Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Opportunity Cost - Trading Financial Gain for Security  We're paying off our car with $8500 rather than investing it, so this post hit close to home.
• Get Rich Slowly with Casting Stones: When Is It Okay to Judge?  Okay, I'm a judger apparently since I wanted to hit his friend upside the head with a copy of "Automatic Millionaire".
• MoneyCrush with Straying from the Path of Intention to Impulse  I do this all the time.
• Frugal Dad with 10 Father's Day Gift Ideas Under $50  I like the "Men at Work" Gift Set idea and the idea of buying tickets to an event with him.
• Squirrelers wth Is Your Nest Egg Large Enough? Calculate the Required Rate of Return  Yet another interesting method to check your progress on the way to retirement.
• Money Reasons with A Perfect Frugal Drive, Maximizing Your Driving Return!  This was fun to think about...I always try to do as much as possible in one big trip since I hate driving.
• Fiscal Geek with What Would You Do With a Cash Windfall?  Emergency fund here...
• Monevator with Will a High Salary Make You Happy?  I think it helps but your social network of friends and family has a bigger effect.
• Rainy-Day Saver with Personal Finance Quirks  My husband always ends at 50 cents or an even dollar amount when he fills up his car.

Blog Carnivals that Included BFS

• Personal Finance Analyst hosted the Carnival of Money Stories and chose Financial Confession

Thanks! I appreciate all the time you spent on this process.  It's a great feeling to be chosen!

Carnival hosts, if BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list. Thanks!

Guest Posts on BFS

• John submitted Top Tips for Reducing Your Credit Card Debt

Thanks for the great post and for giving me a day off!

If you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Other Info

• Mike at Saving Money Today is giving away a FREE copy of the book, Enjoy Your Money!  All you need to do is leave a comment on the post linked to above!
• Brad at Enemy of Debt is hosting a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters.  He's selling the "I'm Debt Free" game and giving 100% of his commission until August 7th to Big Brothers Big Sisters!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Weekly Favorites

• Get Rich Slowly with Social Capital: More Valuable Than Money?  It is to me.
• Free Money Finance with the reader question Help a Reader: Discussing a Pre-Nup  I hadn't thought about pre-nups for a while...what do you think?
• Live Real, Now with 10 Tips to Help Parents Stay Out of Debt  Good advice...babies do not care how much their blanky cost.
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with How Far Are You Willing To Go To Save Money?  When is it just not worth it?
• A Gai Shan Life with High School Reunions and Ruminations  My husband's 10 year reunion is next year...I'm happy that we're happy but I want to lose 20 pounds.
• Moneycrush with Yes, You CAN Afford to Contribute to Your 401k  I think so too.
• Saving Money Today with Mike's Ultimate Beer Can Chicken Recipe  YUM
• Studenomics with I Need to Fix My Spending Habits ASAP!  Good tips.

Blog Carnivals that Featured BFS

• Engineer Your Finances hosted the Money Hackers Carnival and chose Multiple Accounts for Easy Budgeting
• Free From Broke hosted the Yakezie Carnival and chose Diversification

Carnival hosts, thank you so much for the time you took to host!  Being chosen feels great!

If BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list.  Thanks!

Other Info

• Brad at Enemy of Debt is hosting a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters.  He's selling the "I'm Debt Free" game and giving 100% of his commission until August 7th to Big Brothers Big Sisters!
• Sweating the Big Stuff is having a Giveaway of three pf books based on his NEW Facebook Page.

Guest Posts on BFS

No guest posts this week, but if you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post. I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece. I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.


Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Weekly Favorites

• Saving Money Today with How Much Would You Spend To Save Your Pet?  As someone who has spent about $1000 on my Pug in the last 8 months (I know...it hurts...), this hit home.
• Every Day Tips and Thoughts with Tips for Traveling With Kids  My family of five growing up actually used quite a few of these ideas.
• 20 Something Finance with WTDirect High Yield Savings Account: $500 Cash Bonus!  Dang cool if you wanted to look into an online bank.
• Squirrelers with Months of Covered Expenses: An Alternate Measure of Wealth  I like it as a measure since it takes into account how much you spend.
• Eventual Millionaire with 10 Money Saving Websites  Just in case you didn't know about these...
• Frugal Confessions with Saving Money For the Person Who Doesn't Have Time for Coupons  I learned a couple of things...
• Live Real Now with all of his garage sale posts! Seriously, start here and read the whole week if you ever want help decluttering or just a laugh at his descriptions...
• Monevator with Rich Friends, Poor Friends  Not where I thought he was going, but nice.
• Ultimate Money Blog with My Debt Reduction Plan  I feel her pain.

Guest Posts on BFS

• Alban at Credit Card Finder contributed 8 Money-Saving Credit Card Hacks

Guest posts introduce different points of view, bring in additonal readers, and allow me to take a day off.  Thank you!

If you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Blog Carnivals that Featured BFS

• Personal Finance Journey hosted the Carnival of Money Stories and chose My Crappy Car

Carnival hosts, thank you so much for the time you took to host!  Being chosen feels great!

If BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list.  Thanks!

Other Info

• Free From Broke is giving away one $25 Grocery Gift Card and you can have a chance to win if you leave a healthy meal idea on this post!
• Brad at Enemy of Debt is hosting a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters.  He's selling the "I'm Debt Free" game and giving 100% of his commission until August 7th to Big Brothers Big Sisters!
• Thanks to Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance for including my tips in her post, Elite Budget Tips from Well Regarded Personal Finance Bloggers.
• Sweating the Big Stuff is having a Giveaway of three pf books based on his NEW Facebook Page.

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• Live Real, Now with Girls Don't Fart  I'm not explaining this one...with that title, you have to click on it.
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with What Are You Saving For, Besides Retirement?  It seems most people value experiences and memories.
• A Gai Shan Life with The "Small" Expenses Are Adding Up  What are you putting off?
• Five Cent Nickel with How to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early Great tips!
• Saving Money Today with What Scrooge McDuck Taught Me About Finances  Work smarter, not harder.
• Simple Life in France with Can You Be More Frugal in Town or in the Country  Nice breakdown IMO.  How did you pick your home?
• Funny about Money with Gimme that Ole-Time Real Food…  This made me look at what's in my fridge and realize I am the consumer these companies target.
• Punch Debt in the Face with You Know You're a PFer When...  Too funny!

Blogs That Featured a BFS Guest Post

• Free Money Finance posted my guest post, Do You Escrow?

Thank you very much for inviting me on to your site!

Blog Carnivals that Included BFS

• Money Beagle hosted the Money Hacks Carnival and chose Debt
• 151 Days Off hosted the Yakezie Carnival and chose Fit in a Fun Friday - Expensive Dreams

Thanks! I appreciate all the time hosts spend on this process.  It's a great feeling to be chosen!

Carnival hosts, if BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list. Thanks!

Guest Posts on BFS

No guest posts this week, but if you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Other Info

• Brad at Enemy of Debt is hosting a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters.  He's selling the "I'm Debt Free" game and giving 100% of his commission until August 7th to Big Brothers Big Sisters!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Learn to Say "No"!  Your Time Belongs to YOU, Not Anybody Else  This is just good advice.
• Eventual Millionaire with How Much Do Errands REALLY Cost You?  I completely understand looking at a trip in terms of gas costs...
• Fiscal Geek with Your Mom Called, Here's What She Wants for Mother's Day  Oh so true...parents appreciate your time.
• Darwin's Finance with Is Putting in a Swimming Pool Worth It?  I don't think it is, but I loved his breakdown.
• Funny about Money with Beer Substitute!  I don't like beer, but this looks tasty to me.
• Frugal Scholar with Advice and Cereal: Frugal Friends  I thought the Neptune Society was an interesting piece of advice.
• Ultimate Money Blog with Putting Money First  It's a tough decision to stay for the cash or back away for the mental sanity...

Blog Carnivals that Included BFS

• Live Real Now hosted the Festival of Frugality and chose Fit in a Fun Friday - The Library
• Well-Heeled Blog hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and chose Helpful Financial Lessons for Children
• Carnival of Money Stories hosted itself and chose The Feeling of Being Debt Free
• Nerd Wallet hosted the Money Hacks Carnival and chose Retirement Savings
• Little House in the Valley hosted the Yakezie Carnival and chose Spending Less Than You Earn
• Don't Mess with Taxes hosted the Tax Carnival and chose 5 Tax Myth Article Seemed Wrong To Me

Thanks! I appreciate all the time hosts spent on this process.  It's a great feeling to be chosen!

Carnival hosts, if BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list. Thanks!

Guest Posts on BFS

No guest posts this week, but if you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Other Info

• Jackie at Money Crush is hosting a $100 Contest until May 12th in honor of the debt snowball app she created.  Please take a look!
• Mrs. Frugal at Cool to be Frugal is having a PUR Water Filtration System Giveaway until tomorrow, May 9th!  She's giving away one PUR Water Filtration System that includes one disposable filter!
• Free From Broke is having a Magic Jack Giveaway until May 14th!  He's giving away a Magic Jack and 1 year of service!
• Brad at Enemy of Debt is hosting a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters.  He's selling the "I'm Debt Free" game and giving 100% of his commission until August 7th to Big Brothers Big Sisters!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• Punch Debt in the Face with What are your Financial Commandments  Ninja is one of those bloggers that makes me feel insecure...like that's what I need to live up to...enjoy the laugh!
• A Gai Shan Life with Budget Execution: How a DHSI Saves  I love posts that show the dollar amounts.
• Frugal Scholar with Budget Kitchen Renovation: Bling  I always think bling can be budgeted in.
• Money Crush with Stop Blaming Outside Forces  I'm a big proponent of this idea.
• Simple Life in France with Radical Simplicity, Frugality-for Couples Only?  I argued that it would be easier to pick a lifestyle as a single person, but couplehood is worth the compromise.
• Funny about Money with Drummers  I love discovering "new" things in my area...
• Ultimate Money Blog with Creating Multiple Income Streams  I think it was a good decision to accept her loss and figure out ways to make the money back.
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Thoughts for Thursday: Vacation - Leave the Electronics at Home and Enjoy Yourself!  I completely agree.

Blogs that Featured BFS

• Learn Save Invest posted my article, Retirement Savings Mistakes

Thank you for inviting me to your site!

Guest Posts on BFS

• Billeater provided How to Save Up by Saving Energy

Guest posts introduce different points of view, bring in additonal readers, and allow me to take a day off.  Thank you!

If you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Blog Carnivals that Included BFS

• Foreigner's Finances hosted the Yakezie Carnival and chose The BFS Way to Diagnose Your Financial Health
• Learn Save Invest hosted the Money Hacks Carnival and chose The Emergency Fund

Thanks! I appreciate all the time you spent on the process.  It's a great feeling to be chosen!

Carnival hosts, if BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list. Thanks!

Other Info

• Mrs. Money at Ultimate Money Blog created my awesome new title banner.  I'd highly suggest her services if you're in the market.  Thanks from the girl who couldn't make up her mind!
• Jackie at Money Crush is hosting a $100 Contest until May 12th in honor of the debt snowball app she created.  Please take a look!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Weekly Favorites

• Simple in France with Where Would You be Without Debt?  It's nice to think about what we're working for...
• A Gai Shan Life with Personal Finance Wrecks Gaming  This is exactly how I feel about a bunch of Euro games we play...it's hard for the savers like us to make it far in Power Grid...
• Movevator with the guest by Early Retirement Extreme, Do You Want to Retire Early Enough to Save 75% of Your Income?  We want to retire early, but we haven't saved 75% yet...
• Money Crush with Being Able to Afford Something vs. Making Payments — “Can I Afford It?” from a Different Point of View  I've had this conversation before...
• Enemy of Debt eith Are You Being Frugal Or Just Cheap?  Price isn't the only thing to keep in mind.
• Fiscal Geek with Stop Obsessing on Your Credit Score!  Concentrate on good financial habits and less on the actual number.
• Sweating the Big Stuff with How to Find Extra Money In Your Budget   These are definitely the categories that we would concentrate on if we needed some more money fast.
• Funny about Money with Sold! Real Estate Returns to Normal in Our Neighborhood  It's nice to see it returning to normal.
• Frugal Scholar with Blog Anxiety and Broccoli Soup  All us bloggers worry about how you readers like us...she hit the nail on the head.

Blog Carnivals that Featured BFS

• Editor's Choice!  Beating Broke hosted the Festival of Frugality and chose my guest post at Funny about Money, Can Minimizing Go Too Far?
• Buxr.com hosted Carnival of Money Stories and chose Need Money?  Have an Extra Bedroom?
• Mrs. Nespy's Frugal World hosted Money Hacks Carnival and chose Fit in a Fun Friday - Expensive Dreams.
• My Money Minute hosted The Yakezie Challenge Carnival and chose 5 Tax Myth Article Seemed Wrong To Me
• Punch Debt in the Face hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and chose my guest post at Funny about Money, How Middle-Class Are You?

Thanks to all these carnival hosts!  I appreciate all the time you spent on the process.  It made my week to be chosen!

Carnival hosts, If BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list.  Thanks!

Guest Posts on BFS

I didn't have any guest posts this week, but if you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post. I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece. I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Other Info

• Jackie at Money Crush is also hosting a $100 Contest until May 12th in honor of the debt snowball app she created.  Please take a look!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Weekly Favorites

• 151 Days Off with Day 28: The Most Anxious Time I Had in a Restaurant  Funny cash only scenario.
• Get Rich Slowly with the guest post from The Motley Fool The Perils and Pangs of a Pricey Purchase  We've all had buyer's remorse at some point, right?
• Live Real, Now with Personal Finance, Canine-Style  The title got me and I can totally see my dogs giving the same advice through their odd habits.
• Frugal Dad with the guest post from Money Relationship Don't Become a Personal Finance Bully Good advice if you're having trouble keeping your mouth shut around people who handle money badly.
• Money Crush with 6 Ways to Make Doing Next Year's Taxes Less of a Nightmare  The title says it all.

Guest Posts that Featured BFS

• Funny about Money posted How Middle Class Are You?
• Free From Broke posted Recurring Expenses Will Kill Your Budget-Choose Wisely

For those who don't know, allowing less-known bloggers to post on better-known sites benefits the newbie way more than the well-established.  This newbie says thank you again!

Guest Posts on BFS

Car Negotiation Coach posted Did You Know Car Financing is Negotiable?

Guest posts introduce different points of view, bring in additonal readers, and allow me to take a day off.  Thank you.

If you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Blog Carnivals that Featured BFS

• Carnival of Money Stories #49 - The Sakura Spring Edition!  You can check out my article, Want a Raise? Got These Traits?, and the other winners at Foreigner's Finances.

Carnival hosts, If BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list.  Thanks!

Other Info

• Jackie at Money Crush is also hosting a $100 Contest until May 12th in honor of the debt snowball app she created.  Please take a look!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

 Here's my favorite posts for this week:

• Get Rich Slowly - Reader Story: Discovering the Power of Compund Interest  Since we make our future plans based on compound interest, this article struck a chord.
• Frugal Confessions - One of the Luxuries Money Can Buy: Sanity  Money is a tool and it's nice to see Amanda staying sane in the wake of wedding planning.
• Frugal Dad - Parents Should Teach Kids Finances, Not Just Schools  The title says it all...
• Money Crush - What I Learned From a No Good, Very Bad Week  She has had a very stressful week and realized that we all spend the majority of our time on unimportant stuff.*
• Live Real, Now - It's My Fault So Stop Me Now  I love his personal stories of finance...
• Darwin's Finance - My Effective Tax Rate is Under 5% - That's Just Wrong  I don't agree about the wrongness, but this article did get me to figure out how much we were actually taxed.  This doesn't take into account Social Security, Medicare, sales taxes, or property taxes though...
• Fiscal Geek - Real Men Pay With Cash  Okay, I don't agree with this one either, but it was funny.
• Monevator - Early Retirement: The Extreme Method  This is a guest post that seemed refreshing to my cubicle-ridden self.
• No Debt Plan - Beware of Rewards Checking Accounts Teaser Rates  Introductory offers usually annoy me since they are so short-term.
• Studenomics - Financial Literacy Month: Personal Finance Basics Re-Introduced  What can I say, I'm a stickler for basic reminders.
• Sweating the Big Stuff - Learning My Lesson:  Automate Your Finances!  I'm a huge fan of automating the details of our fiscal lives.

*Jackie at Money Crush is also hosting a $100 Contest in honor of the debt snowball app she created.  Feel free to take a look!

I would also like to thank Personal Finance Journey and Funny about Money for inviting me to guest post Deal or Frill: Angel Food Ministries and Can Minimizing Go Too Far?

And thanks to Mr Credit Card for his guest post at BFS, The Fun Stuff in My Budget.  He obviously put a lot of thought into the guest post for this specific site.  Thanks!
For those who don't know, allowing less-known bloggers to post on better-known sites benefits the newbie way more than the well-established.  This newbie says thank you again!

If you have a blog or just really like a specific blog, feel free to email me your suggestion.  I'd love to add a few more to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

Here's my favorite posts for this week:

• Free Money Finance - Seven Steps to Get Out of Debt  Great breakdown of the steps to take if your in debt.
• 20 Something Finance - 5 Personal Finance Goals for your Thirties  I hope we continue to get an early jump on these.
• Live Real, Now - 5 Ways to Force Your Spouse to Get Frugal  This was hilarious to me.  It's a joke, please don't jump to conclusions.
• Money Crush - Celebrating Risk-Taking and "Good Enough"  This is what I think about a bunch of my little projects...have pride in what you do even if it's not "perfect".
• Frugal Dad - The Secret to Falling in Love With Your Home All Over Again  Be thankful...nice point.
• Monevator - Personal Time Management for Fun and Profit  Okay, I'm jealous of his work week, but it was a nice reminder of what we actually are working for.
• Darwin's Finance - The SEC Likes Porn in the Office - Share Your Ridiculous Work Stories  The stories were funny.
• Studenomics - Going Full Time With Your Side Business - When is it the Right Time?  It was good to be reminded that I shouldn't quit my real job right now even if I do like my blog better...

I would also like to thank Daniel at Sweating the Big Stuff again for inviting me to guest post, How Much Do You Need for Retirement?  For those who don't know, allowing less-known bloggers to post on better-known sites benefits the newbie way more than the well-established.  This newbie says thank you!

If you blog or just really like a specific blog you think I should check out, feel free to email me your suggestion.  I'd love to add a few more to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers I read!

Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

In case you didn’t know, I was an avid blog reader and commenter way before I started BFS. I actually read and comment on about 15-20 blogs daily. My blog roll is an actual list of blogs I enjoy regularly.

Since I wouldn’t have started my own blog without the ones that drew me in, I’m posting my own personal list of weekly favorites as my way of saying thanks.

• Monevator - Money Can’t Buy Me Love  This is from 2008, before I paid attention to blogs, but it was so moving...I had to include it.
• Fiscal Geek - It was a tie between Why Tax Deferral May Be a Sucker’s Bet  and Where Do You See Yourself in 10 Years?  The first one was a great breakdown IMHO and the second let me daydream.
• Get Rich Slowly - Reader Story: I Bought a Fire Station for My First Home  How cool is that!?
• Sweating the Big Stuff - Funniest Tax Return Ever  This is great for a quick laugh!
• 20 Something Finance - Healthcare Reform: How it Impacts You  I really appreciated this non-political break down.
• Money Crush - What It’s All For  A short, necessary reminder I enjoyed.
• Live Real, Now - Debt Scams  I liked the run down since I had never looked into these myself.
• Free Money Finance - Where Should You Hide Money and Valuables at Home?  Athough I think his friend is nuts, it was fun to sit in my cubicle and think of hidey holes at home…
• Frugal Dad - Tricks Stores Use To Get Us to Overpay  I see these all the time.
• Studenomics - A Classic & Proven Way to Save Lots of Money Now  Even though I don’t use this method, I have seen it work with friends who aren’t as financially anal as me.
• Frugal Confessions - Learning From Financial Trainwrecks: Turns Out Reality TV Can Teach You Something  Fun read.

I’m also participating in the Enemy of Debt Challenge.  I don’t think I was his target audience, but it’s been fun!

Thank you to these bloggers and all of my other favorites! You teach me something new every day!