Growing up one of my fondest memories of Christmas was getting presents in the mail. They came from relatives who lived across the United States. Aunts and uncles in Arkansas would send boxes of mixed nuts. They had a farm where they grew nuts. Other relatives in Los Angels would send a box of...
So often I hear from ambitious people how great it is to work from home. Those who work from home tell me it is a major effort not to flake out. They struggle not to watching TV instead of calling potential clients. Other have a struggle with doing other things around the house. Hundreds if not...
When I am trying to decide to buy online, or at a local big box store, I am influenced by two factors. First is how quickly can I get it delivered. Two is what the total cost will be after shipping and taxes. Most of all I look for free shipping because the cost the...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday is over. All the reports show a 14% to 26% plus increase in sales over last year. This is great news for retailers. They are optimistic about having a profitable Christmas season, this year. All the retailers are running their inventories low so they will not get caught with a large surplus in...
Black Friday is billed as the biggest shopping day of the years. We are told if you want to get the best deal of the 2011 Christmas shopping season, it will be on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. In reality this is not always true. This year I went to Wal Mart as...
If you are like me, you are so don’t want to see any more food. You have stuffed yourself, on Thanksgiving Day. Most of you will be reading this post after hitting all those early morning Black Friday sales. Some of you will be waiting for the Cyber Monday sales. Yes there are some...
Grouponicus and Gobblepalooza are some of the fancy names we are seeing to describe the after Thanksgiving Black Friday Day sales. For about a week now I have been getting emails from Amazon.com and others announcing Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. Some stores have jumped the gun and have already started their sales. At one time Black Friday...
We are on the verge of entering another Christmas season. We are going to be storming the grocery stores to buy the ingredients for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner as well as all the other meals in between. Then on full stomachs we rush out of the house heading for places like the mall, Best...
We are less than two months away from Christmas Day. The holiday shopping seasons officially starts in less than three weeks, with Black Friday. Already we are starting to see hints about Christmas shopping, and where the best deals will be at. Commercials from Wal Mart stating the best deals will only be from...
It was just the other day I was reading through Consumerist.com when I can across an article about deodorant. The article gave a link to where I could make my own deodorant. It was on a personal finance website even! That started me thinking about some of the things I have done when I got out...
