We were lucky enough to have our posts listed in the Carnival of Financial Planning over at The Skilled Investor, the Carnival of Money Hacks at Daily Money Hack, and the Carnival of Net Worth at Llama Money.

And be sure to check out this weeks edition of the Finance Fiesta: Margarita Edition at Wide Open Wallet, where we got an ‘Editors Pick’. Nice!

Lots of great posts this week from the Personal Finance Blogosphere.

  • First off, Penelope Pince over at Our Fourpence worth has a great piece on staying out of debt. Her verdict? Keep it simple.
  • Mom from Wide Open Wallet writes on how to ‘unspoil’ your children. If only my parents had read this article back when I was a kid!
  • Seb from Pinching Copper announces the death of the SUV. With gas prices heading towards $5 a gallon, he may well be right.
  • Kevin from No Debt Plan has an article on using spare change and snowflaking to boost your emergency fund. Well worth a look!
  • Future Millionaire reviews a recent study by CNN Money that indicates money doesn’t (necessarily) buy happiness. Apparently, while the data demonstrated that there was a correlation between wealth and happiness, participants who rated themselves as happiest were generally less wealthy than those further down the scale. Check it out!

  • And finally, Living almost large has a fascinating (if a little scary…) post on what your medical costs will be like in retirement. The verdict? Better start saving now!

Hope you’ve all had a good week so far! And if not, stay strong - Friday is just around the corner :)