The past week has been full for festivities, but the personal finance bloggers haven’t been slacking. Now that the holidays are over, I took some time to sit down and take a look at my feed readers. There were quite a few excellent articles – I hope you like them!

Editor’s Picks:

Holiday Wrap-Up and Getting Ready For The New Year

• What to Do if You Received Gift Cards for the Holidays @ Free Money Finance
• New Year’s Resolution Workshop #1: Get Started with Retirement @ The Simple Dollar
• Things your cell phone company won’t tell you @ The Smart Spending Blog
• Turning Attention to Christmas Bills @ Frugal Dad

Save Money, Simplify Your Life, Get Free Things!

• Tips To Reduce Your Bills During A Recession @ Prime Time Money
• Free Offers @ My Dollar Plan
• Check out the Total Money Makeover book giveaway @ Blunt Money – Don’t forget to enter!
• Free MP3 Credits from Amazon.com @ Money Saving Methods
• Waste Not Want Not:Turning Waste Into Savings @ Wise Bread
• Value Added Tax Refund (VAT) for Vacation Shopping @ Money Ning
• Personal Finance 101: How to Pay Your Utility Bills @ Get Rich Slowly

Carnivals, Festivals and Celebrations

We were featured in the following carnivals this week – thank you everyone for hosting!

• The Carnival of Personal Finance #184: From the Land Down Under @ Saving to Invest
• December 22nd Edition of The Holiday Spirit @ Systems Overload
• The 157th Festival of Frugality: The Queen’s Speech Edition @ Miss Thrifty
• The Carnival of Money Stories Edition #90 – Happy Holidays Edition @ The Personal Financier
• The Carnival of financial planning @ The Skilled Investor’s Blog

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