Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 3Mar2013

March 10th, 2013 | 7 Comments

I am currently in the DC area to visit friends and family and attend a pre-wedding event for one of my high school friends! Kyle decided to stay home to get some serious work done. I think it’s nice to have a break from one another every so often since we do spend so much time together in our normal routine. I’m happy I live close enough to be able to drive back for these types of events and to see my parents and siblings.

The BIG NEWS of the week is that I passed my preliminary exam and it was way less scary than I thought it would be! My committee really took it easy on me. I think I overprepared, which I guess is okay, and I’m glad I didn’t overstress. I so so so appreciate all the people who helped me prepare as well as the wonderful bloggers who provided guest posts so that I could free up more time to work and not stress over writing posts. Thank you all!

Guest Posts

This week we hosted our final guest post of this series from Jon from Money Smart Guides. He listed out the top causes of bad debt – I hope you are able to steer clear of them all. Thank you, Jon!

Favorite Posts

Kim from Eyes on the Dollar explains what to do if you can’t pay your income tax bill and muses on the line between making money and being a sell-out. You killed it this week, Kim!

G.E. Miller from 20 Something Finance wrote a great response to the media coverage of the Yahoo no-more-teleworking announcement that advocates for designing your own work-life balance.

Sarah Davis from Money Under 30 lays out the pros and cons in the starter home vs. forever home debate.

Lauren from L Bee and the Money Tree succinctly summarizes the arguments for and against couponing.

Erika from Newlyweds on a Budget feels overwhelmed by all the financial goals other PF bloggers seem to accomplish and wonders how she and her husband can match then.

Mentions

Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff included Grocery Challenge Update for February 2013 in her weekly favorites.

Top Comment

Edward Antrobus perfectly characterized the nature of the courtesy letter: “My old friend Bob misses his calling. He was always sprouting double-talk gibberish. My favorite ever: it’s going to rain today. Unless it doesn’t.”

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