Hey everyone! Happy Saturday. This week seemed to fly by. It’s Mardi Gras weekend here in St. Louis. I won’t be going out until later, but of course nearly all of my friends are going out now. I’d rather sleep in because I’m lazy! Lots of things to do on the blog and some writing to do today. Anyone venturing out today?
I had two giveaways this week (see below). I hope you enjoyed them and one of you win. Question though: do you guys like that I have so many giveaways? Or do they get annoying? Let me know! I personally love giveaways and entering them.
I’m the Blogger of the Month over at Ready for Zero! They did a great interview on me and it went well. Go read it!
If you have any suggestions on how to improve my blog further, feel feel to comment below, send an anonymous e-mail and so on. I appreciate all opinions!
Since I am kind of close to paying off my student loans, I’m thinking about starting a debt payoff guest post series. Anyone interested? Topics can be about what you’re doing to pay off debt quickly, how you’re paying them off, whether you think your debt is good/bad, etc! 🙂
Posts this week on my blog:
- I spend too much money on him and GIVEAWAY – This post is a whole mix of everything in my life. At the end, enter to win some cash.
- How To Start A Blog – Tips for a Beginner – This post is about how you can start your own blog. I’m currently learning along with all of you, but I plan on making a post about how to transfer to WordPress from Blogger as a lot of you e-mailed and commented about it. Look for for that soon!
- Saving Money on Food and a GIVEAWAY – We’ve been doing a lot better with food and it’s been great. We still have many improvements though. Read about our progress and also enter to win $500 in cash.
- Staff Writing is the Perfect Side Hustle – Jordann talked about staff writing yesterday. A lot of you have been really interested in doing this.
Posts on my sister’s blog:
- How To Find A Good, Cost Efficient Gym Near You – Gyms can be very expensive. We just bought a home gym (picture to be posted on Monday) and I’m sure excited to use it all the time.
- All Natural Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – These cookies were super tasty. She made them last weekend and I pretty much ate all of them. I didn’t think they were going to be THAT good.
- Financial Goals for 2013 – My sister finally posted her 2013 goals, and they’re all finance related! I’m a super proud sister right now 🙂
Posts I LOVED:
- I WILL Partake in Lifestyle Inflation Plunged in Debt
- House Hunting Priorities My Pretty Pennies
- 10 Credit Card Secrets They Don’t Want You To Know Stumble Forward
- Frugal Ways to Say I Love You this Valentine’s Day Canadian Budget Binder
- Designing Your Dream Job Budget and the Beach
- You Didn’t Save Any Money I Heart Budgets
Catherine says
Thanks so much Michelle!! and congrats on being blogger of the month, that's wicked 🙂
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Michelle says
Welcome! And thanks 🙂
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Budget & the Beach says
Thanks for the blog mention! St. Louis Mardi Gras sounds fun! Also, I don't mind so many giveaways, but I stopped entering so many because it got time consuming. And the one down side I'm noticing is when multiple bloggers collaborate, they all write about the same subject so sometimes that gets a little redundant.
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Michelle says
I agree, it does tend to get redundant. That's the only thing I don't like about them.
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[email protected]&More says
If I ever get caught up maybe I can talk about our student loan debt paydown over here.
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Michelle says
Yes I would love that!
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therandompath says
Congrats on your nomination Michelle! That's awesome 🙂
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Michelle says
Thanks 🙂
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[email protected] says
Awesome interview, and best of luck on the best blog 2012!
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Michelle says
Thanks Tony!
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Canadianbudgetbinder says
I've never been to a mardi-gras before nor do I know what happens at one besides maybe partying and eating. That's great that you are almost done paying off your debt, good for you. Keep up the great work Michelle and thanks for the mention.
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Michelle says
The Mardi Gras event in St. Louis is the biggest in the country if you don't include New Orleans. Hundreds of thousands of people come out starting at 9 am and get completely trashed and it goes on for a whole weekend.
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@StumbleForward says
Thanks for including my article Michelle, I really appreciate it.
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Pauline @ Reach Financial Independence says
I hope you have a blast at mardi gras, thanks for the mention!
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Wise Dollar says
Congrats on being blogger of the month! I hope you had a great time!
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kellystahley says
Congrats on being nominated!! I just voted for you!
-Kelly
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My Money Design says
Congrats on being nominated! The new redesign looks great by the way!
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Leslie says
Kudos on the nomination! I love the format of your blog and the relevant links to other people's blogs. Comes in handy when looking for good content to read. I don't mind the give away stuff…I never enter, but having it there as an option is cool. Good luck!