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 interesting post on having fun on a small budget

Bankruptcy Access gets the Carnival next week.

• The Carnival is up at No Debt Plan Holy financial crisis, Batman:  No Debt Plan has posted this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction!  The Treasury is taking on lots of debt these days but somehow they expect us to own up to ours!  The gall!  Anyway, he chose a couple of posts out of the submissions as his......
• Carnival number 64 is up at Necessary Virtues! Necessary Virtues has posted this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction!  A number of great articles in this carnival; here are some favorites.Matt Hutter tells how to avoid using credit cards.Credit Cave outlines his debt repayment plan.  (Keep it up Andy!)Free Money Finance shows how to pay off a boatload of......

• Weekly Thoughts: 250 Posts! It's finally happened: I've reached 250 posts of The Amateur Financier!  I've managed to keep blogging through nine months, two jobs, and any number of other distractions.  It hasn't always been an easy task, continuing to put up new articles on a (mostly) timely basis, but it's been surprisingly fun......
• Two carnivals for this week's CoDR submissions! The current Carnival of Debt Reduction is up at the Frugal Duchess! Sharon is doing a serial carnival, just like the first time she hosted.  This means that she's taking submissions for the rest of the week, and posting them as she's getting them! Next week's host, the Wandering Indian......