The personal finance blog world is going off like a frog in a sock lately. Everywhere I go there seems to be new blogs taking off, old ones thriving and goals being achieved left, right and centre.  Here are some of the articles from the past week that I’m lovin’.

First, I have to send out a HUGE congratulations to the lovely Holly, who successfully stopped shopping for a year. As she has completely kicked the arse of her own challenge, the blog Holly is Stopping Shopping has been retired, but fret not, she has moved her blog over to Shopaholly, where she will continue to entertain us. Keep reading!

The Carnival of Personal Finance has gone live over on Weakonomics, and it is chock-a-block full of fantastic articles. Some of my personal favourites include:

Free From Broke gives us all a friendly reminder with Credit cards don’t suck, you suck!

Jennifer from Money Saver 101: Even sin suffers in a recession

Len Penzo dot com: Gas or Charcoal BBQs: which is more cost effective?

The Dough Roller: Is budgeting keeping you poor?

And Francois Viljoen from Liberta shares her Budget Planner Excel Spreadsheet

(Weakonomics was also nice enough to include my article David Cameron: Thrift’s new Poster Boy).
Next up, Always the Planner is hosting this week’s Festival of Frugality, which includes some scorchers:

Ginger Beat gives us a yummy recipe for frugal lunching: How to Pack a Salad/Salad With Rice Noodles, Tofu, Cilantro, and Peanut Sauce

Frugal Luxury ponders What Beauty Products Do You Really Need?

Charlene Haugsven of My Frugal Adventures tells us How I Handle “Stuff Envy”

J. Money of Budgets are Sexy asks Whatcha Know About Kids Allowances These Days?

A Modern Gal wonders What Happened to Sharing?

(And Always the Planner was good enough to include my post on How to double your pension contributions at no extra cost).

And because I’m on a roll here, here are some of the other posts from around the web that I’m lovin’ and linkin’ this week:

20 Something Finance explains How to Get Free Landscaping Work Done Using Craigslist

Design*Sponge shows us how to make the cutest (and cheapest) DIY: tin letterpress clock

Small Notebook gives a handy reminder on how to Get Reacquainted With Your Finances Again

And the wonderful Copyblogger shows us Everything You Need to Know About Creating Killer Content in 3 Simple Words

Whew! That’s it, I’m done! Hope y’all are having a great week.