Daily Accounting: Monday 4/7

Earned: $0 Spent: $3 Saved: $0

Back at it on a Monday. I spent three dollars on postage for a game we sold on Amazon.com and my afternoon snack. I’ve got $12 left for the week in cash. I’m hoping some snowflaking money comes in this week. At some point, I need to list a few more of the future husband’s things as well. Our TV fund slowly grows!

On the carnival front, this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at MoneyNing.com. Lots of great posts there including my “5 Tips for a Wedding Under $5,000.” I especially liked Money Blue Book’s post on “Traditional and Roth IRA Contribution Limits and Income Phase Outs.” Now that tax time is near, this is great advice for retirement planning and is written very clearly.

Monday Morning Links

It’s Monday already! Where did the weekend go? I’ve got a busy week writing a grant proposal and teaching, but hope to have some down time too. That three-item-to-do list worked really well last week. I’m ready to write a fresh new one this morning. In between crossing items off your to-do list, here are some great reads from the past week:

First off, if you’re starting your garden, be sure to read Get Rich Slowly’s update on his “Garden Project.” His peas really are adorable.

Financegirl has a great way to think through your dumb financial moves. The post is more weekend-inspired, but still fun. She totally got me on signing up for a credit card just to get the T-shirt.

On a more serious note, The Digerati Life shows five different ways to build your emergency fund. Mine’s pretty small, but I hope to grow it as soon as I pay off my credit cards!

Since I’m still in debt-reduction mode, guest blogger Ryan gave some excellent advice to pay down your debt based on Blogging Away Debt’s posts.

On the career front, Consumerism Commentary examines the “top recession-proof careers” in a thought-provoking post. And A Penny Closer decides to take on fresh debt for a career change. Very exciting but daunting (as I should have known when I started down the student loan road).

The Budgeting Babe details how to recover from a few bad spending choices. I love how she got right back on track!

And finally, for you literary folks, another guest blogger on Blogging Away Debt was inspired by Horatio Alger. I often use ole Horatio as a bit of a punching bag in class, so it was fun to read about him from a different perspective.

Happy Monday everyone! Enjoy the links!