade items, like my Oreo chocolate chip cheesecake.  Shouldn't it be the thought that counts?  Don't spend money you don't have?


For me, you can never be too frugal if that is what your life circumstances calls for.  Sometimes it is a matter of survival . . . sometimes the practicality of future goals?

Heather at Family Friendly Frugality has an awesome post
 about frugality which asks the question "is frugality overrated?  

Well, her whole blog is awesome . . . click here for the post.

While you're at Heather's blog, sign up for her new blog hop!

Today marks the beginning of the big pig out for me and my partner . . . 

cooking for Thanksgiving!  

Part of the fun of Thanksgiving is having someone to cook with . . .

First thing to cook are the Oreo chocolate chip cheesecakes!

Of course I'll be blog hopping and have started to enjoy some weekly events that I am listing along with blog hops.  You can find a complete listing at the bottom of the blog page . . . the has grown to the point where it needs its own page!

Here are today's blog hops and events:

Have an awesome Tuesday!