This Week in Personal Finance is a collection of particularly insightful and unique articles from personal finance websites around the web.

Trent over at The Simple Dollar wrote a great article on how to overcome spending addiction. He’s one of a small group of personal finance bloggers that realizes the “person” part of personal finance is just as important as the finance part. Be sure to read his post entitled, Spenders Anonymous: Twelve Steps to Beating the Addiction to Spending.

Lazy Man and Money took a look this week at the somewhat controversial and innovative online lending service, Prosper.com. He discusses whether or not Prosper.com can survive over the long term in, In Defense of Prosper.com – Can it Survive?. Lazy Man continues by discussing whether or not making loans through Prosper.com is a good investment.

Free Money Finance gives another very harsh criticism of Suze Orman. FMF critiques Orman’s personal investment choices and why they are probably a bad idea. I’m no fan or Orman either, but for other reasons. Be sure to read FMF’s post, entitled Suze Orman Knows Nothing About Investing

My Two Dollars is partaking in a rather contrarian experiment. He and his wife actually got rid of their vehicles, are working from home, and now are without a vehicle. You can read about his experience on his first day without a car.

Dual Income No Kids is a blog by a husband and wife who blog together about their experiences with marriage and money. The writing isn’t always the most polished, but it’s a very good insight as to how couples can work together to improve their financial situation. Be sure to read their post, entitled How We Co-manage our Finances.