http://www.newsweek.com/id/188144
(two pages long - amusing stories, plus it mentions those businesses
that won't take cash and how that might change)
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2009/03/08/yankee_thrift_personified/
(this includes a video and an interesting tip about how to get an old
kitchen gutted for free)
Plenty more articles here:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&qt_s=1&q=frugal&sa=N&tab=gn
Lenona.