Weekly Round Up: Under the Weather

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

• 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. ......
• Weekly Round Up: Family in Town I have family in town, so this posts this week has been a bit slow. I should be back to my normal schedule Monday and I excited about some of the articles next week. The anniversary dinner went well and we're relaxing a bit with some Mario Kart Wii.  Personal......

• Weekly Thoughts: I'm on MSN! Have you ever found yourself winning a prize you hadn't even entered to win?  Like, at a drawing at the local fair, you find out that your friends put your name into the raffle, and suddenly you've won a big prize, like a car, without any effort or real work......
• Blogging Away Debt awaits your submissions You must submit.  You have no choice.   MWHAHAHAHA!!Actually, you do, but Blogging Away Debt will be getting next week's Carnival of Debt Reduction together soon, so get your submissions in by Sunday 5 PM!  (Also, she reminds submitters that this is a debt reduction carnival, and although general saving and......