Show me the Money! The Bestest Blog of All Time's Finance $$$ Carnival

Welcome to The Bestest Blog of All-Time's Finance $$$ Carnival!

There is nothing more intimate than our relationship with money. Either we have it, do know how to get it or it always seems like it's slipping through our fingers. Take a gander through these great post contributions. I've included a snippet to whet your appetite :


Long Drives to Nowhere shares her post The Winning Numbers :
"Pop knew I had no money. I was a single mother from the day my daughter was born. I didn’t have a dime to my name before she was born, since I was working three jobs to pay my way through college. After she was born I had even less. He was always trying to give me money."


I am Hunter shares his post What the Hell is Finance Anyway?:
"Banks are boring, but money is important so we have to be nice to bank tellers, no matter how much they piss us off."


Infinite Monkeys shares his post A Life-Saving Investment:
"Have you figured out what you are going to do with all the sketchy bucks you earned by claiming "Tom's Cats Adult Entertainment" as a business expense? Might I make a suggestion?"


Just Another Quick Question shares her post Very Problematic:
"I'm in the midst of a dilemma. Help me, help me! I have financial "issues." Very sad, indeed."


American Center for Surreal and Paranoid Life shares her post Money isn't everything:
"Money seems to grow on the trees here in my backyard in Al Ain. I now create things that have a purpose."


The Laundry Capitalist shares with us How Much Capital Will I Need to Start a Laundromat?:
"Before you have mentally made the plunge to go forward with any business - you need to run some numbers. "


SAVESAVESAVE shares with us FOAD - Don't Buy Britney's Hair On Ebay!:
"If aliens came to our planet and found out that various members of humanity had decided to spend $1M upwards (yes, that's right, 1 million dollars or more) on a pile of human hair, they would decide we are either insane . . . "


bobbarama shares with us A blogger's lament:
"You said last night I shouldn’t feel frustrated over the lack of ad revenues because even though the blog “blows donkey spit” it’s about to explode with both readers and money wholly because of your brilliant marketing strategies."


Peanut, Peanut Butter.... Jelly!2 shares with us Assult Charges:
" We met this stupid little emo boy/guy. (I have nothing against emo people). My friend B lent him 20 cents."


Rogers Bla Bla shares with us Lottery Expectations Post Lottery Blues:
"Then there are always the statements about, Take This Job And Shove It if I win the Lottery tonight!Then we get into discussion's of what we will do with are winnings."


Yes you're reached Jana shares her post Pipe's running dry...:
"During this past few weeks, ever since my wallet was stolen by some who probably lost all his/her fingers because of it, my money situation doesn't seem to be getting any better."


Friday's Child shares with us "Tell Me Where I Went Wrong?":
"It was when I had quit working when I decided to have a business on my own and somewhere where I was good at, to help augment the family income."


Humble Tidbits of Vacuity shares his post I don't title my posts:
"f I had an Xbox, I would be hounded by several of my friends (who DO have Xboxes) to get Xbox Live so that I could play games online with them."


And another thing... shares hers post There is a special place in hell for thankless children:
"At $5 per minute, you want me to pay you $300 per hour. How do I get THAT job?!!!"