Free Money, Blog Action Day, Lending Club and More!
There is so much going on this week! Lending Club is open again (which is great since I have $300 in my Lending Club account after winning the PF Challenge) and Prosper is entering a quiet period to add a secondary lending market.
In addition, Grocery Game notified me that chicken was at a rock-bottom price this week… 88 cents per pound! So I bought a couple and I am making the frugal chicken soup recipe from feelgood eats.
My favorite article this week is Back To Basics: 79+ Brilliant Budgeting Resources You’ll Love at My Super-Charged Life. It’s a budgeting bible!
Free Money Friday
Sometimes there just aren’t enough Fridays to go around. There are so many free offers out there I can’t begin to highlight them all, only doing one each week. So here’s a extra special free money Friday edition… on Wednesday! Some are bonus money, some are free offers, and some are giveaways:
- $50 Bonus for Opening a Capital One Online Savings Account
- $50 Sharebuilder Signup Bonus
- New Chase $100 Bonus Codes
- $25 Bonus at Citibank for Opening the Ultimate Savings Account
- 250 Free Business Cards From Quickbooks ($5 Shipping)
- Free Spreadsheets, Tools, And Resources For Managing Finances
- $50 Bonus Offer at Drugstore.com
- FREE GUIDE: 108 tips to raise your fuel economy and save money on gas
- Free Night of Theater 2008
- Netflix Free Trial Offer
- Free Credit Scores from Credit Karma
- Free Disney Tickets on Your Birthday
- Free Soap : CVS October Monthly Deal
- $30 Gas Card Giveaway Contest
- $20 Home Depot or $20 BEST BUY Gift Card Giveaway
Blog Action Day
Today is Blog Action Day to raise awareness on a global issue. This year the topic is poverty:
- Blog Action Day 2008 – Talking About Poverty.
- Blog Action Day to Fight Poverty
- Teach a Child, Save a Generation – Blog Action Day
- Causes Of Poverty – Blog Action Day 2008
- Learning to Give: What *I* Can Do to Fight Poverty
- Blog Action Day: Bloggers Unite Against Poverty and How You Can Help
- The Poverty Myth
- War On Poverty (Blog Action Day)
- Poverty – It’s our responsibility to help
- Blog Action Day 2008: EITC
Questions???
- Is Cash Still King?
- What Are Your 3 Best Financial Decisions?
- Poll: Have Recent Market Conditions Caused You to Make Any Investment Changes?
- How Safe Are My Banks?
- High Yield Savings Account Interest Rate Changes Ahead?
- Will a Freezer Save You Money?
- Will My Bank Fail?
More Great Articles this week
- How I Lost $200K Without Losing Any Sleep
- 7 mistakes not to make in a crisis
- The Things You Don’t Need (But They Say You Do) For a New Baby
- 10 Debt Collection DON’TS
- 10 Handy Numbers to Save in Your Mobile Phone
- Carnival of Personal Finance #174 – The Columbus Day Edition
- 34th Money Hacks Carnival – Fall Into Savings

Thanks so much for including my Blog Action Day article!
thanks for using your blog and taking the time to raise awareness for the reality of poverty. good for you.
i hope it encourages your readers to donate to a charity of their choosing.
Thank you so much for the mention. Looking into your blog action day links.
Unfortunately, at Lending Club lending or buying of the new notes is limited to residents of only 15 states. You find this out while you are agreeing to the new agreements. This is not mentioned in the prospectus. I guess I will move my uncommitted money out.
Lots of great links today – thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you liked my article on budgeting! Thanks for highlighting it here along with so many other fantastic articles.
Thank you for highlighting my gas card giveaway!
There have only been a few registrants so far, so anyone intested in entering the contest has a fantastic shot at $30 in FREE Gas!
Benjamin