Weekly Round-Up: Back to School Soon!

In France, unlike in the US, all the kids go back to school on the same day, la Rentrée, which is also when everything else goes back to normal. While the month of August in general is pretty slow, last week and next week are the hight of the vacation period here. My kids are still young enough to be excited both about summer lasting seemingly forever and about going back to school. Those were the days!

Meanwhile, here are my favorite links from the week:

• 6 Frugal Living Tips From the Great Depression @ Tightfisted Miser
• How I lost My Health Insurance at the Hairstylist’s @ Daily Kos: State of the Nation
• The Health-Care Crisis Hits Home @ TIME
• The Role My Health Insurance Is Playing In My Breakdown @ Uppercase Woman
• 5 Good Reasons to Keep Your “Clunker” @ Wise Bread
• What if your health insurance company says no? – Glenn Greenwald @ Salon.com
• The “death panels” are already here @ Salon News
• Free Monthly Calendar Template for Excel
• Perfect gift for a girlfriend @ A Journey to a Simple Happy Life
• Medicare & Medicaid Health Insurance Programs Explained @ Bargaineering

As always, you can check out the Good Reads page or my Tumblr site Almost Frugal Finds for all my links. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Kelly Rigotti started Almost Frugal as a thirty-something American trying to dig her way out from under a mountain of debt (~€60,000). She's almost frugal and would like to be more so, but shops at Ikea too often for her own good.

Kelly has blogged 556 posts here.