are you drunk?
this is one of the questions in the decision chart designed to help you decide where to eat (this is from the fast food edition below). there is also a cereal edition and a chain restaurant edition. i think it’s a great idea for stocking stuffer (you can buy it here). hell, you could mail it [...]
ch-ching
did you snag any good purchases this black friday? if you’re like hundred of americans you might’ve gotten up early but rather than braving the cold weather or sleeping out all night on line, you just woke up and sat down at the computer. ebay alone had over 1.2 million transactions. click thru to check [...]
pass the duchy*
if part of your errands this weekend include a trip to bj’s or costco, you may want to rethink that. in a blogpost called worst warehouse club buys, walletpop, identifies the worst ways to spend money at these discount giants. here they are:
gas – warehouse clubs are among the first to reflect the increase in [...]
…for all mankind
just like retail giant ikea, gap is reinventing itself. the company is marketing a premium brand of jeans designed to rival heavy-hitters like 7 for all mankind, citizens for humanity, rock and republic, diesel, and g-star. unlike the $200 plus titans mentioned, gap’s jeans will retail for $60 bucks. the new line called 1969 premium jeans is the [...]
how hungry are you?
we’re use to bidding in auctions for things like electronics, toys and collectibles and in the past couple of years, ebay has even become common place for the auction of cars, houses, and the occasional body part. since everyone’s trying to save a buck, food auctions are the new thing now, popping up in more [...]
and her dreamhouse is now a trailer
that’s what my mother, who thinks that a tattoo is the international sign for dirtbag, would say. in this the 50th anniversary year of barbie she’ll be thrilled to hear that the folks at mattel have decided to add a touch of class to barbie by releasing ‘totally stylin’ tatoos barbie‘. apparently it is a [...]
$787,000,000,000
no doubt by now you’ve heard that the $787 billion dollar stimulus bill has finally passed. about one third of it will go towards tax cuts but the reminder is to be spent on various other projects and programs meant to stimulate the economy. in the weeks since it was introduced, we’ve gotten use to [...]
