Welcome to the 17th edition of the Totally Money Carnival.  I’m proud to have been selected as this week’s host.  I’ve been submitting to this relatively new carnival since it was started a few months ago, and I can tell that it’s really grown in popularity.

This week, take a look outside.  If it’s spring and everything is turning green, smile.  Spring is a great time that celebrates re-birth and happy things.  What’s not to love about that?  And if you’ve been managing your money (aka your ‘green’) well, then smile about that, too.  If you have improvements to make, there’s no better time then this no season.

With that, onto the carnival.

Editor’s Choices

Financial Uproar presents How Investing Is Like Fantasy Baseball posted at Financial Uproar. I love fantasy baseball (middle of the pack right now) so this rang true for me.

Melissa presents My Experiment: Is It Worth the Gas to Shop Multiple Grocery Stores? posted at Mom’s Plans. I think this was a great analysis that many people should consider when deciding how many stores to shop at for groceries.

Glen presents Inexpensive (Cheap) Date Night Ideas for Parents posted at Parenting Family Money. A great read for any parent or any parent-to-be.

Career

Kathryn @ Financial Highway presents 30 Most Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them posted at Financial Highway.

Neal Frankle presents Landing a Great Job During A Recession Made Easy posted at Wealth Pilgrim: Money Management Advice, Financial Stess Management, Addiction Recovery Plan & Resources.

Saving

Adam presents Avoid Hitting the Rocks of Financial Ruin posted at Magical Penny.

Dana presents 7 Tricks to Increase Your Savings Without Decreasing Your Lifestyle posted at Not Made Of Money.

Money Reasons presents Be Green and Save | Money Reasons posted at Money Reasons.

Credit

Dr. Dean presents Despair: Time To Consider Credit Counseling! posted at The Millionaire Nurse Blog.

Glen presents American Express® Premier Rewards Gold Card – Review posted at Free From Broke.

Jeff Weber presents New Chase Sapphire 5 Times the Points Promotion posted at Smart Balance Transfers.

Evan presents How Does a Balance Transfer Work? posted at My Journey to Millions.

Investing

Outlaw presents Top 5 Common Investment Mistakes posted at Outlaw Finance.

Robert @ The College Investor presents The Most Popular Investment Strategies posted at The College Investor.

Spending

Jeffrey Trull presents Top Five Wasters of Time AND Money posted at Money Spruce.

South County Girl presents An update on my sisters “offer” posted at South County Girl.

Boomer presents Some Great Things That I’ve Bought posted at Boomer & Echo.

Frugality

Crystal presents How Much Are You Really Paying For That New Car? | Budgeting In the Fun Stuff posted at Budgeting In the Fun Stuff.

Fanny presents Extreme Couponing Fraud posted at Living Richly on a Budget.

Suba presents How to watch TV for free posted at Wealth Informatics.

Anna presents What is a Double Coupon? posted at Think ‘n Save.

FruGal presents Would you buy a second hand wedding dress? – FruGal posted at TotallyMoney.

Money Management

Philip presents How to Prepare Your Finances for a Disaster posted at PT Money: Personal Finance.

JT McGee presents Screw the Emergency Fund, Buy a Home posted at MoneyMamba.

Squirrelers presents Squirreling Gone Wild #25: Grandma’s Side Hustle posted at Squirrelers.

FMF presents Income Statement Affluent Versus Balance Sheet Affluent posted at Free Money Finance.

Mike Piper presents Social Security Strategies for Married Couples posted at Oblivious Investor.

Everything Else

The Amateur Financier presents PlayStation Network Hacked! How to Protect Your Identity posted at The Amateur Financier.

Tom presents 12 Methods of Passive Income posted at StupidCents.

Jim Yih presents Should you write your own Will? posted at Retire Happy Blog.

Katie Sorene presents 10 Sunny Places to Escape the Tax Man posted at Tripbase.

Tom Drake presents The new breed of financial bloggers: Young, frugal and vocal posted at Canadian Finance Blog.

Buck Inspire presents Have An Awesome Day! posted at Buck Inspire.

TheCollegeHelper presents Your Parent’s Boss Might Pay for College | TheCollegeHelper.com posted at TheCollegeHelper.com.

Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey presents Financial Goals April 2011 Update – Short Term, Mid-Term, and Long Term posted at My Personal Finance Journey – Personal Finance, Intelligent Investing, And Frugal Living Tips.

That’s all for the carnival this week.  If you’re a blogger that would like to contribute to this awesome carnival, use this handy submission form for your entry.  Next week’s edition will be hosted by Prarie Eco-Thrifter.

Now, go out and enjoy some green!
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