I found out last week that the Budget Smart Girl’s annual holiday gift guide was named one of the best budget and green guides by Blogs.com. As the guide seems to be a popular feature, next week I’ll be featuring a Valentine’s Gift Guide…I’m already getting e-mails with lots of great and bargain priced products and yes, another giveaway for you.

Someone who I’m really looking forward to chatting with at Budget Smart Girl is Danny Kofke. He’s written a book about surviving on a teacher’s salary which is full of tips we all can use to stretch our budgets. Some of you might have seen him last week on Fox TV where he was a guest on the morning show. Just in case you missed it, here’s a link. I’ll be interviewing Danny in March and posting the interview on the site, so if any of you have a question you’d like me to ask him, just e-mail me.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3971107/thrive-on-a-teachers-salary

The Aerogarden is doing well. I removed the dome covers a few days ago. Here’s a photo of its progress.

This week on Budget Smart Girl, the first newsletter of the year and I’ll tell you about a Web site and newsletter you won’t want to miss.

Have a good week.