Happy Friday! Today is my 33rd Birthday. 🙂 My hubby is working away so we celebrated together earlier in the week. Instead of going out, my hubby cooked me a fantastic birthday meal a couple of days ago before he went away.
He really is a brilliant cook which is just as well because I hate cooking!
For starters, we had Thai Chilli Chicken Cakes, followed by a main course of King Prawn Stir Fry and for pudding we enjoyed homemade Apple and Raspberry Pie. Yum!
I did tell my hubby not to bother getting me a present because I didn’t want to take any money away from paying towards the debts this month, especially because my self employed income is down a little at the moment. But he was a bit sneaky and bought me a charm for my pandora bracelet without me knowing. I found it behind a photo frame on the mantlepiece this morning! Needless to say I love it!
To top off the great day I’m having, my little girl sung Happy Birthday to me this morning, which was the best present ever! I’m really looking forward to this weekend because I’ll be celebrating (on a budget of course) with some good friends.
Anyway as always, I’ve loved blogging this week and reading other personal finance blogs. Here are my favourite reads from this week – some are finance related and some are about blogging which is starting to be my second favourite subject!
Laurie at The Frugal Farmer wrote a great post on ‘Paying off Debt: How to Re-Wire Your Financial Mindset. I don’t know about you but I fancy breaking free of the ‘poor mindset’.
If you’re thinking about investing in a rental property, make sure you check out this post by Holly at Club Thrifty – Being A Landlord: It’s Not All Puppies And Cupcakes!
Jeremy at Modest Money wrote a helpful post on 5 Blog Link Building Strategies To Now Avoid. I’m still getting my head around SEO and I thought this was really useful.
Congratulations to Michelle from Making Sense of Cents on her 2 year blogging anniversary – 2 Year Blogiversary and iPad+Cash Giveaway. And also to Glen at Monster Piggy Bank on his 1 year blogging anniversary – Has it been 1 year already?
Lastly, congratulations to Girl Meets Debt and Mr Modest Money who got engaged yesterday!
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Thanks for mentioning my post! I am also 33 (and so is my husband!)
I hope you have a great weekend!
Holly@ClubThrifty recently posted…Operation Frugality (Plus This Week’s Frugal Moves)
Lol! Thirties are the new twenties I think!
Happy birthday to you! How sweet with your little girl singing to you – too cute! Thanks for the mention, and hope you have a wonderful day and weekend, celebrating all that you are blessed with. 🙂
Laurie @thefrugalfarmer recently posted…Good Reads for the Week Ending 8.16.13
Thanks Laurie! I had a lovely day and a great weekend with friends and family. 🙂
Enjoy your birthday!
Budget and the Beach recently posted…What’s Your Money Mindset?
Thanks so much for the birthday message!
Happy Birthday! Thank you for the mention 🙂
Michelle recently posted…Payoff Your Mortgage Faster, Save Thousands of Dollars
Thanks Michelle! 🙂
Happy Birthday~!!! Sounds like you’re having a great birthday so far. I will be your age in a month~^^
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Thanks Michelle! It creeps up on us doesn’t it! I don’t know where my twenties went?
Happy Birthday to You! Your bday meal sounds fantastic!
Thanks for the blog reads to check out.
Jen @ Healthful Saver recently posted…Getting Out of Debt Part 4 – Inspiration Strikes!
Thanks Jen for your lovely birthday message! Hope you had a great weekend!
Happy Birthday! 33 is the best age, ever, for at least the next 12 months.
That sounds like a wonderful day with your family.
Done by Forty recently posted…Value vs. Getting What You Pay For
Thank you! I can’t believe how it seems to be creeping up on me!
Happy 33rd birthday!! I hope you are having amazing birthday celebrations!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the love, I’ve had a busy weekend starting my new self-hosted website but now that it’s up and running, I can finally relax and catch up on my blog reading 😉
Eva @ Girl Counting Pennies recently posted…Gym Memberships: Money Down the Drain
Thanks Eva! The new self-hosted website looks brilliant! Looking forward to reading your posts this week.
Happy Birthday! Sounds like you had a wonderful day surrounded my the people you love 🙂 thank you always for your continued support of my blog. Very much appreciated! Xo
Thanks GMD! And you’re welcome, I love reading your blog 🙂