Photo Credit: Matt Callow

This week has not been great. I’ve been under the weather with the temperature changes and my sinuses have given me headaches. My weekly round-up is going to be a bit shorter. I’m hoping to feel better this upcoming week. 

I do want to say thanks for all the comments and feedback on the ECON 101  post this week. I’m working on the second post and hope it is better than the first.

Special Announcements:

I asked on Twitter if anyone had any recommendation for posts this week and two bloggers were kind enough to share their thoughts:

• Got Debt from Stupid Spending? Suck It Up and Fix It picked by ctreit @ Vilkri
• Learning To Drink Again picked by Dr. S @ Finance Your Life

Carnivals This Week

• Randall hosted the Festival of Frugality #160. He did a great job!
• Money Hacks Carnival #47 @ Money Beagle
• Carnival of Debt Reduction: Tips via Twitter Edition @ Consumerism Commentary.
• Carnival of Money Stories #93 – BCS Edition @ Your Money Relationship.

Top Personal Finance Posts This Week

• A Commonly Believed Myth: The Little Guy Just Can’t Get Ahead
• Where To Find The Best Rates For Home And Auto Insurance?
• Staying Warm Frugally In Bitter Cold Weather
• How Much Does A Dog Cost?
• Crafty Creditors Are Making Changes
• Avoiding impulse shopping
• Large Student Loan Debt’s Place In Debt Snowball Plan
• Stock Splits

• Carnival of Debt Reduction #163: KOTOR One of my favorite all time games is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I love the storyline that was created for it. The mission and characters were well thought out and getting to choose what path to take was fun.  I have both the original and the sequel......
• Weekly Round Up: Enjoying Orlando Photo Credit:  kevindooley It's official, yesterday we started our vacation for our anniversary. We're in Orlando, FL and at 7:30am the temperature is 44F and it's sunny and clear outside. It's supposed to warm up to 67F. The rest of the week is supposed to be high 70s, low 80s. ......

• How to Increase Blog Traffic with Blog Carnivals One of the easiest things that you can do to build traffic is to submit your content to blog carnivals if you want to learn how to increase blog traffic. In as few as four simple steps, you can bring new visitors to your blog and you can build excellent,......
• Reviewing this Week’s Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Wall Street Pushes Hurricane Ike to the Second Page  This week has no doubt been a record-beater in the volume of money and finance news that has pushed its way to the front pages of print and electronic news publications.  The people still struggling with Hurricane Ike have been pushed......