Category Archives: Weekly Best

Spruced Up: It’s Already March! Edition

Hey y’all,

Here’s another week’s worth of my favorite posts:

Sam at Financial Samurai wrote about feeling at home when on vacation. I love thinking about anything related to vacations, and this post just made me want to go on another trip even sooner!

Krystal at Give Me Back My Five Bucks has written a lot of great posts about her travels in Europe. Her lastest is on her trip to Munich, which sounds amazing!

Tom posted the Leaving Work Behind Top 100 blogs. It’s a great list to check out no matter if you want to quit …

Spruced Up: Superbowl Bound, Baby Edition

WE’RE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!! Already looking forward to a rematch between the Pats and the Giants. Go Pats!

Here’s a few posts to celebrate with:

Tom at Leaving Work Behind wrote about progress on his authority site. If you’re building niche sites (or want to be), check out Tom’s site and his Keyword Research Guide, too.

Hunter at Financially Consumed polled about the price of gas in 2012. I think we’re in for a big price increase.

Newlyweds on a Budget posted about how to make money with a blog (and I followed some of the advice!)…

Spruced Up: Playoffs Edition

Now that we’re post-holidays, I’m glad I can sit back, relax, and enjoy some football! (while reading my favorite PF posts, of course!) Here are a few on my favorites from the week:

Andrea at Nickel by Nickel is debt free for all but her house! Congratulations!

Jana at Daily Money Shot launched “Bloggers Give Back,” which I’m happy to support and participate in

Retire By 40 posted a comparison of net worth versus the S&P 500.

PK at DQYDJ posted a visualization of IRS revenues. Love the interactiveness!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter featured a post about filling your

Spruced Up: Last Minute Holiday Shopping Edition

I’m starting to feel the pressure of finishing holiday shopping! Yet I’ve barely even started! I guess I better get going. I found this post on Yahoo this week with free shipping deadlines. I better hit these or I’m going to have to brave the mall (which I really don’t want to do).

Here are my favorites for the week:

Money Talks – Did a 3 Hour Sales Pitch Get Me to Open My Wallet?

Daily Money Shot- My Job is Depressing. And I want to Leave.

Frugal Confessions – Making a Little Extra Cash Online

Life …

Spruced Up: Countdown to Christmas Edition

Here’s a shoutout to my favorites of the week:

So Over Debt – It’s Official: I’m a Spendaholic in Remission

Frugal Confessions – An Argument for Holding Out on Purchasing the Latest and Greatest Gadgets

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff – Essential Tips for Hiring the Right CPA

Money Talks – Are Credit Unions Better Than Big Banks?

Minting Nickels – Ebay in Black and White

Wealth Informatics – Do A Financial Self Appraisal

Money Crush – Seven Businesses You Can Start for $100 or Less

Afford Anything – Great Expectations Lead to Victories

Financially Consumed – Value Added Landlord

Spruced Up: ‘Seems About Time’ Edition

I haven’t posted a roundup lately, but it seemed like a good time to do that now after all the excitement at the Financial Bloggers Conference. This isn’t a recap of that (I didn’t write one so everyone else covered it so well), but here’s some of my favorite recent posts, from both old and new friends:

Hunter @ Financially Consumed – “Ten Takeaways – Financial Blogger Conference

Crystal @  Budgeting in the Fun Stuff – “Balancing My Checkbook – Too Loaded to Care?

Ashley @ Money Talks – “Self Employment Income Is Not Less

Spruced Up: Saving, Dreaming, and Living

Welcome to my round-up of the best in the pf realm. I’ve got some exciting news to share:

I’m now listed on Money Crasher’s Top PF blogs! I’m currently ranked at #284 (see the box on the right sidebar), and this is updated regularly. I’m excited to see how I can make this grow and how I measure up with the other blogs up there. If you’d like to help me grow even more, I’d love if you’d subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for being a supporter!

Now for my favorite posts:

“Online Education Advantage” -Financially Consumed…

Spruced Up: My Favs Including Financial Struggle and Warren Buffett

Hey all, I’m writing to you from WordCamp Boston right now. I had a blast yesterday learning some new tricks on WordPress, and hanging out with cool people, too.

Here are my favorites for the week:

The Value of Financial Struggle from Pocket Changed

Will Your Charge Card Effect Your FICO Score? from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

How to Think Like Warren Buffet from Gen Y Wealth

The Library Card is in Your Future by Financially Consumed

Extended Warranty – Worth it or Not? from Wealth Informatics

Dealing With the Electric Bill form Money Talks

Have a great week!…

Spruced Up – Best of PF: Lawyers, Cards, anddd… SEO

Here’s some of my favorite posts of the week (damn, I read a lot of blogs). I’ve got a non-pf link in there from Sean Ogle about SEO, too (and this post title is probably bad for SEO, actually). Click and enjoy!

Never Say “I Can’t Afford it” Again – Money Talks

4 Thrifty Way to Hire a Lawyer – Financially Consumed

6 Lessons Learned from the Recession – Budgets Are Sexy

The Best SEO Strategy for Your New Blog – Sean Ogle/Location 180

Every Purchase is a Trade-Off – Get Rich Slowly

10 Reason I’m Cancelling My Credit Cards

Spruced Up: Best of PF #8

Every week, I read lots of other personal finance blog posts.  Here’s a round-up of all the best posts from the week, so check them out!

First, an update:

I’m competing in the Yakezie challenge, and I’ve finally got my Alexa ranking below 200,000!  Thanks to everyone for reading and helping me get here! It’s a small step forward, but I’m constantly growing, as I have over 1,100 unique visitors in the last month and I’m continuing to grow at 25% per month!

Now, for the the Spruced Up picks of the week:

Money in the 20s -“Applying to

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