Carnival of Personal Finance #157

June 16, 2008 By Debbie Dragon

This week’s carnival is hosted at Consumerism Commentary and is the third anniversary edition.  A number of excellent articles from various personal finance bloggers were included. Here is a sample:

• Jennifer Derrick from Saving Advice presents  Quit Complaining About Fuel Prices and Do Something
• Silicon Valley Blogger from The Digerati Life presents Our Financial Progress Over The Last 10 Years.
• The Writer’s Coin presents Saving for Retirement vs. Living Your Life
• Toi from Discover Debt Freedom presents Emergency Funds: A Quick and Easy Way to Start One.
• Money Answer Guy from Money Answer Guy presents Is it Possible to Save Money on Gas?
• Debbie from Debbie the Debt Destroyer presents Go on Vacation Without Adding More Debt.

Posted in blog carnivals, budgeting, debt, family, lifestyle

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