{"id":578,"date":"2008-08-16T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/?p=578"},"modified":"2008-08-16T09:52:02","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T13:52:02","slug":"saturday-link-love-back-to-school-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/saturday-link-love-back-to-school-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Link Love: Back to School Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img align=\"left\"  src=\"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/backtoschool.bmp\" alt=\"\" title=\"backtoschool\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-579\" \/>It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; school buses are clogging the roadways and students everywhere are issuing collective groans as they head back to school. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s hoping you didn&#8217;t have to spend too much money on school supplies!<\/strong> Did you find any good deals? Tell us about them!<\/p>\n<p>In honor of back-to-school days, I hand-picked the best related posts for you this week &#8211; with a few bonuses!<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"blue\"><strong>School Daze:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Money Smart Life<\/strong> presents <a href=\"http:\/\/moneysmartlife.com\/college-student-money-guide-financial-tips-for-student-success\/\">The College Student Money Guide<\/a> &#8211; Financial Tips for Student Success. Ten articles that help college students make the grade.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blunt Money<\/strong> Reminds us that our kids don&#8217;t <em>really<\/em> need every shiny new widget made by Apple or Dell in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluntmoney.com\/an-empty-wallet-isnt-required-for-back-to-school\/\">An Empty Wallet Isn&#8217;t Required for Back to School.<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Money Ning<\/strong> gives us <a href=\"http:\/\/moneyning.com\/frugality\/frugally-and-happily-back-to-school-9-different-ways\/\">9 Ways to Go Back to School for Less<\/a> &#8211; and there are some excellent tips on this list!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canadian Capitalist<\/strong> has a good article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiancapitalist.com\/2008\/08\/14\/back-to-school-save-on-textbooks\">How to Save Money on Textbooks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clever Dude<\/strong> teaches us how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleverdude.com\/content\/managing-work-life-and-school-for-graduate-students\/\">Manage Work, Life and School<\/a>. I found some tips I could really use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"blue\"><strong>Growing Your Wealth In Tough Times:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Gas prices are up, the housing market has bottomed out&#8230;we all know the state of things. Here are some articles that I loved because they will help you grow your wealth no matter <em>what<\/em> the economy is doing!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bible Money Matters<\/strong> wonders if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblemoneymatters.com\/2008\/08\/are-you-building-your-credit-or-just-going-into-debt.html\">you are building your credit, or just going into debt<\/a>? Using credit wisely can be tough. There are definitely right, and wrong ways to try to build your credit. We have an upcoming series on this very topic. <br \/><\/br><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/AskMrCreditCardsBlog\/\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss it!<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Dough Roller<\/strong> reminds us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doughroller.net\/investing\/confuse-popular-profitable\/\">Not to Confuse Popular with Profitable<\/a> &#8211; Man is this ever good advice. It&#8217;s hard to make money off of your investments when you&#8217;re going right along with the crowd.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get Rich Slowly<\/strong> talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/12\/cleaning-house-when-little-messes-become-big-problems\/\">Cleaning House: When Little Messes Become Big Problems<\/a>. This is a revealing article on the poison of clutter. Buying too much &#8220;stuff&#8221; not only tarnishes our bottom line, but it steals our peace as well. If you have a clutter problem (and admittedly, I do too!) check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Flylady.net\">FlyLady.net<\/a> as well!<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Simple Dollar<\/strong> reveals how he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/2008\/08\/14\/how-i-deal-with-my-financial-fears\/\">faces his financial fears<\/a>. In life, as well as in finance very few things hold us back as much as our own fear of the future. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart Spending<\/strong> reminds us that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.moneycentral.msn.com\/smartspending\/archive\/2008\/08\/14\/a-world-where-your-contributions-matter.aspx\">our charitable contributions matter now more than ever.<\/a> I&#8217;ll admit to tithing less ever since grocery and gas prices skyrocketed&#8230;.This post is a wonderful take on the times. If things are tough on you and me, then they&#8217;re tough on everyone. With more and more people giving less and less our dollars count for more than ever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"blue\"><strong>Carnivals, Festivals and Celebrations:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to these carnivals for featuring our articles this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Personal Finance Weekly Roundup #7<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.financialramblings.com\/archives\/personal-finance-weekly-roundup-7\/\">Financial Ramblings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>152nd Carnival of Debt Reduction<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingalmostlarge.com\/2008\/08\/11\/152nd-carnival-of-debt-reduction\/\">Living Almost Large<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carnival of Money Stories #72: Back To School Edition<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brokegradstudent.com\/carnival-of-money-stories-back-to-school-edition\/\">Broke Grad Student<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wishing you a job you love, a 21% return on your portfolio, and an early retirement. \ud83d\ude42 Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Image from: 139blog.com<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; school buses are clogging the roadways and students everywhere are issuing collective groans as they head back to school. 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