Category Archives: Carnivals

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #90 Average Incomes Around the Globe Edition is at My Personal Finance Journey! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Picks

• Barb Friedberg presents WEALTH IN LIFE: PATIENCE LEADS TO SUCCESS (Part 2) posted at Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance, saying, “Read a story about how eating marshmallows at age 4 can determine life success and wealth.”
• The Financial Blogger presents 5 Reasons Why You Need A Partner In Your Business posted at The Financial Blogger, saying, “My story on why a business partner is a great idea.”
• Jonathan presents My Financial Story posted at Fiscally Fearless, saying, “This article discusses the author’s relationship with money through his life.”

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Miss Thrifty. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #89 Happy Birthday Dr. King Edition is at Out of Debt Again! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Picks

• Kay Lynn Akers from Bucksome Boomer presents When I Started Tracking My Finances, a guest post from Eric and how the single most important thing his grandfather taught him was was how to track his finances and budget.
• Jessica shares the story of how her family built its wealth with Sweat Equity posted at MomVesting.
• Roger, the Amateur Financier had quite an experience with his car a few nights ago and got some good customer service from Walmart mechanics and shares with us in Roger’s Bogus Journey posted at The Amateur Financier.
• Daniel discovered in the nick of time that he needed to make a tax payment to avoid penalties in Federal and State Estimated Quarterly Tax Payments are Due! posted at Sweating The Big Stuff.
• Silicon Valley Blogger shares a story from Stacy who has fallen on hard times in the last couple of years in Seek Debt Assistance or Deal with Your Own Debt? posted at The Digerati Life.

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at My Personal Finance Journey. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #88 is at Money Crush! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Pick

The Digerati Life presents I Just Lost My Job! How I’m Downsizing My Household Expenses, a personal story about job loss and some immediate belt-tightening.

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Out of Debt Again. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #87 – is at Funny About Money! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Picks

Where was this lady when I needed advice about my son’s financial upbringing? Mike Piper of Oblivious Investor tells the story of his mom’s very special approach to teaching her son the basics of capitalism.

Free from Broke tells a gracious and beautiful story about his “best financial tool.” It’s pretty neat!

Mrs. Accountability takes the plunge, cutting off her (highly economical) waist-length tresses in favor of a cute new bob…and she worries about justifying the increased cost that results.

OMG! Maybe you have to need to have brought up your own brood to appreciate this, but this thing is freaking hilarious! Don’t miss the story of the parental shopping trip from He!! (or maybe heaven?) by Lindy at Minting Nickels.

Speaking of pretty funny, I’ll bet you didn’t think PF bloggers have a sense of humor, right? The Magic 8-Ball says “guess again.” Len Penzo compares what his not-so-crystal ball predicted about various PF bloggers deepest questions with what actually happened in 2010…and…well, the success rate is a bit unnerving.

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Money Crush. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #86 – New Year’s Resolution Edition is at Bucksome Boomer! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Picks

PT presents Lending Money to Family Members: Worth the Risk? which has four tips on how to avoid what happened in this story.

Our $300+ Pile of Laundry from Amanda Grossman is a honeymoon tale about shopping around for services.

MoneyNing presents Does Making More Money Make You Rich? Income alone is not a good way to tally wealth.

Paying Cash For A Home & God from BWL is a inspirational story about spending within your means and the results.

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Funny About Money. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #85 – Christmas Stories Edition at PT Money! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Picks

The Dough Roller presents The Great Debate: Fake Christmas Tree vs. Real Christmas Tree saying: “A must know comparison on whether your not you should buy a real or fake Christmas tree this year.”

Money Thinking presents Don’t Overspend This Christmas saying: “I grew up in a home where generosity was a huge thing. It wasn’t odd to see hundreds of dollars worth of presents under the tree. But with this generosity came a lot of arguments; my stepdad would just roll his eyes at my mom, or my mom would argue with my disabled grandma. ‘You’ve spent too much!’ They would max out credit…”

Jeff Rose presents How Much Are Premiums on Term Life Insurance If You Use Tobacco? saying: “I always assumed that life insurance for tobacco users was more expensive than those that don’t use it, but I never realized how much more.”

Consumerism Commentary presents Make More Money By Sleeping More saying: “Seems counterintuitive but sleeping should help you earn more money!”

The Digerati Life presents Building A Better Blog & Bootstrapping An Online Business saying: “I offer a checkpoint on where I am with my online business and talk about both some good and bad things to watch out for as an Internet entrepreneur.”

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Bucksome Boomer. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #84 – ‘Twas Two Weeks Before Christmas at Yes, I am Cheap! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at PT Money. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #83 – Making the Fantasy Football Playoffs Edition is up at Money Beagle! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Yes I am Cheap. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #82 – Funny Weight Loss Tips Edition! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Editor’s Favorites – “When eating donuts – only eat the center part.”

• FMF presents Stories of Getting Out of Debt posted at Free Money Finance.
• Aloysa presents How a Debtless Aloysa Became Buried in Debt posted at Aloysa’s Kitchen Sink.
• vh presents THIS Is a Disaster? More news from the insurance front posted at Funny about Money.

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Money Beagle. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!

The Carnival of Money Stories is in need of hosts, if you have been blogging three months and blog at least three times a week, please contact us today and let us know you would like to take this opportunity to share the carnival with your readers! It is a great way to network with personal finance bloggers so let us know you’re up for the challenge!

This week’s edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #81 – Paring Down for Winter Edition is up at Eco Prairie Thrifter! Make sure you head over there and check out all of the great submissions!

Thanks to all of this week’s participants and especially our great host! Next week’s edition will be held at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff. Make sure you head over to the submissions page to learn how to get your post in!