I received my second paycheck from the temporary job.  The goal is dump as much as we can into savings to build up our emergency fund. After taxes were taken out, I received $719.17 for take home pay. Out of this paycheck, 76% or $550 will be go towards savings.  I just created another automatic transfer to ensure it gets done. If I even wait, I can sometimes come up with excuses with the cash.

A portion of the money is being redirected towards my savings for his anniversary gift. Not saying what it is, but I will start calling places in the next few weeks to update prices on it.

Personal Finance Carnivals

• Carnival of Personal Finance
• Festival of Frugality
• Carnival of Debt Reduction
• Carnival of Money Stories #23
• Money Hacks Carnival

Top Personal Finance Posts This Week

• What Not to Do When You are Behind on Bills
• Switching over to cable phone service
• 10 things to do with $1,000
• How to deal with out of control spending
• Responsibly Managing Your Credit Cards
• Save (and Make) Money with an iPhone/Palm Pre?
• When the Doctor Charges for Unnecessary Tests
• Almost 25% of the country pays NO TAX at all.
• Your Take: What is Your Money Vice?

• The Simple Dollar Released Free Personal Finance eBook Trent from The Simple Dollar expands some thoughts on a very popular post into a free eBook. In November 2007, Trent wrote an informative post Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards. He covered concepts such as Spend Less Than You......
• Weekly Round-Up: Packing It Up If you've been following my articles at Five Cent Nickel, you notice this week we starting to pack in anticipation of our big move.  We’re tackling all our out of season clothes and extra dishes and cookware we rarely use. We’re either packing them up or bagging them up to donate them.......

• Top Choices From This Weeks Money Carnivals. Just wanted to give some credit to some great articles I found interesting from a few of this weeks carnivals. Enjoy! First, from The 87th Carnival of Personal Finance: More Questions That Will Prevent Impulse Spending from Penny Pinching. The Miles We Have Traveled And The Money We Have Spent......
• WSJ Complete Personal Finance Guidebook By Jeff Opdyke When it comes to a trusted source for financial news and information, it’s hard to beat the Wall Street Journal. They have introduced a line of guidebooks on many financial topics, but for this review we’ll be taking a look at their Personal Finance guidebook. While it may be a......