Mighty Bargain Hunter

Roundup for week of 6 January 2008: Birthday edition

My wife and I are now the proud parents of a three-year-old. Our daughter is doing way too much growing up way too fast.

Here are some links of interest from the folks at the MBN and other great blogs in my reader:

• All Financial Matters thinks the $2,500 car is ugly.
• Consumerism Commentary explains that it is a mistake not to remain competitive in your field.
• Five Cent Nickel wonders where … er … whether you keep emergency cash on hand.
• No Credit Needed is adjusting and preparing his budget for a third child.
• Get Rich Slowly discusses step by step how to automate your personal finances.
• Free Money Finance talks about how he paid off his mortgage.
• Blueprint for Financial Prosperity explains the difference between a cash advance and a balance transfer.
• Money Smart Life defines peer to peer lending.
• The Sun’s Financial Diary is in a bit of an oil-electricity heating conundrum.
• Generation X Finance warns not to get shaken into bad decisions with this crazy market.
• Lazy Man and Money discusses NetFlix against Blockbuster.
• The Digerati Life has a guest post with five tips for first-time investors.

Thanks to Mrs. Micah for including my budgeting and tracking article in last week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.  Have a great week everyone!