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Welcome to the 34th Edition of the Carnival of Money Stories. Today is the first observance of International Phone Dictionary Day. What is that, you ask? According to Wikipedia,

International Phone Dictionary Day is a worldwide holiday created in order to celebrate the T9 Dictionary which exists on the majority of phones, including those made by LG, Samsung Electronics, Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Sanyo, Sagem and others. It is celebrated on November 13, by select groups and organisations around the world.

Now that you are enlightened about this new holiday, let’s get on with the carnival.

Editor’s Picks:

• Pinyo Bhulipongsanon presents Loyalty Is Dead, It’s Better To Be A New Customer posted at Moolanomy. “It’s in a business to maximize billing on their current customers and win new customers by providing a lot of incentives. As such, it is in our best interest as a customer to use this against them and be the new customer.”
• Melissa presents Emotional Purchases: Our Anniversary Indulgence posted at A Penny Closer.
• Donna Freedman presents Dollar days posted at Smart Spending, saying, “Dollar-store underpants.”

Getting the Best Value for Your Dollar:

• Raymond presents People Will Do You Favors When You Are Friendly and Nice posted at Money Blue Book.
• freefrombroke presents Loose Change Gets Us Free Meals On Vacation posted at Free From Broke, saying, “Make sure you read your receipts carefully!”
• paidtwice presents Sometimes Inexpensive Really Means Cheap posted at I’ve Paid For This Twice Already….
• Shadox presents Customer Service and the Explanation for Corporate Stupidity posted at Money and Such, saying, “What my friend did to combat the high price of cable and why Comcast does not really care.”

Holidays and Gift Giving:

• Betsy Teutsch presents Great Gifts with Really Bad Unintended Consequences posted at Money Changes Things. “Giving a kid single shares of stock might have seemed like a great idea… but what’s the result? paperwork up the wazoo, which mom has to manage….”
• FIRE Getters presents Frugal Creative Gift Ideas for Holiday Cards! posted at FIRE Finance.

Meeting Financial Goals:

• Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Why Is It Important To Put Your Dreams And Goals On Paper? posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door. “The problem is that often I have a feeling that while we’re comfortable where we are now, I am not moving any closer to being free financially. So how would writing down my goals help?”
• Ralph Jean-Paul presents Managing Your money posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, “Quick and practical ways of mastering your money and buiding wealth.”
• Amanda presents PJM.Com October Earnings Report posted at the so called me.
• Amanda presents The Almost Forgotten Savings Bond… posted at Me Vs. Debt, saying, “How my almost forgotten savings bond saved my personal finance goal this month.”

Life Stages:

• the baglady presents How Asian Parents Influence Their Children’s Success posted at xynny.
• Christine presents My Teenager’s First Job, Teens and Work, Self-Employed Teens, Teens working For Themselves posted at Me, My Kid and Life. “A teenage girl creates an online business instead of getting a part time job working for someone else.”
• wealthy_1 presents Like fine wine…I’m aging posted at collectingmycash.

Credit & Debt:

• MichelleM presents Second Chance Credit: An Introduction to the Series posted at Redomestication - Money Family Home Food Simple, saying, “When credit repair costs you - and why you shouldn’t pay off your old debts when you buy a home.”
• kdickson presents Minimum Repayments: That’s EXACTLY how much? How long? posted at InvestorBlogger, saying, “Have you got concrete shoes when it comes to money?”
• FMF presents Go to Law School Without Racking Up Tons of Debt posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “My college story.”
• Madeleine Begun Kane presents Me Gamble? No Dice! posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Investing:

• LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS presents How I Made $1,836.90 Last Month (Excluding My Salary) posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS, saying, “I’ve been trying to boost my passive income for over 2 years now. I’ve finally gotten to a point where I can pay the rent!”
• The Dividend Guy presents Dealing with a Falling Knife - Citigroup posted at The Dividend Guy Blog.
• Jose DeJesus MD presents Banking Relationships Pay Long-Term Dividends posted at Physician Entrepreneur.
• Super Saver presents 11/5/07 Stock Purchase Update - Only Holding The Biggest Gainer posted at My Wealth Builder.

Good Money Stories That Didn’t Fit Anywhere Else:

• The Happy Rock presents Do You Have Unclaimed Cash Waiting For You? posted at The Happy Rock.
• Stephanie presents An Ounce of Prevention posted at Stop the Ride!.
• Matthew Paulson presents Sorry, You Didn’t Win the African National Lottery After All posted at Getting Green.
• John presents Sleeping with Money: Financial Reasons You Should Never Date Your Ex Again posted at Queercents, saying, “Never go back to dating your ex, especially not around the holiday season. You are not thinking with your heart. You are thinking from a lonely frame of mind. It’s no crazier to be thinking with your wallet instead…”

Thank you for participating this week! Make sure to submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of money stories using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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