Welcome to June. Personal finance highlights today...

1. My wife and I rolled the insurance dice and lost by not getting maternity coverage before she got pregnant. The doctor was not too happy when I started questioning the costs of the umpteen procedures he was always doing. Jean Chatzky has a good article about a future in which it's not just the self-insured (or uninsured) who worry about the costs of their health care.

2. Ford's upping the ante in the car buying game: 1000 bucks worth of free gas.

3. Savings accounts and CDs are sort of boring, and paid so little during the long period of low interest rates that few bothered with them. These days rates are up and they might be outperforming the choppy stock market.

4. You know you're having money troubles when...


5. I'm not sure what I think of investment clubs, but good morning america's Mellody Hobson has a good summary of what they are and how you might get one going.

6. Celebrating: Dave's a property owner for the first time.

7. Celebrating: Single Ma promoted.

8. A day without spending is harder than it might seem, as our hero can attest.