Written by a former Oprah.com staffer, The Budget Babe is a fashion and beauty site that covers clothes and products you can actually afford. Dress by Numbers posts break celebrity styles down into affordable components, while an ongoing feature allows readers to write in for fashion advice (recently: how to find multi-buckle belts on a budget). And Designer Looks for Less posts spot trends and find the best inexpensive knockoffs. The site also features occasional giveaways and posts detailed info on deals and sales.

A great children's books and reading blog, The Diamond in the Window is written by a mom with help and suggestions from her daughters. In the ongoing "We Recommend" feature, readers can write in to ask about reading recommendations for their kids ("I'm writing about my 8 1/2 year old son, who is an excellent reader but has been slow to make the leap to chapter books...") The site covers all kinds of kids' books, from baby to teen, and is especially good about parent-child experiences like reading together.

The Job Bored is a careers blog devoted to tips and tricks to help you get ahead, both on a day-to-day basis and in your career in general. There are tons of great ideas here about getting organized in your career--the blog suggests creating your own personal personnel file and organizing your job search using the rule of thirds. Readers can write in and ask for career advice, too; recent questions included how long to wait for approval on a vacation request and what to do when your boss has "horrible time-management skills." And don't miss "40 things I wish I knew when I started my career" and "how to find a job using Facebook." By the way, it's also a great blog to read while you're at work.

Travel around the world without leaving your computer--and hit the spots most armchair travelers will miss. Atlas Obscura's goal is to catalog "all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist. If you're looking for miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, phallological museums, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper, the Atlas Obscura is where you'll find them...

In an age where everything seems to have been explored and there is nothing new to be found, the Atlas Obscura celebrates a different way of traveling, and a different lens through which to view the world." Search by location or by "category of wonders and curiosities"--categories include Medical Museums and Small Worlds and Model Towns. Or just click on "Take me to a random place" and you might land on America's Stonehenge, in New Hampshire, or Rome's Antique Doll Hospital. Atlas Obscura welcomes and depends on reader submissions, so if you've been someplace wacky and wonderful, you can add it for others to discover.

Almost Frugal is a blog about learning to be more frugal. We love that the author, Kelly Rigotti, isn't an expert--she's learning along with the rest of us. "For me, being frugal doesn't mean deprivation, it means being smart with your spending, saving and money goals," she writes. Since Rigotti is an American living with her family in France, there are cool glimpses of her life and kids abroad, and many posts cover frugality in the home and with kids--recent topics included frugal pregnancy tips, childcare, and paying for kids' after-school activities, and one of the site's most popular posts is how to cut a little boy's hair. An ongoing series, This Is What Frugal Looks Like, interviews regular people about frugality in their lives.

Alice.com, the useful household product shopping website, now has a very useful blog focusing on "easy home management through interesting finds and practical advice for your life." Posts cover how-tos (Food: Waste Not, Want Not; How to clean out your fridge), product reviews (the best household products of 2009), checklists, organization (60 minutes to get organized after the holidays), and more. There are also giveaways and chances to win Alice.com giftcards. We think this blog is a great example of how a shopping site can also provide useful information and create a community.

SuperCook is a recipe search engine that helps you decide what to cook based on the ingredients you already have at home. To start, just enter the ingredients you've got in stock, and get back your results, divided into Starters, Entrees, and Desserts. SuperCook has a database of over 300,000 recipes, so you're bound to find something you want to make, and you'll save money by using up what you already have in the cupboard.

Anyone who's searched for an apartment on Craigslist knows how deceiving (and occasionally downright hilarious) these ads can be. Lovely Listing is great for a quick laugh during the day--see the weirdest, funniest, worst real estate listings from around the world. Don't miss the T. Rex in the kitchen and Top Tips for Real Estate Agents.

Books on the Nightstand suggests great reading recommendations (in blog and podcast form) from two publishing colleagues. Recent podcasts covered anthologies and buying books for people you don't know well. Books on the Nightstand also features book clubs from around the country and has a kids/YA section. It's a great place to find out about the next book to buy for yourself, your book club, or someone else.