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 Finance Carnivals

• Carnival of Personal Finance #197
• Carnival of Debt Reduction #184 
• Festival of Frugality #170
• Money Hacks Carnival

Top Personal Finance Posts This Week

• How To Break The Credit Card Habit
• How to Save $100 (or More) at the Grocery Store This Month
• The Search Begins! The Hunt for Our First Home
• Getting My Credit Card Interest Rate Back
• Are We Exaggerating the Severity of the Economic Situation?
• How to Set Joint Financial Goals with Your Partner
• How to Opt-Out
• Freezing Credit Reports Online: A Guide and Walkthrough
• Credit Card Companies – How to really stick it to them
• Extra Income Ideas For College Students And Recent Graduates

• Weekly Round Up: Messing Around With Video Games This week has a bit crazy with traveling to meet family and some other things. We're currently enjoying the new TV and taking turns playing some games on it. I just finished the main storyline on Fable 2 and I'll go back and play it to handle a few side......
• Weekly Round Up: Working a 9-5 Again If one word could describe how I feel, it would be tired. I'm excited and happy with the temporary job and income. Just as income picks up, though, so do expenses. I have to take care of some things that have recently sprung up: Rabies shot for the cat My 'ABS'......

• How To Increase Your ROI On Your Credit Card Use This is a guest post from Mr Credit Card. Today, he is going to write a guest post about ROI on credit cards (which I guess fits the theme of my blog). Credit cards are like knives. You can hurt yourself with them, or they can be great tools. Today,......
• Paying Off Credit Card Debt Paying off debt has been in the news a lot with the current economy. Credit card debt is a plague that has stricken countless families. Paying off the excessive debt can stress your monthly cash flow but having too much debt can keep you from getting a good rate on......