Welcome to 2007 everyone!  Thanks again to NCN who filled in the busy end-of-year schedule to post the first Carnival of Debt Reduction for 2007!

A few great personal debt reduction stories in this edition:

• Debt Hater with two posts on her lessons learned on debt and personal finances.
• Debt Free 4 Ever reports on his debt reduction progress for 2006.
• Blogging Away Debt has $13k in debt gone!
• Money Walks has a debt reduction progress report.

Thanks for all of the great posts, and thanks again NCN!

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