First, some good advice on not overdrawing your account from someone inside the bank: http://community.livejournal.com/poor_skills/3123673.html

The people who organize our neighborhood yardsale have gained some good sense, and moved it from the middle of summer to the end of May.  I'm back on my crusade to get our basement organized, so we're participating (saves us the cost of a newspaper ad too).  Many of my friends are in apartments or only have a few items to get rid of, so I'm offering for them to bring their stuff to our sale.

Yardsales are great way to get rid of unwanted stuff and make a little money to soften the blow.  This really is the best time of year for them (late spring or early fall), not too cold, not too hot.  If you don't have enough stuff (or a yard for a sale) don't be shy about asking friends if they're going to have a yardsale that you can contribute to.

I finally have weekends off and some semblance of a regular schedule (kinda scary), so I'll try to get back to posting regularly.

poor_skills is a very cool community. I decided to do a search on LJ to see if I could find more communities with a similiar vibe.  I didn't join all of these, but I've listed the ones that I found that seemed worth mentioning.

First the active goodies:

dumpsterdiving I've heard this has gotten more popular. I'm not against scavenging, but there are a lot of safety issues to bear in mind. Sometimes people throw perfectly good things out, because they're too lazy to donate them. However a lot of trash is trash. Anyway if you're interested, here's a community for tips, announcing finds, and discussing legal/safety issues.

jobsupport I added this one to my friends page. It's a forum for discussing job/job hunting related questions. Thought it might come in handy.

goodbyedebt community devoted to getting out of debt.
debt_support similiar to above.

wealthandhealth I'm joining this one too. Very new community, but great concept. It's all about eating healthier and saving money at the same time.

budget_travel Traveling on budget. Cool.

brokefolks ...eh, honestly with poorskills it's kind of redundant, but same idea.
personalfinance Spreading the budget love to the middle class.
frugalliving more money saving idea swapping
budgetcuts101  and more

dave_ramsey the unoffical Dave Ramsey LiveJournal community. I am a Dave Ramsey fan, so I thought this was cool.
(Good example of Ramsey's Baby Steps [giant leaps] here: http://community.livejournal.com/dave_ramsey/10475.html )

microliving This seemed cool. Space can get expensive, so learning to get by with less is helpful.



The now dead, but might be revived:
spendthrift was started in 2003, last post 2004...looks likes a good idea that never got off the ground, but it's still technically open.
brightandbroke the intellectual side of poverty, I think, last post is 2007.
growing_food full or mini-garden can help suppliment the diet. Last post 2008.
simplifylife  Simplifying doesn't always save money, but often the two go hand in hand.  Main posting stopped in 2007, but there is one 2009 post hoping to restart things.
food_budget_100  food budgetting, UK version.
starting_small Small scale investing...interesting... my brother is getting close to the stage where he needs to think about investing, so I'll probably be doing some posts on the subject in the next few months.
debtproofliving  I like the name.

There were several location specific "poor" communities like :
poorintampabay , poorinbc  ,poorinpdx ,poorskills_au, etc. etc. I was too lazy to check all those out.