Wow, this has been a busy week for me! I submitted to a number of blog carnivals on a whim, and I was flooded with new readers as a result. I just want to take a moment and say hi to everyone that’s stumbled across this slice of the Internet. Hopefully you’ll stick around!

To start the week off, I was included in the Festival of Frugality, hosted by Green Panda Treehouse (which would make an awesome band name). Here are some of my favorite submissions:

• AnnualCreditReport.com and Free Credit Score posted at Prime Time Money.
• I’ve Paid For This Twice Already… discovered that Cheap Is Not Always A Good Thing.

Next off, the Carnival of Debt Management at Credit Card Lowdown was kind enough to include me in the festivities. Here are some posts I enjoyed:

• Dividend Money posted Student Loan Reduction Strategies.
• KCLau’s Money Tips shared Top 39 Essential Rules of Investing. (I think they kept #40 for themselves).

After that, I found myself lucky enough to be a featured post in the Carnival of Personal Finance at Quest for Four Pillars. Among some of the finer submissions were:

• Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck wrote about home affordability guidelines now that the housing market slowed down.
• Mrs. Micah shared how to hide money from an abusive spouse. Just don’t tell my wife!

And finally, here are some great articles I came across on my own this past week:

• Get Rich or Die Trying wrote about the gas bubble. With gas at record highs, I can believe it.
• Saving Savy complained about Emigrant Direct’s lousy interest rates. I know what she’s talking about, my main account is with Emigrant, and it hurts.
• The Social Marginal reminded me to be aware of my financial future. With a looming recession and terrible interest rates, I need all the reminding I can get.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I’m off to Vermont to go skiing before all the snow melts.