Weekly Favorites, Gratitude, and Giveaways #22

Also, check out my other blog, Crystal Clear Thoughts,
for my Weight Watchers Updates! I’m down 24 pounds and shooting for 2 more by July 4th!!!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• First Gen American with My Frugal Insanity  You can feel the moment with this writing!
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Seller’s Remorse 10 Years Later?  I think she made a great choice.
• Money Reasons with Everything Goes Trash Night is Like Bizarro Christmas  This one made me giggle – he is so excited about trash removal!
• Wealth Informatics with Never pay full price : Get 10-50% on EVERY purchase  Neat tips!
• Moms Plans with My Freezer Cooking Plan for This Weekend, 4/29  Mmmm…honey mustard chicken..
• Kathryn’s Conversations with The Cherry On Top – A New Way to Look at Buying Real Estate  I’m biased since I totally agree, but this is very thorough!
• South County Girl with A job offer for my fiance we won’t be acting upon…  I’m frustrated for them…
• The Single Saver with Dandelion Greens: Frugal Recipe Feature  Huh, I never knew…cool beans!
• Options Dude with Ignoring Market Noise When Trading  Good advice.
• Well Heeled with The Engagement Ring  Gorgeous and sparkly…it really is dazzling.  I would gag if I knew how much it cost, so I am very glad her fiance won’t tell her. 

Guest Posts at BFS

• Life And My Finances contributed How Much Are You Really Paying for that New Car?
• Debt Payer contributed Job Experience – Don’t Rock the Boat
• Wealth Informatics contributed Now Available at a Library Near You

Thank you all for a day off since we have been traveling every weekend!

If you would like to guest post on BFS, please contact me with your idea or post and I’d love to have you over for the day! If you are a business, please contact me here for more details. Thanks!

Giveaways and Other Info

• The Centsible Life is hosting an iPad 2 Giveaway until May 7th!
• Wealth Informatics is hosting an Amazon Kindle and More Giveaway for its 1 Year Blogoversary until May 10th!
• Stoopid Success is hosting a $300 Contest/Giveaway until May 15th!
• I am a staff writer for Sweating the Big Stuff and posted Tips to Stay a Valuable Employee.
• I am a staff writer for Stupid Cents as well and posted What is Term Life Insurance?
• I am also a staff writer for Passive Family Income and posted Inexpensive Family Activities.

Blog Carnivals

• The Financial Blogger hosted the Best of Money Carnival and included Spending on What We Use the Most.
• Stupid Cents hosted the Totally Money Blog Carnival and included Spending on What We Use the Most.
• The Consumer Boomer hosted the Festival of Frugality and included Green Your Routine – Ecologically Friendly Product Alternatives
• Little House in the Valley hosted the Yakezie Carnival and included Explaining a Health Savings Account, HSA.
• The Skilled Investor hosted the Carnival of Financial Planning and included Health Savings Account (HSA).

My carnival – Totally Money Blog Carnival -
was at Stupid Cents!
Please check out the last edition and submit here every week!

If you are hosting a carnival that includes Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, please email me so I can include it in my roundup. Also, please email me if you’d like to host Totally Money. Thanks!

Top 5 Referring Sites to BFS within the Last Week:
(I list the top 25 on the first Saturday of every month)

1. Yakezie
2. Canadian Finance Blog
3. Free Money Finance
4. Get Rich Slowly
5. wordpress.com’]);” href=”http://www.nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/”>Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured

Feel free to contact 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 me!

And please use About Life Insurance as a resource for everything life insurance!!!
Let me know if you do help out and I will be sure to return the favor!

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