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This week, I participated in many more carnivals than in recent past.  The result is that my traffic has increased as my site is seen in many more places!  My suggestion to use Google Alert for coupon watching was also picked by Squawkfox as the editor’s choice for the festival of frugality!

On the PFN front, we also wrote our first group project on Summer Fun!  I hope that you liked our guide and expect more from our group of fantastic personal finance bloggers in the future (excuse my shameless plug)!

Great Articles Around the Web

• Unlike Bill Gates, David@My Two Dollars carries a wallet and he’s telling us what’s inside!
• Paid Twice shares his biggest Financial Vice!  For the original, check out Five Cent Nickel’s.
• Would towing with a small car be a better choice?  Read Clever Dude’s take.
• Four Pillars explains to us why he won’t invest in peer to peer lending.
• Blunt Money is quite happy to find another quarter in the vending machine.  I remember I was excited when it happened to me too!!
• If you are a Canadian resident, Canadian Capitalist is giving away a free personal finance book so go check the post out!

Carnivals

• Carnival of Financial Planning
• Carnival of Money Stories
• Carnival of Debt Reduction
• Carnival of Observations of Life
• Festival of Frugality - Picked as Editors Choice!
• Carnival of Personal Finance