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I hope that everyone had a great week! You know what could make your week even better? Winning some serious cash! You still have time to enter one of the two giveaways Frugal Rules is co-hosting where you could win either $500 or $999.99.
It has been a really good week for Frugal Rules as I hit my first multiple 2,500 and 3,000 page view days! As it seems, there were a lot of people looking for Valentine gift ideas and that was driving a lot of people my way. It may be small peanuts to some, but I was pretty stoked to hit that number. We have some fun planned this weekend as Mrs. Frugal Rules and I are going out tonight to celebrate Valentine’s Day. We have a Groupon to a local winery we’re going to use and do some wine tasting. Mind you, I’ve never been wine tasting in Napa Valley, but I am still pretty excited about it as I have never been wine tasting and have discovered recently that I like wine quite a bit. Is anyone else going out this weekend to celebrate Valentine’s Day a little late?
It was another great week for Frugal Rules in the blogosphere. Thank you to everyone who gave me a shout out or included me in their Carnival. If you see some blogs you don’t notice, I encourage you to check some of them out as you’ll find some great material. Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!
Shout Outs
Carnival of Financial Camaraderie #68 on Financial Conflict Coach
Carnival of Financial Planning on Vanessa’s Money
Finance Carnival for Young Adults on 20’s Finances
The Money Mail Carnival #12 on The Money Mail
Lifestyle Carnival on Free At 33
Saturday Blog Round Up on Personal Finance Beat
Working at Home Blog Carnival #325 on Working at Home on the Internet
Carnival of Retirement on See Debt Run
Yakezie Carnival on The Amateur Financier
Sports Carnival Ecstasy on Brutus Report
The Wealth Builder Carnival #112 on My Wealth Builder
Tax Carnival #112: Super Bowl of Taxes on Don’t Mess With Taxes
Carnival of Money Pros on Money Pros
Tax Carnival Ecstasy – February 7, 2013 on 2010 Tax
My Goals For February – What Are Yours on Life and My Finances
Wealth Building Bricks #1 on Brick By Brick Investing
Weekly Chronicles: Super Sunday Edition on The Weight Chronicles
Personal Finance Week in Review – Super Bowl Edition on One Smart Dollar
Friends of the Family: Super Bowl Edition on The Family Finances
Awesome Posts and a $999.99 Giveaway on I Heart Budgets
Presenting: A Frugal Valentine’s Day Celebration Via Some Linky Love on The Frugal Farmer
Friday Recap, Five Chicks and a Lighter Site on Reach Financial Independence
The Round Table – February 8, 2013 on Money Smart Guides
We All Need a Little Recognition on Money Bulldog
Mr. CBB’s Personal Finance Weekly Reading List #6 on Canadian Budget Binder
Money Saving Tips – Inspections When Buying a Home on The Frugal Toad
Weekend Business and Blog Roundup – Feb 8th on Freedom Thirty Five Blog
Life, Updates and Some Link Love on The Random Path
Friday Finds on Three Thrifty Guys
On Conquering Self Doubt (and Some Great Weekend Reads) on We Only Do This Once
Fearless Men’s Weekly Roundup on Fearless Men
Eyes on the Dollar 20/20 Roundup #25 – Vote for Me! On Eyes On The Dollar
Personal Finance Week in Review #50 on Work Save Live
Weekly Mentions on Stumble Forward
Guest Posts By Frugal Rules
3 Beginner Investing Tips on My Alternate Life
Starting a Legacy That Will Last a Lifetime and Beyond on Fearless Men
Why Your Money Won’t Grow Under Your Mattress on Club Thrifty
Is Your Credit Card Debt Worth the Cost? (Staff Post) on Narrow Bridge Finance
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Thanks for the mention, John! We’ll be doing some ice skating on the large pond out back, I imagine.
. Have a great time at the wine tasting – it sounds fun!
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Not a problem Laurie! Sounds like a fun weekend. Our middle child came down with a nasty cold yesterday, so we’ll see if the wine tasting sticks.
Good idea on the Valentines day dinner. We ended up not going out Wednesday night as my wife didn’t feel well but plan on going out tomorrow night, We’re in Miami right now to work out some estate planning issues for my parents but are going to slip away to Key Largo tomorrow night, We’ll have dinner there at a nice restaurant we know, and go for a few dives Monday morning,
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We always hate fighting the crowds Jose, plus many restaurants up their prices for that night only. Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned. Can’t say as that we’ll be diving though as it’s 15 degrees here right now.
Thanks as always for the shout out! 3,000 pageviews…congrats to you! That’s called great content, my friend!! Have a great weekend…
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Not a problem Tony! Thanks, it was pretty neat to see. However, the site has returned to earth, which was a bummer, but was expected as so much of it was search traffic.
Wow that’s amazing! No, that isn’t small peanuts. If it is, my site is REALLY lame! lol!
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Thanks Tonya! As I told Tony, the site has returned to earth. It’s a bummer, but I expected it as so much of the traffic was search related due to my two Valentine’s posts. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
And, no, you’re NOT lame! 
Wow, those are some awesome stats! Good for you
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Thanks Mackenzie! It was pretty cool to see.
Wow, that’s alot of shout outs mate, the blog world must just dig you! Cheers and keep up the good work.
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Lol! I don’t know if I’d say that exactly, but it is nice to get the mentions. It’s very humbling to say the least.
John, thanks for the mention! Also thanks for guesting posting. I think you might have created a little legacy with it. The comments and article mentions on other round-ups has been impressive. Have a good weekend!
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Not a problem John. It was my pleasure to guest post on your site. Honestly, I wish I would’ve thought to write it for my site a little earlier.
That’s some pretty serious traffic John! Congrats on that. You deserve early single pageview, you work hard for it.
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I know, I thought for sure that Google Analytics was broken.
Traffic has returned to earth, but it was fun while it lasted
Thanks for the mention John, those are some awesome numbers to be seeing in one day. I’m not near those kind of numbers yet but I hope their soon enough.
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Not a problem Chris. It was pretty nice to see those numbers for most of last week, but with V day being over most of the traffic is gone, but it was fun while is lasted.
It doesn’t sound like peanuts to me John, great work! Hope you’re having a good weekend.
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Thanks Adam! You have a good one as well.
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Congrats for that wonderful stats. You deserve it since you have such wonderful posts.
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Thanks Sarah!
I love wine tasting! Have fun!
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Sadly we have to cancel as our middle child developed a 103 degree fever.
We’ll try again in a few weeks.
3K page views is a serious achievement! Well done
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Thanks sir!
What a great list and thanks for the mention!
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Not a problem Paul!
Thanks for the mention John!
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Not a problem Marvin!
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