I have a love/hate relationship with short work weeks. On one hand, I don’t have to work a full week and that is always great. On the other, I will have to catch up with my work once I get back in the office. This double-edged sword always gets me near the holidays, but I can’t do anything about it, so I tend to enjoy it. This week as many of you know is Thanksgiving/Black Friday, so everyone is a little crazy. Either stumbling around from a food coma, or enduring a crazy lust for the newest toy at the best price. This week is one of the craziest and I am glad that I am enjoying my Black Friday shopping in front of my computer with free shipping of course. I will watch all of the people trample each other on the news. If I need to get something, I will go out and purchase it after the door buster sales have expired.
While this week has been short, there has been no shortage of great blog posts from fellow personal finance bloggers. The holiday’s are a time when we have to write more than ever. People are wanting more tips to save on gifts, services, and deal with all other aspects of personal finance. This is the time of the year when personal finance blogs are humming. As usual, I have a list of some great blog posts and if you like them, then please share with others. Thank you all and I hope you enjoy this week’s round up.
- Bite-Size Your Finances – Money Crush
- Is Banking Transparency Possible? – Modest Money
- Do You Even Bother Creating New Year’s Resolutions? – Tackling Our Debt
- Killing Your Mortgage In 3 Easy Steps – Canadian Budget Binder
- Be an Advocate For Your Own Health Care – Frugal Rules
- Balancing Our Family Budget Anew – Broke-Ass Mommy
- How Do You Prepare A Budget With Irregular Income? – Eyes on the Dollar
- A Guide to Consumerism Weekend – Femme Frugality
- The Fearless Features of the Black Friday Shopper – Mint.com Blog
- Toys ‘R Us Corporate Policy: Stealing?!? – Club Thrifty
- Is travel insurance essential? – Making Sense of Cents
- How To Fake A More Expensive Christmas Gift – Plunged in Debt
- Preparing Financially for a Baby – Reach Financial Independence
- 6 Things You Should be Spending Money on – Monster Piggy Bank
- The Most Popular Financial Mistakes You Should Avoid – Work Save Live
- 7 Things I’d Rather Do Than Shop on Black Friday – Budgets are Sexy
- Falling in love again with your stuff – Budget & the Beach
- Saving Money With DIY – One Smart Dollar
- 7 Habits of Wealthy People – Well Kept Wallet
- How can you help children appreciate delayed gratification? – Get Rich Slowly
About Grayson
Thanks so much for the mention Grayson! Being self-employed we don’t always get to take advantage of short weeks, but then again we do get to make our own schedule.
Have a great weekend!
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You are welcome John. I have been self-employed before and I know what you mean. I don’t think I ever had a short week being self-employed. I hope you enjoy your weekend as well.
Thanks for the link love! I’ll be staying in too but probably not shopping at all.
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You are most welcome. Enjoy relaxing!
The only kind of Black Friday shopping that’s worth it is online. The rest is too much of a pain!
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I agree. Thanks for stopping by Gillian
We got a bit of a peak at Black Friday Shopping yesterday and I honestly could not believe what I saw. There were no parking spaces, had to park in another lot, the place was jammed and carts were piled high. I went in to pick up some t-shirts on sale for a Christmas gift and the only time I was wishing for express checkout and there were none… Thanks for the mention Grayson! Mr.CBB
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No matter where you are, Black Friday shopping is out of hand. Glad you made it and you are welcome CBB.
Hey Grayson, Thanks so much for the include this week! Much appreciated! I love the way the US gets two days off work for Thanksgiving. Enjoy yourself!
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You are welcome Sicorra. No everyone in the US gets two days off, but I sure do and love it.
Thank you for the mention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You are welcome Holly. Thanks for stopping by to comment.
thank you for the mention Grayson, enjoy your e-black Friday!
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You are welcome Pauline. I did enjoy my Black Friday!
Thanks for the mention!
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You are welcome Michelle. Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for including me! Have a great weekend weekend and hope your online shopping is successful!
Catherine recently posted..Weekly Reads: 23.11.12
You are most welcome Catherine. My online shopping was very successful.
Thank you for the link love. Looks like I am in fine company!
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You are welcome Jennifer. I feel in fine company as well.
Thanks for adding John’s guest post. It was really good. Have a great weekend.
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You are most welcome Kim. Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for the mention! I know what you mean about a short work week being like a double edge sword. In order to lessen the work load when I go back on Monday, I decided to work a few hours on Friday. The office was virtually empty so I was able to get a lot done. Have a great weekend and I hope your work load isn’t too crazy when you go back in on Monday
Deacon recently posted..Why You Should Be Rethinking Black Friday
You are welcome Deacon. I have the ability to reduce my work load from home, so that is what I do most of the time. Have a good rest of the weekend.
I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving and I can not agree with you more than black friday shopping from home. You can get so much more done then standing in line for 4 hours. I also completely agree with the double edge sword of short weeks. That first or second day off is nice until its time to go back, and you think of how much work has piled up. Thanks for the great blog and happy holidays.
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