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Break out the eggnog! It’s Christmas time!

Credit and Debt

• Credit Karma presents 2009 Credit Score Tips.
• My Two Dollars posts this Reader Question - Keep Emergency Fund Or Pay Off 0% Balance Transfer Credit Card?
• New Regulation on Credit Card Unfair Practices Approved details over at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Career and Retirement

• Cash Money Life goes over Self-Employed Retirement Plans.
• The Simply Dollar publishes The Two-Career Assumption.
• Alternatives to Layoffs in Recession - Why Aren’t They Used? Tough Money Love wants to know!
• Amateur Asset Allocator posts 8 Job Interview Tips.

Frugal Tips and Stories

• Get Rich Slowly gives readers Alternatives to Buying New.
• Mighty Bargain Hunter says Store-brand grocery items are 74% cheaper than name-brand!
• Free Money Finance posts An Example of How a Hobby Can Turn into a Big Income.
• Consumer Commentary comments on overspending for the Kids.
• The Power of Community aka the One Dollar Diet Project.

Holiday Shopping

• Digerati Life with some ideas on Holiday Gift Giving On A Tight Budget.
• Smarter Wallet writes in with a Nintendo Wii Review, Video Game System: Should You Buy?
• Stop Buying Crap offers 7 Tips for Easier Air Travel During the Holidays
• Being Frugal says I Want a Hot Wheels Game and a Wii for Christmas!
• Five Cent Nickel presents Six Ways to Save Money this Holiday Season.

Carnivals

• December 15th Edition of The Holiday Spirit at Systems Overload.

Sunday Money Madness is your guide to the rest of the blogosphere on personal finance.

• The Digerati Life had a guest post from a HandyMan.  Remodel Your Bathroom! Try 3 New Ideas To Freshen Up Your Bathroom  is a excellent use of debt and they increase the value of your home.
• Need to Get Rid of Some of Your Junk? Don’t Underestimate the Power of Free by Generation X Finance brings up an important issue. Is your time worth more than the bit of money you’d get in return trying to sell junk items?
• The Sun’s Financial Diary writes EverBank Offers Better Rates: 4.76% Intro APY. If you’re thinking of using EverBank this is a really good post for getting details.
• Over at Brip Blap there’s a funny post about building wealth and what it takes. Short, sweet, and obvious.
• How Much Should You Tip? Divide by Six is a trick from Cash Money Life this week. How much do you tip?
• Blueprint for Financial Success asks Do You Carpool? Gas prices being what they are, this is a good idea to do if you can find people along your normal route to work.
• NCN is working on a series of Bills-In-A-Box: The Stress-Free System For Organizing Your Finances. Do you have a system that you use for bill payments? Share with us in a comment!
• Consumer Commentary blogs about Reusable Bags at the Grocery Store this week. Do you use canvas, paper, or plastic? Do you recycle your paper and/or plastic?

Hello and good morning, welcome to another edition of Sunday Money Madness. Our prayers are with those in Florida who have been flooded by Tropical Storm Fay. My parents were unfortunate to have sustained some damage from the winds if not the rains. Best wishes for your future - please stay safe!

• Money Smart Life posts some great ideas on how to save money on a destination wedding.
• This week at Digerati Life you can find investment management tips to help you stay the course with your portfolio.
• Million Dollar Journey answers reader mail: how does investment withholding tax work?
• Free Money Finance lists 11 More Great Ways to Earn More Money, which goes great beside CNN Money’s 17 ways to raise fast cash.
• Over at Mighty Bargain Hunter, he writes about losing free web services in a recession
• Blueprint for Financial Prosperity looks at how much is an Olympic medal is worth. This is a fun post!
• I laughed out loud when I read Consumer Commentary’s post telemarketers can’t talk to the dead. Too true!
• Save Money on Gas by Tracking Your Mileage by 5 Cent Nickel is really good advice as my mom will tell you. She uses the old hat method which this post talks about.
• Want to save $400? Cash Money Life tells you how to get a Free iPod touch and Printer with Apple Education Discount.

Thank you to the carnivals that had us this past week! Here they are:

Carnival of Debt Reduction @ Carnival of Debt Reduction

73rd Carnival of Money Stories @ Living Almost Large

39th Edition of the Festival of Frugality @ Our Fourpence Worth

Good morning! How is everybody’s Sunday fairing? There were several amazing wins during the Olympics this past week. Don’t you agree? Two swim races at least with only one one-hundredth of a second margin from first and second place. Wow!

• Remember a while back when I wrote about money making hobbies? Well Digerati Life confirms how hobbies can make you thousands and in some cases millions. See Make Money Blogging: Top Bloggers And How Much They Earn for more information.
• Learn more about the Discover More Card $50 Bonus Promotion at the Sun’s Financial Diary.
• Money Smart Life has a slew of posts about school savings this week. I thought this post College Student Gadget Guide - Top 5 Most Affordable Gadgets For Students was excellent.
• 12 Ways the Olympics Can Impact Your Finances is the Michael Phelps of posts over at My Dollar Plan.
• Cash Money Life says Improve Your Career With Sales and Marketing Skills.
• For an interesting interview read Some Money Saving Tips from Deal News by Free Money Finance from Deal News.
• The Blueprint for Financial Prosperity writes and informational post on 0% Balance Transfer Card, A Guide: 2008 Edition
• Home Improvement Cost vs. Value (2007) by Consumer Commentary looks pretty depressing at first, but you have to remember the money loss comes from hiring labor instead of doing it yourself.
• 5 Cent Nickel asks, Is Your Credit Union Safe?

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Welcome to a new edition of Sunday Money Madness where another portion of the financial blogosphere is illuminated. I found these stories to be worth while and interesting and they should make great weekend reading if you haven’t read them yet.

• An Immigration Story by Digerati Life details a story of immigration reversal where the people involved move out of the US for better job and career opportunities.
• How to Save on Gas (35 Tips Inside) by Lazy Man and Money could go a long way in saving you money.
• Did you know about Student Loan Forgiveness Programs? Blueprint for Financial Prosperity looks at three.
• Generation X Finance blogs on the Top 12 Money Mistakes Most People Make puts lack of diversification on the list. From multiple streams of income to portfolio diversification what are you doing?
• Cash Money Life spends the week looking in depth to last week’s article about becoming a millionaire. My favorite from this week was How to Become a Millionaire Step One - Earn Money.
• If you use Paypal looking into Money Smart Life’s PayPal Online Payment System Review is a must.
• Advice From Bill Miller: Increase Your Money Without Working at Consumer Commentary provides food for thought.
• Top Three Career Dilemmas by Free Money Finance is an interesting read. Have you ever been in one of these situations? How did you handle it?
• Be sure to check out Million Dollar Journey’s duo posts on Peak Oil or Oil Bubble? - The Peak Oil Argument and The Oil Bubble Argument.

Thanks to the carnivals this week for including Rich Credit.

Be safe and have a great Sunday all.