Weekly Favorites, Gratitude, and Giveaways #29

June 18, 2011, at 6:00 am

My Favorite Posts this Week

Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Avocados Or 5 Dollar Bill? We are pretty bad in this area…
First Gen American with When Babci’s Frugalness Goes too Far I cringed…
Money Reasons with Memories of Poor Friends In My Distant Past I love memory posts.
Wealth Informatics with How to get cheaper car insurance? As always, very informative.
Money Crush with How to Actually GET the Rebates You Qualify For The key is to read that fine print and follow through.
South County Girl with It’s Pay Day Friday… She is as detailed with her numbers as I am, cool beans!
Squirrelers with First Job Lessons Learned I learned that I needed to have a “work” Crystal and not just allm Crystal all the time.
Funny about Money with Bird Rescue I love happy endings!
Sustainable Life Blog with Financial Stability This is the first step to happy financial circumstances!
Frugal Forties with Top 5 Stupid Wastes of Money I hate it when I do anything on that list!

Guest Posts on BFS

Totally Money contributed Top Lottery Myths Debunked.

Thank you for the day off and for providing a fun post!!!

Staff Writing – Yes, it needs its own section now…

I am a staff writer for Sweating the Big Stuff and posted Tips for a Fun and Frugal Fourth of July Party.
I am a staff writer for Stupid Cents as well and posted Converting a 401k to Roth IRA.
I am also a staff writer for Passive Family Income and posted Cost Efficient Home Repairs for Classic Problems.
I am a staff writer at Money in the 20s too and posted Hardy and Inexpensive Perennial Garden Plants.
I am pretty new still at Wealth Pilgrim and posted My Car Insurance — How I Save A Fortune.
I am brand new at Sustainable Personal Finance and posted Gardening Tips for Beginners like Me.

Thank You

A new sponsor has thrown in their support for Budgeting in the Fun Stuff this week. I would like to personally thank Merchant Warehouse for signing up with BFS – you can see their widget in the right sidebar. Partners like them, readers like you, and the bloggers that have taken the chance to hire me have all made it possible to become a full time blogger and freelancer by the end of this year! In fact, I am now on track to work full time from home by September, woot!

Thank you!

Giveaways

Super Frugalette is also hosting a Free Business Card Magnet Giveaway until June 19th!
My Personal Finance Journey is hosting a Free Business Card Giveaway until July 4th!

Blog Carnivals

Small Biz Big Dreams hosted the Best of Money Carnival and included Craigslist – Getting Rid of Stuff!
Personal Dividends hosted the Carnival of Wealth and included Craigslist – Getting Rid of Stuff as well.
A Gai Shan Life hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and included Ten Money Tips For Students and Recent Grads.

If you are hosting a carnival that includes Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, please email me so I can include it in my roundup. Thanks!

Top 5 Referring Sites to BFS from Last Week:

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!

Also, check out my other blog, Crystal Clear Thoughts,
for my Weight Watchers Updates!
I started at 176 on January 4th and already hit my July 4th goal of 150!
I am now aiming for 140 pounds by the end of the year!

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!