Uncommon Cents

As mentioned in an earlier post, tomorrow’s my birthday. No, I didn’t go out and splurge on anything today (although I did eat out at Jack in the Box, using a gift card from one of my blogging buddies). Instead, I spent the day catching up on thank you cards from the holidays, doing a bike ride, working on my budget, doing some reading (an actual book as well as blogs), and I’ll do a run tonight as I approach the Great Aloha Run. In the meantime, here’s your link payday for January 20, 2008:

I’ve Paid for This Twice Already writes about a situation when your best laid plans don’t work as this week’s shopping list ends up longer than her arm! She is able to limit the damage and has a plan for catching up.

J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly discusses the ignored side of personal finance; rather than decreasing your spending, how you can increase your income. I’ve had a part time job as well as my full time job since last millennium sometime, so I certainly do appreciate the extra cash flow; I’m hoping I can develop a couple of other sources of income as well.

Trent over at The Simple Dollar talks about a problem we all (think we) wish we had–the inability to spend money. Trent takes a view of this possibly being a psychological problem; I admit I haven’t researched this from a professional perspective (I am, after all,

Mrs. Micah discusses whether borrowing a DVD from a friend actually saves her any money. It’s an interesting concept; if you would not have spent money on something anyway, does borrowing it do anything at all for your bottom line? Food for thought.

Finally, Lynnae over at BeingFrugal.net discusses a different kind of wealth: spiritual wealth. Given that I was able to attend service at my temple for the first time in three weeks this morning, I think I appreciated that more than I have previously.

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