Boy howdy, was this ever a hot, muggy week. I tried to be brave, walking around naked with lots of running fans and buckets of ice, but my coworkers complained too much. Something about seared retinas? Anyway, while I wait patiently for my Hai'er brand air conditioner to arrive from Costco, here are some great personal finance blog posts from around the country, and maybe one from the Great White North.

Squawkfox lists ways to stay cool without air conditioning. Interesting enough, one of them involves mooching off of people who DO have air conditioning. I highly recommend mooching.

Soon, your kids will be going back to school and you won't have to listen to them whine about how you don't have air conditioning. Frugal Dad has back to school shopping tips galore.

20 Something Finance gets all metaphorical with a comparison of personal finance to the Tour de France... or is that a simile? Interestingly, neither the Tour de France or personal finance necessarily involves air conditioning.

Dumb Little Man has tips for not becoming a complete whale while living the life of a cubicle monkey. Also no mention of air conditioning. COINCIDENCE?!?!

Saving Advice asks if crafting is a good way to make money. I don't know, can you knit a functioning air conditioner?

The Wisdom Journal offers some methods for turning your supposed "needs" into mere "wants." Like, I thought I needed a diamond necklace, but it turns out that I was simply delusional from the heat, so I bought an air conditioner, which I actually needed.

The Greenest Dollar teaches you how to quit your job, which we all know you won't do, since that's 8 hours of AC-cooled existence every weekday.

You know how you like to start up the grill with a pile of $20 bills? Me, too. That's the surest way to attract a frugal mate, reports Weakonomics, so get to it if you want to marry Thrifty McSavingspants.

For Canadians traveling to the U.S., you should buy your American dinero before arriving, according to Get Money Energy. However, just as an FYI, we are already all sold out of "les aire condtiounieres", so you might want to try Mexico.