It’s been another great week here at Pinching Copper. I again participated in a some blog carnivals over the the course of the past week:

• No Debt Plan hosted the Carnival of Debt Reduction. No Debt Plan is a great site, and has some terrific articles that are worth checking out!
• The Happy Rock hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and featured my article Being poor is a state of mind.
• On Financial Success hosted the Festival of Frugality and featured my article Stop buying overpriced cables.

And here are some great reads I came across this past week:

• Master Your Card discovered the 15 traits of the perennially in debt.
• The Social Marginal wrote that you should treat your job like an investment.
• Living Almost Large pondered whether you should downsize.
• Wide Open Wallet wrote a great post on how a person’s sense of entitlement can wreck their finances.

And finally, on a personal note, my grandmother passed away this weekend. We’re still not sure about the funeral arrangements, but I’ll be posting erratically this week since I’ll have to travel to Europe.