Link Love 12/14/12 | Budget and the Beach

Currently as I’m writing this I’m about an hour away from date #2 with SF. Considering the fact that we had long talks in the car, and I mentioned I had a personal finance blog, I somehow suspect that if someone really wants to, they’re about two clicks away from figuring out this site.

I’m kind of OK with it. I mean I’m not shouting it from the rooftops (aka Facebook), but I’m not trying to really hide it either. So to say too much personal stuff on here might be putting me in a precarious situation, just in case I have secret lurkers.

And if he does happen to “stumble” across this blog….”Hi SF!, I’m looking forward to our evening.” (wink)

Ahem

Where are you on the anonymous blogging scale?

Anyway, it’s Friday, so here are a list of blogs/bloggers I enjoyed this week. Happy Friday y’all, be Merry, and see you on Monday!

Preparing For Culture Shock- Blonde Budget

How We Keep Our Finances Organized- Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

Which Is Growing Faster: Baby or Expenses?- Budgets are Sexy

Why You Should Be Careful in Where You Volunteer- Debt and the Girl

Tinker Bell Training Update: Freaking Out & Gearing Up- Frugal Beautiful

Did I save half my income?- Frugal Portland

Buying a House at 20 (How I did it)- Making Sense of Cents

Happy One Year Blogiversary to Me!- Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses

Getting the Most Out of My Budget- My Alternate Life

Budgeting Advice to Help Keep You Motivated- My Money Design

One Year of Self-Employment: The Future- So Over This

Dear Santa…- The Random Path

What If We All Lived on Less, Retired Early and Pursued Our Passion?- Young Cheap Living

28 Reasons Why Budgets Suck! (& What REALLY Works)- And Then We Saved

Winter Vehicle Maintenance… Costing You Less In The Long Run- Canadian Budget Binder

Club Thrifty: Turning Our Dreams into Reality- Club Thrifty

A Frugal Person’s View on Holiday Tipping- Frugal Rules

What Does $1 Mean To You?- I Heart Budgets

The Financial Perks of Being Childless by Choice- Money after Graduation

On age and how others perceive you- Musings of an Abstract Aucklander

Don’t tell me how to spend my money at Christmas (Alternate title: The Pressure to Donate)- Newlyweds on a Budget

Has Your Boss Been Naughty or Nice?- Pelican on Money

Money, Feminism and Divorce?- Plunged into Debt

Is Collecting things a Waste of Time and Money?- Young Adult Money

http://twitter.com/PlungedinDebt Plunged in Debt

Thanks so much for including me! I hope your date goes well
http://twitter.com/DebtandtheGirl Debt and the Girl

Thanks for the link love! Good luck with your date.
http://www.youngadultmoney.com/ DC @ Young Adult Money

Thanks for the mention! I always appreciate it. Hope the date goes well!
http://my-alternate-life.com/ Jordann

Hey thanks for mentioning me! I started my blog knowing that some day I wouldn’t want to be anonymous, so there’s isn’t any real damning information on it. I think it would take about two clicks from Googling my name to getting to my blog, or maybe even one.
http://twitter.com/SenseofCents Michelle

Thanks for mentioning my post! Have fun!
http://twitter.com/CanadianBudgetB CanadianBudgetBinder

Thanks for the mention and I hope all went well with number 2. I prefer being Mr.CBB as I just blog to help others not so much to say this is who I am but we all have our own personal reasons and I respect that. Cheers and have a lovely weekend. Hope the shoulder is a bit better. MR.CBB
John S @ Frugal Rules

Thanks so much for the mention! Hope the date went well.
http://clubthrifty.com/ Greg@ClubThrifty

Thank you so much for the mention! Have a great weekend~!
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CatAlford @ BudgetBlonde

Wahoo thanks for the mention!! I so appreciate it! I hope #2 went really great! As far as being anonymous, I didn’t put my last name on my blog for awhile. Then, I started writing all around using my last name, so I gave up. ) I do however keep where I work hidden, etc.
Mackenzie Randompath

Thanks for the mention!!!
Can’t wait to hear how the date went
http://twitter.com/PelicanOnMoney Pelican on Money

Thanks for the link luv! I try not to tell anyone anything but wouldn’t be ashamed of saying I have a PF blog if anyone asked. There’s nothing to hide there, just don’t feel like willfully sharing.
http://www.blondeonbudget.wordpress.com/ Blonde on Budget

currently quite anonymous. Not sharing my name, or anything very personal. Might have something to do with BF being a policeman, his paranoia with sharing anything on the internet might have influenced me a bit. besides, I`m not really there yet, perhaps I`ll share my name one day. But currently I`m just trying to create a blog that people will read because of its content, without the big focus on the author`s name and pictures.
http://twitter.com/SavvyScot The Savvy Scot

haha! Looking forward to this evening wink – you should give him a wink when you see him and then at least you will know if he has googled you
http://www.mymoneydesign.com/ MyMoneyDesign

Good luck on the big date! Obviously I’m still anonymous and sticking to it. Some things are better just kept to myself.
http://www.momoneymohouses.com/ Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses

Thanks for the mention, and have a lovely date
http://twitter.com/RFIndependence Pauline

Date #2 uh? I am not anonymous ON the blog but haven’t told anyone about it, just my BF and I think he hasn’t Googled me yet. I do however get a creepy number of people that come to my site by googling my full name…
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http://twitter.com/SavvyFinLatina SavvyFinancialLatina

I’m still anonymous. WIsh to remain so. I don’t talk about my blog. But my hubby sometimes likes to mention it! And I pinch him afterwards.
Good luck on date numero dos!
FrugalPortland

semi. some of my friends and family know, but i’m not to the point where i’m putting first name last name frugalportland just yet! thanks for the mention and hope the date went well!
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http://www.fromshoppingtosaving.com/ From Shopping to Saving

I’ve mentioned it to some family members and some friends, but I haven’t really handed out the URL just yet. I don’t know, I kind of feel like I don’t really want them reading it, but I’m not so sure why. My BF knows but he never asked for the URL either so I’ve never showed him either. Weird right haha!