Last night we took some friends out to dinner at a place we’d never tried before called Atomic Cowboy. It’s a Tex Mex place here in the St. Louis area that was surprisingly good. I believe it was the best Gordita that I’ve ever had, and I actually really liked the vegetables on the side (which is not the norm for me). And we never would have found this place if we hadn’t seen it on Restaurant.com and given it a try. It’s also a great benefit to buy the gift certificates at a nice discount. It cost us $5 for a $25 gift certificate. So if you haven’t yet, maybe you ought to give them a try. And now on to the weekend edition:

1. The Honest Dollar has a great article up that tells us how to make work fun, or at least tolerable. I’m sure we could all use this reminder as well as some of the tips that are offered. Work isn’t always exciting and fulfilling, but we can at least do our best to make it something that we enjoy. A tall order, but I believe it really can be done.

2. I thought this post, The High Cost of Instant Gratification, from FiveCentNickel was quite insightful and thought provoking. There’s a great lesson to be learned about ourselves.

3. How Not to Lose is an article over at I Will Teach You To Be Rich. It talks about how we should focus more on how to avoid financial pitfalls instead of how to make it really big. It’s an interesting read, but I don’t totally agree. You can decide for yourself though.

Fiscal Musings Throwback (FMT): In this post from a year ago I explain why I don’t track and keep an income statement. If budgeting is your thing, that’s great, but this is how I handle things.

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