The Green Panda Treehouse posted the Carnival of Personal Finance #211.  In addition to including our article about why automating finances doesn’t always pay, there are a number of excellent blog posts from the personal finance bloggers out there.  Here are a few we like:

• Deposit Accounts discusses and definesin What are Annuities?
• InsureBlog has the latest information in HSA Update: Early Summer Edition
• Miss Bankrupt shares her on list on What not to buy at Dollar Store.
• Fiscal Fizzle reviews Covey’s principles in 7 Habits of Personal Finance.
• American Consumer News wants to make sure you Know Your Rights if You Are In Debt.

This week, the Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted on Wisebread.com and reminds us what Pay it Forward is all about.  Participants were asked to link back to the carnival itself; as well as 3 or more posts from other participating bloggers in an effort to “pay it forward” online.  Here are some we liked:

• Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck presents America’s increasingly frugal habits.
• J. Money from Budgets Are Sexy presents Paying extra towards your loans now, goes a long way later!
• Jeff from StretchyDollar.com presents Set Your Own Interest Rate!
• FMF from Free Money Finance presents Money Lessons from Monopoly
• Silicon Valley Blogger from The Digerati Life presents Best High Interest Savings Accounts In Online Banking