I was excited to find out that one of my fellow money bloggers (or shall we say “Money Writers“!), Steve aka Brip Blap, has just announced he’s going to give PRO-blogging a whirl. I suppose he’s going to try it out to see if it suits him. ;) Excellent! Kudos to him for taking the plunge into the abyss that is blogging about money for money.

On another note, we’ve got some nice collections of money articles at your friendly neighborhood financial carnivals. This time around, The Happy Rock gives us the 149th Carnival of Personal Finance, Chasing Dreams Edition. It was well put together with enriching articles as these posts will attest:

Find this week’s Festival of Frugality #122, the Paragraph Edition at On Financial Success, where you’ll be treated to a list of great money-saving tips such as:

A few other money carnivals around the web this week:

Thanks for the great writeups!