Thanks go out to American Consumer News for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction!

This week we have a Secret To Life edition. The three Editor’s Picks this week are no secret, though; here they are:

Frugal Dad investigates how to identify the why of becoming debt free. (My three-year-old daughter has no problem asking “Why?” all the time, so maybe she’ll have the answer.)

Mad Kane’s Humor Blog (here’s a new one for me!) amuses us with the loose change exchange

Almost Frugal tells it straight: What do you do when you fall off the wagon?

Enjoy the rest of this Week’s carnival!

• Living Almost Large has posted the Carnival Thanks to Living Almost Large for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction.  We both got a bunch of snow over the past couple of days, and on my end it took a while for the Internet to thaw out.  So here are the Editor's Picks for this week: Payday......
• No Debt Plan has posted the Carnival A big thank-you to No Debt Plan for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction.  Three of the submitted posts this week made Editor's Pick: Stop the Ride admits that something has to change Debt Reduction Formula reports on his outstanding debt for the month The Smarter Wallet has an......

• Weekend Reading: September 7, 2008 My wife and I had a doctor appointment yesterday at 9 AM and we didn't get to see the doctor until 11:45 AM -- that's ridiculous.  After the visit, I ask the doctor if I can give her a feedback and she graciously accepted the my comment about her staff......
• Sunday Money Madness: Money and Frugalness Hello and welcome to the Money and Frugalness edition of the Sunday Money Madness Roundup. Several categories are presented below to help break up the collection of weekend reading links. Pull up a seat, grab your coffee and peruse to your heart's content. Save Money | Frugal Tips: Digerati Life......