Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The Spending Season Is Here

Black Friday


It’s here! Can you feel it? Are you ready?

We are in the spending season. It started a few weeks before Halloween and won’t end until sometime after the Super Bowl. That’s almost four months of guilt induced, credit card loading, and savings account depleting spending.

This is as American as apple-pie which, by the way, is on sale -- with a coupon, order now for free shipping, open a store card and save 15%, second one half price, earn bonus points, and when you sign up for “pie of the month” receive a $10.00 gas card and a 50% discount on a cruise.

 Wow, is this a great country or what?

Truth is, humans are better spenders than savers. It’s in our biology, our beliefs, and our culture.

Money Makes Me Crazy--Ted
Posted by Ted at 11:24 AM

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Ted-I totally agree. This is the time of the year as a financial coach that I see a lot of people falling off the deep end so to speak. They keep spending and spending and before they know it, it's May and they are still paying for Christmas!

    That's how most people live in our country, but most people in our country are broke. Like I tell people all the time, the best Christmas is the one you pay for BEFORE December 25th and not after it!

    Jon White

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