This week I had the pleasure of hosting the 79th Carnival of Money Stories and the 19th Finance Fiesta!  I hope you checked them out, if not be sure to look at all the great posts.  But onto the carnivals I participated in and I hope you had a great week.

Carnivals

• 173rd Carnival of Personal Finance, Editor’s Choice – Walking away from Foreclosures
• October 8th Kids and Money Carnival
• 146th Festival of Frugality
• 13th Rich Life Carnival
• 33rd Money Hacks Carnival
• 41st Carnival of Taxes
• 62nd Cavalcade of Risk
• October 4th Carnival of Financial Goals

PF Bloggers Roundup

• WideOpenWallet gives us a post with frugal costume ideas
• NoDebtPlan talks about Paying off debt versus Investing
• MasterYourCard talks about the Rules of Financial Responsibility
• OurFourPenceWorth talks about Healthy Alternatives for Aerosol Air Freshners
• GirlsJustWannaHaveFunds tells us the Bailout Fallout hits Close to home

Rest of the Blogosphere

• FiveCentNickel informs us that FDIC now insures up to $250k in accounts
• NCN gives us sites to calculate what it costs to drive, eek!
• FMF asks us the questions is it standard to ask for more money when you get a job offer?
• Dog tells us about her thoughts on “leasing a car“, it can be a good deal for a business
• CleverDude tells us why “he doesn’t dream anymore“, and I gotta agree
• Mrs Micah talks about throwing good money after bad, for me it’s about our cars!

Well hope you had a great week with my carnivals and you’ve enjoyed yourself here!  I will spend the weekend watching baseball and go apple picking if my foot feels okay!  I really want to because my DH is feeling the itch before the weather gets bad!