This Week in Frugal: The Nines, Cutting Debt and Disagreeing with Dave Ramsey

• Treasuring Thrift: NPR’s review of the new book, 'In Cheap We Trust'.
• Individuals slashed their borrowing in July by the largest amount on record: Consumers Cut Debt By Record $21.6B In July.
• Brilliant idea for playing makeup with young daughters: Make Faux Makeup.
• Dare to disagree with Dave Ramsey? Trent at The Simple Dollar does: “Five Ways I Disagree With Dave Ramsey”
• On 9/9/09, 9 couples married in 99 Cent Only stores. The ceremony was held in aisle 9 and each couple paid $.99 for the wedding. See the photos.
• Wojciech Kulicki of Fiscal Fizzle is on a simplicity rampage: The High Cost of Financial Clutter.