We have been featured on two carnivals/festivals this week. We are pleased to welcome all new readers to Not the Jet Set. To find out more about us, click here. We are a personal finance blog focused on frugality, stewardship, and current events, while also telling our story as a family and the personal finance decisions we have made. Thanks for stopping by.

The 125th Festival of Frugality is up at the Quest For Four Pillars which features our frugal ode to the frozen pizza. So many great posts this week. Here are just a few of our favorites:

• Moolanomy has a fun test to take to find out if you are cheap, frugal, or neither. I scored a 28. How did you do?
  
• Frugal Dad lists the 5 craziest things he's done to save money. Some of these are quite impressive.
  
• Master Your Card offers some advantages to paying off debt. There is a lot more psychology here than one would expect.
  
• My Small Cents demystifies French food for us 'Mericans. Turns out it's not as 'fancy' as you might think.
• Practical Nourishment not only has a very beautiful blog, but has a great article on making homemade wine.
  

The 152nd Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Money Under 30. David has it quite nicely formatted, which makes for a nice read, and also gives a nod to Mothers Day and some posts dedicated to mothers. Speaking of which, this edition features Mrs. NtJS's fabulous article on becoming a better garage sale shopper. Some other posts of interest:

• Searchlight Crusade has an interesting article on how a lower offer can sometimes prevail when buying a house.
  
• The Dough Roller has a particularly illuminating post on the tax policies of the three remaining presidential candidates. A great read!
• Of course, none of the remaining candidates are supporting the Fair Tax (a national sales tax). My Investing Blog looks a bit deeper at this concept. Huckabee in 2012!
  

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