Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying some time off, taking it easy, and loving big helpings of home cooked meals. Within our family, we host Thanksgiving at our house. So Thursday was a pretty big occasion for us. Mrs MMD out-did herself again and cooked an outstandingly delicious assortment of food. While visiting, we also managed to find a pretty hilarious Thanksgiving song. Someone auto-tuned a remix of the William Shatner Deep Fried Turkey public service announcement from last year (which by itself is also kind of ridiculous in its own way). Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2dwPTnsyA
We did go out on Black Friday around 11 AM. The first thing we saw was two people at the mall getting hauled away by the police. We went to a couple of places and got a few good deals. We managed to pick up a discounted Blu-ray player, wireless modem, and probably the best of all – a 32 GB flash card for $19.99. I don’t even want to tell you how much I paid for a 16 GB card just a few years ago!
Blog News:
Next week, I’m going to help out my bros by sharing a few of my Christmas present ideas for the ladies. Hopefully this list gives you an idea you hadn’t considered yet, and you can finish that list!
Later in the week, I’ll lay out a little dilemma I’m having with my investments. It’s a controversial one – should I NOT max out a tax-sheltered retirement account and fund a taxed one instead so I could possibly retire earlier? Check back and let me know what you think!
Link Love – Blogs You Should Check Out:
In case you missed them, here are a few great stories you should check out this weekend:
- Are you unhappy with your Google PageRank? Jeremy from Modest Money has some things you may want to check beyond simply back-linking. Read Google PageRank, Not Just About Links.
- Cat from Budget Blonde does a great job of defending budgets in Being On A Budget Doesn’t Mean You’re Poor
- Ever wanted to know about annuities? If you do, there is a one-stop post that will give you a very comprehensive overview. Read Jason’s post on Work Save Live: Understanding the Basics of Deferred Annuities
- Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff has a guest post from Retirement Investing Today with a great perspective on early retirement. Read Reader Profile Friday: Retirement Investing Today.
- Lance from Money Life and More sadly points out how many low income earners believe Winning the Lottery is the Most Practical Way to Fund Retirement
Carnivals & Mentions:
My Money Design was featured on the following sites this week:
- Nurse Frugal – Fridays
- Eyes on the Dollar – Can’t Take My Eyes Off These Blogs #14-Happy Thanksgiving
- Budget and the Beach – Link Love/Week in Review 11/17/12
- Street Smart Finance – Why Do You Want to Become Rich?
- The Family Finances – Friends of the Family: Fighting Irish Edition
Thanks to everyone for linking to my site and enjoying my posts. I really appreciate your support and hope you continue to visit!
Posts This Week:
1) My Nine-Year-Old Daughter Received a Credit Card Offer
2) New IRS Contribution Limits for Retirement Accounts in 2013
3) Affordable External Hard Drives vs Online File Backup Service – Which is Better?
Image Credit: Clip Art
Lance @ Money Life and More says
Glad you had an awesome Thanksgiving. We did too 🙂
MMD says
Happy Thanksgiving to you Lance. I’m enjoying the time off, but is is flying by!
Kim@Eyesonthdollar says
Anything William Shatner does is funny. Have a great weekend.
MMD says
Thanks Kim!
femmefrugality says
Haha….his one man show is coming to Pittsburgh soon! We’d totally be going, but we found out about it too late to fit it into our budget.
Nice find on the flash card! I didn’t do Black Friday this year. But did dabble in small business Saturday.
MMD says
Shatner has a one man show?? NOW that is something I’ve got to check out.
My wife did the small business Saturday thing. She made a few craft stores very happy.
Shilpan says
That video is hilarious!Thanks for the mention.
Maggie@SquarePennies says
Love the video! Thanks & I wish you good shopping!
delicious turkey says
Yummy! I don’t think I can still wait for Thanksgiving for my deep-fried turkey! I’m taking my fryer out of the cabinet now.