This week, I participated in four blog carnivals and was honored with one editor’s choice. Thanks so much to everybody who worked hard to make these carnivals come together!

My Carnival Submissions

Carnival of Careers #3 - Hosted by Cash Money Life and featuring my post Why having a job is not cool, which was honored with an editor’s choice. Yay!

Carnival of Personal Finance #157 - Hosted by Consumerism Commentary and featuring my post Rental car fees at airports stink.

Festival of Frugality #130 - Hosted by Out of Debt Again and featuring my post Cheap travel on Amtrak.

Money Hacks Carnival #17 - Hosted by Mrs. Nespy’s Frugal World and featuring my post Is it worth it to sign up for a Student Advantage card?

My Favorite Posts

…that are from these carnivals but are not by yours truly.

The job interview: To shave or not to shave? (That is the question) - I Am Sheamus knows how to ask the right question. Wait a minute, I think the right question might actually be, “how do I support myself without getting a job?” Well, anyway, this is an amusing post. Via the Carnival of Careers.

My top five personal finance blunders - Ron of The Wisdom Journal spills the beans about his five top (bottom?) personal finance mistakes. The “I lived paycheck to paycheck spending every last dime I made” one sounds familiar to me. Via the Carnival of Personal Finance.

Free isn’t really free: a story of mendacious marketers - A blog called Are You Going To Be This Way the Rest of the Time I Know You? (cool title) tells a story about telemarketers which sounds a lot more frustrating than the one I related a couple weeks ago. Just what is this world coming to? Via the Festival of Frugality.

The ins and outs of reward credit cards - Free Money Finance says cash back credit cards are best, and I agree. Via the Money Hacks Carnival.

Other Links

101 ways I saved money this year - Wow, nice list. From Save, You Fool!

How we organize our coupons and execute our coupon strategy - I’ve said before that I’m not into coupons, but I’m considering changing my position. The Simple Dollar presents a simple and sensible couponing strategy.

Perot Charts - Ross Perot is back with a vengeance! Here are some more of the incredibly detailed charts that imprinted him in the memory of every American who watched TV coverage of the 1992 election. I’m not sure I totally agree with all Ross’s political positions, but the charts are neat.

Retail sales jump in May as stimulus payments go out - Big surprise - people are spending their economic stimulus payments, not saving them! Well, it’s good for us even if it’s not good for them. Know what I mean? From CNN Money.

What’s your neighborhood’s walk score? - Consumerism Commentary introduces a neat web site called Walk Score that’ll tell you how easy it is to live without a car in a particular neighborhood.

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