This Week's Carnival of Personal Finance

This week's Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Savvy Saver. Here are my usual picks of the week:

Fearless Money talks about some of the Unexpected Benefits of Budgeting.

Funny Money talks about how to make the best use of Flexible Spending Accounts.

In two related posts, Ashish's Niti gives us a rent vs. buy analysis for the Bay Area, while Consumerism Commentary discusses the effects of buying vs. renting

Free Money Finance has a good collection of advice for the new year.

Finally, Financially Independent discusses liquid savings and fixed savings

That's all for now - look around the Carnival once you're done. After all, what I find interesting, you might not (and vice-versa)