Does this phrase bother you when uttered by people who you know have money? What about “I just can’t afford that right now.” Or “It’s not in the budget.” It’s just another way of saying “I am not going to spend money on that right now.” And we all have our reasons. Maybe we can’t …
On the way home from rehearsals the other night, some friends and I got to talking about outlet malls, specifically about the Coach outlet at one of the nearby outlet malls. One friend mentioned that her coworker went and bought six purses at the Coach outlet, each for at least $200. We were a little …
So either my blog ate all my auto-posts set up for this week or I just dreamed that I did them. Either is possible, to be honest. Sorry to all the DC bloggers for missing happy hour again – something important came up last minute, unfortunately. I guess that’s life! I wish I could remember …
Do loss leader products work on you the way they’re “supposed to?” To put it simply, a loss leader is a product put on sale such that the store makes no money on it and usually takes a bit of a loss. The purpose of these products is to get people in the stores and …
The office is a bit slow today, so my coworkers got into a big conversation about marriage (I think it may have started with Tiger Woods). That morphed into a conversation about family finances, and it was very eye opening. One coworker thinks that when a couple gets married, each person should put a percentage …