The winner of last week’s giveaway Coming Up Short is One Frugal Girl.  And I’m reviewing, giving away this week Depression Economics.  Leave a comment for a chance to win.  Also I wrote a guest post for Simply Forties called “the loose budget“.  Head on over to check it out.  I was also mentioned on the MSN Smart Spending Blog talking about Family Money. These are some of the carnivals I participated in.

• 162nd Festival of Frugality
• 94th Carnival of Money Stories
• 21st Bankruptcy and Debt Carnival
• 1-26-09 Twenty Something Finances Carnival
• Frugalista Edition of the Money Hacks Carnivals
• 29th Rich Life Carnival
• Millionaire Mind Carnival 5th Edition
  
• 4th Carnival of Saving Money

These are some posts I found cool.

• J. Money at Budgets are crazy listed people’s wierdest jobs ever.  I was the Cutco Knife salesman.
• Jim at Blueprint for Finances gives us a Life Lock Review. I’ve been really curious about them since I always see the ad on tv.
• Common Cents Approach says “Paying off your mortgage is a no-brainer“.  I would say it’s only a no brainer if you are saving $16.5k into a 401k and $5k into an IRA first, and have a diversified net worth of more than home equity.
• My Frugal Front Porch gives us tips on “How to save while grocery shopping.”  I’m always looking for tips to keep my groceries down.
• Big Cajun Man talks about “Sometimes it’s better to be lucky.”  I agree 100%.
• Out of Debt Christian says “Be a better bargainer“.  Americans are terrible bargainer compared to the rest of the world because we don’t do it in stores.  Personally I like it that way.  Bargaining in stores I think would be very disruptive.  But I’m not above asking for a discount politely!

Have a great weekend!