Random Thoughts
The NFL kicked off last weekend (OK, so technically week before last) and I have been very happy with my team in week one! Who do I root for? The San Francisco 49ers of course! After many, many horrible years they finally turned it around last year and came back even stronger in Week 1 beating the Green Bay Packers!
Why do I root for the 49ers? I’ve never lived in San Francisco. I actually began watching football back when Steve Young and Jerry Rice played and the 49ers were so awesome you had to like them. I think I lived in Florida at the time… Those were great years… Enough babble about the NFL. On to the round up!
Round Up
Mr Money Mustache asks Does Peak Happiness Really Come at $75,000 a Year? Not for a mustachian! I agree that you can achieve peak happiness below $75,000, especially if you live a simple life.
Mrs. Not Made of Money wrote 6 Tips for Save Money While Dining Out. We like to dine out but when we do we try to keep the cost down. These were some great tips.
Andrea from So Over This writes about How to Deal When You Lose Your Phone. I wouldn’t be completely lost but I haven’t had my smartphone for a long period of time yet. I do know that there are many that would freak out so read these tips just in case it happens to you.
My Money Design explains something a ton of people have no clue about, Social Security Spousal Benefits. I’m glad he took the time to figure this out because it isn’t something I’d be writing about in the near future.
Jefferson at See Debt Run wrote about Gadget Envy. This is very applicable as the iPhone 5 was just announced. Read on for the conclusion but let’s just say that it probably won’t make you happier or make you any better off.
Carnivals
Below are all of the carnivals that I was put in this week that I could find or got ping backs on. If you hosted a carnival that I was included in this week and I missed it please let me know and I’ll add it below!
Carnival of Financial Planning included my post I Maxed Out My Roth IRA and You Can Too!
Yakezie Carnival, Carnival of Retirement and Lifestyle Carnival included my post Combat Lifestyle Inflation: Save Half of Every Raise for Retirement.
Carnival of Personal Finance included Jason’s guest post Six Ways to Make Christmas Shopping Easier.
Enjoy your weekend!
So are there any good original movies I should be checking out? What have you seen lately?
An accountant by day and blogger by night, Lance is the owner of this site. 
Oh the ‘Niners have a great team this year, I definitely see them going deep in the playoffs. I’m a Vikings fan which comes with tons of ups and downs. I’m not super optimistic about this season but I will still watch every game and cheer them on.
Nice job getting all those posts on the carnivals. I started to submit to the carnival of personal finance but haven’t submitted to any other ones. I may spend some time doing that today (still stuck on the couch for the most part recovering from surgery).
Have a good weekend!
DC @ Young Adult Money recently posted..Quick Hits and Weekend Reading
I have a couple sites I use and open all the carnivals in separate tabs and apply to them all at once. Saves me some time.
No problem. There haven’t been many good movies out lately anyway
Your 49er’s got the best of my Packers last week. I’ll fully admit that you guys just flat-out outplayed us the entire game. I think we’ll see more of each other deep in the playoffs, though, so watch out!
Justin @ The Family Finances recently posted..Friends of the Family: Fall Festival Edition
Hopefully so. I have a friend who is a huge Packers fan where I used to live so it is a fun rivalry.
Lance,
Living in Hawaii there are so many 49ers fans here, Hawaii fans are the biggest bandwagon fans. The last few years were great as the bandwagon fans left, they all became Patriots fans. I know your pain, I am a Dolphins fan and I wished Harbaugh chose us.
charles@gettingarichlife.com recently posted..We’re #1…..in traffic. How much is your sanity worth?
Yes, it has definitely been a very painful long time, but I definitely am not a bandwagoner
I’m curious if Randy Moss will continue to play like Randy Moss. The 49ers looked fantastic last week.
funancials recently posted..Interesting History of the Economy: Warren G. Harding
Ha – Glad to be included; even if my topic bored everyone to tears!
My Money Design recently posted..How a High Yield Savings Account Helps You Achieve Your Goals
I thought it was interesting personally. I hadn’t ever thought about it.