Welcome the the FIRST EVER Totally Money Blog Carnival!!! My sincere thanks to everybody who submitted to this inaugural edition! I’ve riddled this one with fun New Year’s quotes in honor of a new beginning. I hope to make you smile enough to see you all next week too!
To my regular readers, I will be hosting this carnival every Monday in January, but today is the only day I will not have another post too. So if blog carnivals aren’t your thing, don’t worry, I’ll have some regular BFS every Monday after this one too. 
Editor’s Picks
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.” ~ Anonymous
- Khaleef @ KNS Financial presents Man Tries to Rob a Restaurant With an iPhone posted at Faithful With A Few.
- Mr. Money presents 30 Things Broke People Say (That Keep Them Broke) posted at Smart On Money.
- Kris @ Everyday Tips presents Personal Finance ‘Keys To Success’ May Not Always Apply posted at Everyday Tips and Thoughts….
Budgeting
“I’m a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.” ~ Robert Paul
- Amanda L Grossman presents Holiday Hangover: 23 Things to Do Instead of Spending Money posted at Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living.
- Heather Sokol presents New Year, New Finances: 31 Days to a Better Budget posted at Inexpensively.
- Little House presents 2011 Goals: Part 1 posted at Little House in the Valley.
- Mighty Bargain Hunter presents A hack to include online purchases in a cash budgeting system posted at Mighty Bargain Hunter.
- Kay Lynn Akers presents Resolutionize Your Finances: Budgeting posted at Bucksome Boomer.
Saving
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions!” ~ Joey Adams
- Barbara Friedberg presents Why I’m Happy with a $500 Car Repair Bill posted at Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance.
- The Saved Quarter presents Ten Ways to Jump Start Your Savings posted at The Saved Quarter.
- Buck Inspire presents Debt: Choose Your Battles posted at Buck Inspire.
Money Management
“New Year’s Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” ~ Mark Twain
- Squirrelers presents The Importance of Sleep for Wealth Creation posted at Squirrelers.
- Jason presents First 3 Things to Do in the New Year posted at Live Real, Now.
- Suba presents Diagnose your financial health – Do an annual wealth checkup posted at Wealth Informatics.
- Control your Cash presents 5.3 billion birds in the hand posted at Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense.
- Phillip Donavan presents Top 39 Mommy Bloggers for Saving Your Money posted at Political Science Degree.
- Silicon Valley Blogger presents Bill Paying Strategies To Help Find Your Spending Balance posted at The Digerati Life.
Frugality
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” ~ Bill Vaughan
- Wenchypoo presents An Example of How Futile Savings Efforts Are Using Coupons vs. Cost Per Unit posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
- David Leonhardt presents Five Animals Teach Us Less-Wasteful Dining Habits posted at Self-Help Happiness Blog.
Finance
“New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.” ~ James Agate
- MoneyCone presents Misled By DirecTV? You May Be Entitled To Some Compensation. Here’s How… posted at Money Cone.
- Mike Piper presents Does This Count as Market Timing? posted at Oblivious Investor.
- Mark presents The Advantages Of Investing In Stocks posted at Buy Like Buffett.
- Aussie presents Investing In Shares In 2011 posted at Australian Stock Market Blog.
- Patty Pedersen presents Fidelity Mutual Funds: Best, Worst, and 2011 Forecast posted at AlphaProfit MoneyMatters – Investing Blog.
- Steve presents Cummins Inc (CMI) Earnings February 1st posted at FastSwings.
- Ramsay presents 5 Things You Can Do To Stay Poor posted at MoneyedUP.
Debt
“Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year’s resolution.” ~ Jay Leno
- PT presents Are You Paying Off the Right Debt? Your Mortgage vs Your Student Loans posted at PT Money.
- Mrs. Not Made of Money presents Got A Debt Problem? Tips To Cure A Debt Hangover posted at Not Made Of Money.
- Barry Noret presents Fast Stop to Collection Calls from Creditors posted at Your Personal Worth.
Credit
“The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.” ~ P.J. O’Rourke
- Eric presents Important Interest Rates That Impact You posted at Narrow Bridge Finance.
- Geoff presents Credit Score Roulette posted at Car Negotiation Coach.
- CreditShout Kevin presents Eliminate Your Credit Card Debt From The Holidays posted at CreditShout.
- Sustainable PF presents My Journey to the Best Canadian Rewards Credit Card posted at Sustainable Personal Finance.
- Tim Chen presents Finally, a Card With a 0% Balance Transfer APR & No Transfer Fee posted at NerdWallet Blog – Credit Card Watch.
- Albert Tribble presents How to Eat Your Cake and Have it Too – Make the Best Possible Use of Credit Cards posted at Masters in Finance.
- Jeff Weber presents Common Balance Transfer Mistakes to Avoid posted at Smart Balance Transfers.
Taxes
“New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.” ~ Mark Twain
- David de Souza presents 3 New Year’s Tax Resolutions You Should Make posted at Tax Return Blog.
- Steve presents Tips on Reducing Property Taxes | 2009 Taxes posted at 2009 Taxes.
Careers and Economy
“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” ~ Bill Vaughan
- Mike Collins presents Stock Market Holidays 2011 posted at Saving Money Today.
- Jaymus (RealizedReturns) presents The biggest resume mistake job-hunters make posted at RealizedReturns.
- Darwin presents US Debt Ceiling Explained – MAJOR Vote Coming Up posted at Darwin’s Money.
- Tylet presents New Graduate Salaries posted at Higher Education and Career Blog.
Other
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. ~ Brooks Atkinson
- Carlos presents Setting Smart Goals: Getting Things Done posted at The Writers Coin.
- The Amateur Financier presents Keeping Up On Your Resolutions posted at The Amateur Financier.
- Richard Gregory presents How To Start A Mobile Trailer Business posted at Catering Trailer.
- DSO presents High Yield REIT Dividend – PSA posted at Dividend Stocks.
Thanks so much!!!
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Please submit your posts to the January 17th edition of the Totally Money Blog Carnival using the carnival submission form. Please remember that this carnival will only include recent, original posts about personal finance or money AND that a description MUST be included when you submit. Thank you!
Also, I am opening up Totally Money to outside hosts starting the week of February 7th, so feel free to throw your name in the ring if you match the qualifications. After looking at the qualifications and the Hosting Schedule, please contact me with your top 3 date preferences if you are interested!
Wow! This is an awesome list!
Thanks for all the great reading!
Oh my gosh, you must be exhausted after putting this together. Go take a nap!
Thanks for picking my post! Great inaugural carnival! I must remember to link to it on Saturday! (note to self, note to self…)
Thanks for including me as an editor’s pick!
Wow what a list! Congrats on your Inaugural Edition and thanks for making me apart of it!
Thanks for the include. Love the P.J. O’Rourke quote under the credit section.
Hey Crystal! Great job putting together the inaugural edition! That’s a lot of great articles!
Hello Crystal!
Thank you for including my article in your inaugural carnival! Very exciting.
Another pf blog carnival yay
I’ll be submitting regularly!
I missed this but I have added it to my bookmark page and will be submitting soon!
Great carnival! Thank you for including me!
Love the format! Thanks for putting this up Crystal!
Awesome carnival! Thanks so much for including my link!
Thanks for including us!
Crystal – I’ll call your first edition of the Carnival a Success! Great work on it, and I’m glad to be a part of it.
Thank you, all of you, for reading and participating!
I totally missed this. Next time, I’ll make sure to send in a submission.
Hey Crystal, Nice working putting together this carnival! You’re quite the over-acheiver
, I love it!
Feels really good to be an editor’s pick in the first every Totally Money Blog Carnival!!! Thanks Crystal! I know this was a lot of work to put together.
Thanks for including my link in your round-up!
Thanks for including my blog post. It looks like you’re off to a roaring start.
Awesome collection of articles you have here. I will probably submit something for the next one!
Wow, 27 comments already. It looks like your new carnival is a smashing success. Thanks for including our post “5.3 Billion Birds in the Hand.”
GREAT collection of articles!! Looks like you are off to a great start!
You all are so welcome! I am so glad you like it! Hope to see you all in the inbox by this Sunday too!
missed the boat on this fun initiative, will definitely look into it.
Thank you for including me in your brand new carnival! I’m excited to see how it grows.
I love that you started a carnival and that I got to be in the inaugural edition.
Thanks so much!
Crystal, This was my first experience of the blog carnival anywhere. Mych appreciated for being included in the very first edition here. I look forward to future sharing of ideas and strategies to help folks with their financial lives. Let’s all help folks learn how to live life richly no matter where they are on the journey!
Greta work!
-Barry
That was very fascinating. There are not a lot of blogs out there with good information on this topic. I hope to read more good comments when I come back next week. Thank you for the information.
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