carnivals this week

I contributed ‘prepaid electricity and saving money‘ to the carnival of personal finance hosted in a spectacular political debate by ask mr credit card. Other great posts include:

the tortured lives of Mr and Mrs Jones @ money relations
trading is for losers @ the monthly pick
what we’re giving up for private school and why @ [...]

does debt-free mean mortgage-free?

I’m not especially a debt-free obsessive. Although I don’t have any credit card debt, I took out a low interest student loan and am paying it off as slowly as possible. On a somewhat related note, I have no plans to try and pay off my mortgage quickly. In my mind, decisions about these two [...]

striking for a better deal prolongs the inevitable

There’s a series of postal strikes on at the moment. This has both up and downsides. On the upside, there aren’t any bills coming in. On the downside, I’m waiting for a parcel from a swap.
The reason that there’s a strike is to do with the pay and pension deal being offered to the workforce [...]