Works For Me Wednesday: Christmas Shopping

By MAD21

It's November and people are realizing how close we are getting to the holidays. One of my favorites is definitely Thanksgiving because it means family and friends... and food. But mostly it's because it's a time to reflect on all the things we have to be thankful for. Not that we don't do that every day, but it's nice to have a time to celebrate those things together with everyone.

But Thanksgiving is something else for me. It's a deadline. It has been my goal for years to have as much of my Christmas shopping done by 'Turkey Day.' It probably started even before I was married with my own kids. Because I live so far away from my family, I had to have everything done early enough to get it in the mail without paying a fortune to have it delivered by Christmas day.

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Price Wars: Good or Bad?

By Heather, CPA (Balance with Purpose)

What do all of the price wars on books and slashed prices on toys at our favorite retail superstores mean? Are these drops in prices good for the economy? Or are they simply good for consumers?

Well, I could rant about how I think Amazon is shooting themselves in the foot by trying to compete with Wal Mart on book sales or about how bad this price war between Amazon, Wal Mart and Target is for the book publishing industry, but that’s not the point I want to make here. If you want to read a detailed analysis of that subject, head over to Michael Hyatt’s blog for his complete opinion. It’s dark and discouraging, by no fault of his. He only tells the truth.

Then there’s the news that Target recently slashed the prices of many popular best-selling toys by 50%. This came after Wal-Mart decided to offer 100 of its toys for $10.

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Five Money-Saving Shopping Tips

An article written by Amy Fontinelle called, "Five Money-Saving Shopping Tips" gives some great advice when it comes to aquiring things. Usually, once we find we need something, the first thing we think of is to just jump into the car and head to the store. Amy suggests we do a few other things first:

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Shop Smarter At The Grocery Store

My friends and family have recently been complaining about the local grocery stores. I'm kind of glad to hear how they feel, because I have been very frustrated as well.

It seems that several of the stores have forgotten who pays their bills. Therefore, have forgotten who they need to keep happy. Since last summer,

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