What’s Sizzling? – August 14th Edition

Thanks for a fantastic week of record-breaking traffic as the blog is starting to catch on to a much wider audience. I’m thrilled that more and more of you are coming by to see what all the buzz…uhh, sizzle, is about.

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Here are the best posts of the week, read thoroughly and entirely by me and recommended for a fantastic financial education:

• Frugal Dad starts us off with a post about the Frugal Dad Giving Project, incorporating Donors Choose. This is my favorite charity and I recommend taking a look!
• Read about 11 things we all buy that we don’t really need at The Dough Roller.
• Man vs. Debt shares the 16 pieces of information identity thieves look for when they look to…well, steal your identity.
• At Weakonomics, you can read an curious post on the economics of alcoholism. Interesting to think what else we can apply this to…
• Here’s a solid post from My Super-Charged Life – 5 ways to plan for a better future.
• College student? Go to Good Financial Cents and read about the 7 things that college students should do.
• Finally, Blunt Money shares 8 habits for financial success.
• Don’t forget to check out the two carnivals I participated in this week – the Carnival of Personal Finance and the Money Hacks Carnival.

Enjoy your weekend!