Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

Mr. BFS is graduating from grad school today!!!  
Congratulations Sweety!!!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• Money Crasher with The Financial Benefits of Quitting Smoking  I’m asthmatic and have my own reasons for disliking smoking, but here’s the purely financial side of it.
• Money Crush with Seven Ways to Attend College Without Taking Out a Student Loan  I made it through with #1, #3, #4, and help from Mom and Dad.
• Monevator with Is Kindle a Tax on Reading?  I’m not a Kindle fan, but I can see its advantages.
• Studenomics with Retire At 70? Screw That With These Helpful Tips  Hahaha…the title alone.  Great tip list as well.
• Frugal Scholar with Depreciation Appreciation  What do you like to buy used?
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Retiring Before the Age of 40? How Realistic Is That?  This was one of the funniest posts Kris has written lately!
• Money Reasons with The Reasons I Like Money Over Gift Cards  I love gift cards, but in case you don’t…
• Barbara Friedburg Personal Finance with Assertive, Aggressive, or Inappropriate? You Decide  I thought it was just plain smart. 
• First Gen American with Buying a House with Cash  Sandy’s mom bought her house with cash by prioritizing her specific wants and needs.
• The Saved Quarter with Healthy School Lunch: Not a Pipe Dream  Better options for kids (and staff).

Blog Carnivals that Featured BFS

• The Financial Blogger hosted the Carnival of Financial Planning and chose True Trick to Save Money on Appliances
• Money Beagle hosted the Carnival of Money Stories and chose 7 Common Money Mistakes

Thanks for putting your time into these carnivals!  I truly appreciate being included!

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!

BFS Guest Posts on Other Blogs

• Live Real, Now with Let’s Talk Pets and Other Unexpected Expenses 

Thanks so much for having me over for the day!

Fellow bloggers, if you 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.

Other Info

• Enemy of Debt is hosting a Debt Free Game Giveaway!  Check it out!
• I started reading a few new blogs this week so I’ve updated my Favorite Blogs List (in the left sidebar) to reflect my new regular reading list.
• I am a staff writer at Sweating the Big Stuff. You can see my posts every Wednesday – this week’s was 7 Reasons Why I Am Using Your $23.

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!

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