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It’s been an interesting week for me. I finally finished with the summer semester at ASU so now I’m on break for about two weeks before classes start up again. I pulled off a couple of A’s so I’m extremely happy about that. Anyway enough about me. Here are a few posts which I ran across over the last week:

For those of you who are health-conscious and into the organic movement there’s a great post over at organiccoupons.org covering 25 ways to make an organic lifestyle more affordable.

While we’re on the topic of frugality I thought I’d bring up a great post I ran into over at Iwillteachyoutoberich.com about how you can save money by purchasing expensive items abroad.  Check out I saved $2,500 by purchasing two items abroad.  Is that un-American?

For those Extreme Makeover fans out there here’s a sad tidbit of information.  A family who received a home via the Extreme show in 2005 is facing foreclosure after a failed business attempt with funds taken out of the equity in their home.  Check it out at AccessAtlanta.com

That’s it for this week.  Stay tuned for more next weekend!

There’s been some great reading online this past week.  A lot of the links that I’m posting this week are related to simple ways to save money, which should come in handy with the quickly increasing cost of living that we’re experiencing here in the U.S.

David at Moneyning posted some fantastic advice on how to take advantage of the wonder that is google, specifically google alerts, by setting up alerts for when coupons and deals are taking place for items that you have been searching for.  Check out Setup Google Alerts to Get Coupons and Deals.

Pinyo at Moolanomy is looking out for those who are looking at potentially buying a house in the near future.  He gives some fantastic advice on how you can test your finances and see if you can really afford that house payment.  Check out Test Drive Your Home Ownership Experience.

Is the price of gas killing your finances lately?  It’s getting warm outside now too… what are you going to do about your increased energy bill?  Trent at The Simple Dollar has some practical advice about using ceiling fans in order to be able to use your air conditioning less.  Check out Ceiling Fan Hacks: Save Big on Energy Use.

Here’s one for those of you interesting in investing ideas. Jonathan at My Money Blog posted an update talking about a new global index fund from Vanguard.  Might not be a bad fund to invest in if you’re interested in diversifying into the global market.  Check out Vanguard’s New Global Stock Index Fund.

That’s it for this weekend.  See ya next week!  ^_^

Buenos Noches everyone!  It’s my last night in Mexico, so you can fully expect some updates about what I’ve learned and experienced while here… look for that sometime next week.  In the meantime here’s some links to what I’ve been reading this week.

David from moneyning wrote a fantastic post about practicing patience when it comes to making purchasing decisions.  He gives some nice practical advice about what you can do to avoid making impulse purchases which you might regret at a later time.  Check out Patience Will Keep Us From Spending Unnecessary Money.

Pinyo from Moolanomy wrote about a challenge he ran across called the 100 pushup challenge.  He explains why he thinks health is a huge part of personal finance.  Check out Better Health and Finances With 100 Pushups. (On a side note I’m going to participate in the 100 push up challenge.  More on this soon.)

Trent at The Simple Dollar wrote a profound post about addiction, how it affects personal finances and ways to overcome all types of addictions.  A must read for anyone, especially if you have this problem or know anyone with it.  Check out Addiction and Personal Finance.

I normally wouldn’t post mainstream articles posted on sites such as CNN Money or Yahoo Finance, but I ran across a really interesting article about Bill Gates and what he plans to do with his time now that he’ll be retiring from working full-time at Microsoft.  Definitely an interesting read.  Check it out at CNN Money.

That’s it for this week!  I’ll be back on June 23rd with some new updates!