A big thank-you to Broke Grad Student for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction.  It has a Super Bowl XLII theme.  This was put together over the weekend because I had forgotten to send the posting information until this weekend.  Thanks for bailing me out BGS!

The Editor’s Picks (most valuable posts?) are:

• Silicon Valley Blogger shows you some debt defying strategies
• SingleGuyMoney is asking for advice as he pays off his car loan
• Squawkfox asks if having zero debt is weird
• Free Money Finance saith: Thou Shalt Limit the Amount of Debt on Credit Cards
• Luke Livingston explains that setting financial goals goes further than creating a budget

So regardless of whether you’re celebrating or licking your wounds from last night’s game — or not caring at all about it! — check out this week’s carnival!  DebtFREE-Revolution hosts next week!

• Green Panda Treehouse serves up a feast of a Carnival A big thank-you to Green Panda Treehouse for the fantastic feast of a Carnival this week, from hors d'ouvres to the desserts.  What's more, there were five entrees: Digerati Life gives ten frugal steps to help survive an economic crisis. No Credit Needed describes how credit card companies calculate minimum......
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• Link Roundup: Quilt patterns edition I'm really excited for my wife.  She showed some of her quilt patterns to the owner of a local quilt store, and the owner has decided to give a trial run to ten of her patterns!  She loves designing quilts so this is a big deal.  She's also gearing up......
• Super Bowl Pick (and Personal Finance Links) The Super Bowl starts in some 45 minutes as I start to type this. When I was watching the Patriots beat the Cardinals by 40 points in week 16, I couldn't have imagined they'd make it this far. As a Patriots fan, I don't really have words to describe how......