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: October 5, 2007 I decided to do my weekly round up a little early because I'm going to be busy this weekend with schoolwork. I might have some time to post, but it's not guaranteed.  I want to start on a project I have for a class because I have a feeling it'll......
• 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 Roundup: Credit Card Use Stings Edition Now that we have paid off a number of debts, including most recently our car, we have decided to use one of our two remaining credit cards as a dedicated gas card. It has a decent rebate program on gasoline purchases, but we are really using it for convenience and......
• Fool of Credit Card Finance - Reader Report I just have to pass on this "fools of finance" anecdote sent to me by observant reader Clifton: I  saw something yesterday that you might find interesting.  My wife and I had taken a short mini vacation to visit some old friends in Las Vegas.  We went to a Wal-Mart......