quick posts from the last carnival of personal finance

Don’t forget to check out the carnival of personal finance hosted by greener pastures.
I particularly liked:

planning a budget when you don’t know how much things cost @ paradigm shifted - I really, really want to go to Mongolia. I’ve wanted to go for the last 9 years. I need to put it higher up on [...]

getting rid of unwanted things day

So, today is American Independence day. Funnily enough, it’s not much celebrated in the UK but I thought in the erm spirit of cross-Atlantic friendship (?) I thought I’d reclaim it as ‘getting rid of unwanted things’ day ( ).
When you think about it, summer is a great time to get rid of clutter. [...]

because bad things happen…

Bad things happen to good people.
I had a phone call on the weekend to say that my cousin - who had been working abroad, in Europe - was found dead in his apartment on Friday. Which is not that much fun, he was only 25. We weren’t close at all, but on the other hand, [...]