Best of Money Carnival

It’s my pleasure to host the first annual edition of the Best of Money Carnival, the blog carnival that recognizes the top 10 personal finance posts each week. Yep, we’re celebrating one year of carnivals this week!

Let’s get right to the good stuff. Here are the ten best personal finance posts (IMO) submitted for this week along with a description of each post:

10 – Which Comes First: Earning or Saving? – The number one financial principle is to live on less than you earn. Right? Or do you need to get those earnings up first? This post helps the reader think it through.

9 – 10 Budget Wedding Ideas From a Satisfied Bride – The wedding industry is full of people with ideas and opinions about what the perfect wedding should look like, what is appropriate to spend for “the best day of your life”, and what a bride simply cannot do without. Perhaps this is why the national average wedding budget for 150-guests has ballooned to $30,000! But Paul and I didn’t play by their game. We did things our way, and we were extremely satisfied with the results. Here are ten things that Paul and I decided to not include in our day to keep wedding costs down and our approximate cost savings.

8 – Deep Thoughts: Tipping – Some thoughts on tipping, that odd (and oddly complex situation that arises every time you dine out (among a large and increasing number of situations).

7 – Statistics Schmamistics in Financial Planning – Statistics do not really matter to us individually. Our individual outcomes may be added to a statistical sample, but our outcomes are ours and only ours. None of us will enjoy 20% success; each one of us will be either successful or not successful at all. 

6 – How to Make a 6 Figure Income Working at Home: Interview w/ My Wife Quit Her Job.com – Ever wanted to be a stay at home parent while running an online business? How about making 6 figures per year doing it? If so, check out this interview from one couple that did and how you can too!

5 – 5 Good Habits for a DIY Investor Using the Internet – People have lost more money by not checking advice than they have lost through the stock market