My Favorite Posts this Week

• Len Penzo with My Teenage Son, His Cell Phone, and the Bill for $1,055.20  Yes, you read that right.
• Get Rich Slowly with How to Find Unclaimed Money (and Unclaimed Property)  This is the most thorough post about this that I have even seen.
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Everyday Things I Do To Save Money  Her list is great and the comments add to it as well!
• Money Reasons with Decks Are Well Worth The Cost  He feels as good about his deck as I do about our wood laminate. 
• Squirrelers with Wheeling and Dealing for Health Care  I will have to remember to ask for a discount next time.
• Free Money Finance with How to Ask for a Discount When You’re Embarrassed to Ask  I love getting discounts, but you do have to ask.
• No Debt Plan with Contrasting Paying Off Second Mortgage with S&P 500 Investing: A Visual Example  Paying off a mortgage can be a great investment.
• Money Crush with Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility  Sometimes you just have to say no.
• Darwin’s Finance with 5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Using a Health Savings Account (HSA)  This was informative to me.

Guest Posts on BFS

• Adam Gibson with VA Mortgage Benefits and Financing Rates

Thanks for the day off!

Blog Carnivals that Featured BFS

• Out of Debt Again with Yakezie Alexa Challenge Roundup and chose A Teacher’s Reply

Thanks for putting your time into this!

Carnival hosts, please email me if BFS is in a carnival you are hosting so I can be sure to add it to the list. Thanks!

Other Info

• I am now a staff writer at Sweating the Big Stuff!!!  You can see my posts on Wednesdays, starting with 10 Money-Saving Home Repairs. 

Fellow bloggers, if you ever need or would like a guest post from BFS, please shoot me an email. I usually have a couple of weeks of posts ready in advance so I could probably help out.

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!