As always there is a ton of informative and entertaining stuff out there in the online world of personal finance. Here’s my can’t miss list of articles and posts published in the past couple of weeks:

The Benefits of a Costco Membership
Justin at Money is the Root talks about his new found love for the warehouse club. Having just written about why I like to shop there, but questioned the savings potential I was very curious to read his take on this.

Financial Advice I Will Never Follow
Aloysa of My Broken Coin takes aim at some of the popular money saving advice that just doesn’t do it for her. See where you stand on some of these – good advice, not worth it, or just plain crazy?

How Much Money is Enough?
Erika at Newlyweds On A Budget tries to answer this tough tough question. How do your financial and lifestyle goals compare?

Trying to Eat Healthier (Again)
The Penny Frugalista comes up with a great way to get more veggies in her toddler’s diet – Broccoli Balls. Going to have to try this one!

How to Get Your Spouse More Involved in the Family Finances
Melissa explains on Free from Broke how to  get the “financial geek” and the uninterested spouse on the same page when it comes to finances.

Here’s my 2nd “Must Read List” collection of great financial posts and articles from around the web. Hope you enjoy these as much as I did -

Mortgage Payoff Update
By Crystal of Budgeting in the Fun Stuff
Looking for some financial inspiration? How about a young couple who is on track to completely pay off their mortgage this year? Yeah – that should do it. Total money saving rock stars if you ask me.

My Plan to Lose 10 Pounds in Three Months
By Erika of Newleyweds on a Budget
A little more inspiration but this time on how to lose weight. She mentions a very cool sounding website that I need to check out – MyFitnessPal.

Challenging the Shopaholic in Me
By Aloysa of My Broken Coin
A very ambitious goal from one of my favorite bloggers – three months of no unnecessary spending. Such a great thing to shoot for – I have tried it for a month or so before and can’t say I was ever 100% successful. Maybe I’ll give this a shot at some point this year.

How to Stop Buying on Impulse
By Andrea of So Over Debt
And finally a post that will probably be helpful if any of the pieces above have inspired you to set a savings goal of your own. I love her visualization “that Suze Orman will be going through my shopping bags when I get home.”

Happy reading! And happy saving!