Favorite Articles This Week:
- A New Stage In My Financial Journey @ The Happy Rock – An awesome AWESOME post on the different stages of what money really MEANS to the Happy Rock. Insightful stuff.
- Men Paying for Dinner: Is It More Romantic? @ Consumerism Commentary – Half of me says no, and the other half says…yes? I dunno I’m not a girl :) I FEEL like I’m being romantic when I pay! Esp if I use my own reserves instead of our “joint” account. What do you think?
- How to save and store critical financial information for your family @ Mrs. Micah – Excellent post on compiling your info into one sexy Word doc! Even if you don’t want to read it entirely, at LEAST download her Financial Life Worksheet and make time to fill it out. Genius :)
- 11 Dumb Ways to get in Debt @ Financial Highway – Some of these are common sense, but others might surprise you! There’s just one I’d like for you to overlook – playing the lottery ;) $1 makes for some good entertainment!
- Prayer Requests @ Janie Out of Debt - The first paragraph says it all, “Here is a list of everyone that I am currently praying for that has credit card debt. Please pray for them as well because they are struggling financially and they are in need of your prayer too.” Love the love :)
Carnivals I Participated In:
- Best Of Money Carnival – hosted by my good friend Man vs. Debt.
- Carnival of Personal Finance – “History of College Football” ed. hosted by Stretchy Dollar.
- Carnival of Money Stories – hosted by The Dough Roller.
- Money Hacks Carnival #80 – hosted by Automatic Finances.
- Carnival of Pecuniary Delights #22 – “UFC” ed. hosted by The Canadian Finance Blog.
- Festival of Frugality #193 – “G.I. Joe” ed. hosted by The Canadian Finance Blog.
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