Three Carnivals; No Waiting

This week, PaidTwice hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and challenged her arch-nemesis and this week’s host of the Festival of Frugality, Being Frugal, to a face-off of Super Bowl proportions. We chose to cast our lot with PaidTwice, with our article, Homeowners–Avoid Foreclosure By Thinking Like Investors, and regardless of the outcome, we have no regrets.

OK, maybe the battle was all in fun, but I just sense something below the surface.

Banker Girl, on the other hand, rose above the fray, and let the Carnival of Money Stories stand on its own merit. We threw neutrality a nod with our submission, The Renting of No Basement–What We Accomplished and What We Didn’t.

Check out the carnivals because, at some point, you just gotta choose sides, or not, or whatever…

Here are some other posts from the Carnivals that we enjoyed:

Mr. Cheap at Four Pillars talks about the importance of saying “no” in the right circumstances, even if “you have a sweet, sensitive soul like Mr. Cheap.” A silent tear falls.

The Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life tells the story of her first foray into the stock market based largely on investment advice from Michael Jackson and Paula Abdul. While the strategy seemed basically sound to me, whenever I invest in paper assets I try to diversify by including foreign markets, such as Australia per Men at Work. Perhaps SVB can join with TWA in forming an ’80s Pop Mutual Fund.

Randall at Credit Withdrawal talks about the habit of adding expenses as income rises and asks, Are you Afraid of Money? For my part, I’m not afraid of money at all. . .except maybe when it’s held by a circus clown.

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