Carnival of Personal Finance #139: Valentine Edition

Posted by Madison on February 11th, 2008

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! It’s time to get out the scissors and red construction paper and make some hearts for those special people in your lives. From celebrating frugally to funding your Roth IRA, you’re sure to find an article you love. We have 95 great articles in this week’s Carnival of Personal [...]

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Carnivals and Roundup: Selling Snow Edition

Posted by Madison on February 10th, 2008

I think during every post I’ve written this winter I’ve had the ability to look out the window and see it snowing. It’s no exception this weekend as it’s still snowing…. on top of the 58 inches we already had this time last week…. on top of the foot of snow we had on Wednesday [...]

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Money Ning is Giving Away $1,500

Posted by Madison on February 9th, 2008

David over at Money Ning is getting married today. He’s giving away $1,500 to celebrate to his readers! Starting March 1 he’ll give away $100 per day for 10 days. If he gets 1,000 subscribers by then he’ll add five more days! Entering is easy, all you have to do is subscribe to his email [...]

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Big Goals for 2008!

Posted by Madison on February 8th, 2008

It’s February and I’ve finally decided on our goals for the new year. Last year, outside of our main dollar plan goal I made just one new years resolution: to stop couponing. This year, I’m putting together a few more that I’d like to work on. Instead of rushing into them on January 1, I’ve [...]

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TaxAct 2007: Free Efiling Software

Posted by Madison on February 7th, 2008

Tax time is getting closer! I actually enjoy doing my taxes and find it a fun challenge to make sure we’re taking advantage of all the tax savings strategies available to us. I’m almost done collecting tax papers according to my organized list. I’m now ready to start entering my data. Usually I use either TaxCut or TaxWise [...]

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