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: End of July Photo Credit: crowt59 July has been an eventful month for me. It will certainly make for a great monthly review on Monday.  :) My post on how to save money when eating out was included in the Festival of Frugality hosted by Student Scrooge. From the College Money Network:......
• Weekly Round-Up: House Guests Edition Photo Credit: krossbow This past week was slow in posts due to a house guest over. We took him around town and showed him some great places to eat, relax, and shop. We also had some friends help us out and we discovered some fantastic (and cheap) places. We......

• Tips on Getting Your First Credit Card Image via Wikipedia Do you want to get a credit card? If you do not know how to manage your finances without a credit card I would certainly strongly discourage you from getting one. However, if you can manage your finances quite well and would like added security by way......
• 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,......