Free lattes start at 1:00 today
I’m going local for a minute here, forgive me.Free lattes for Chicago!!!!! Dunks’ is handing out free lattes today while Starbucks retrains employees. Read the article here for more info. But basically:When Starbucks shuts down all of its nearly 7,100 national stores this evening for employee retraining (some of the contracted Starbucks are on a [...]
Credit Card Debt Ridiculously Higher than Before
OMG, have you seen this??? I’m going to start instituting black-out days for all my readers. As in, during March, you cannot use your credit cards for the 3rd-15th of the month, or something random like that. Seriously, can we start spreading the word about not buying sh!t on credit cards? Use your debit card [...]
Good News!!!
You guys saved me! My computer problems were due to a loose cord. The Old Reliable was just a little cranky, not broken! I have rewarded her performance by giving her a name: Cassandra. After five years, she has some attitude, you know. Now she’s happy again. That said, Wii games start tonight Spent a [...]
Economy News
For those of you interested in keeping tabs on the economy, here’s some info courtesy of the Chicago Tribune Biz Wrap and Kiplinger.com: Consumer prices higher than expected in Januaryand Salary increases aren’t keeping up with the rising prices and inflation, leading Consumers to cut back on spending. Meanwhile, The housing gap could widen between [...]
Weekend Trip Planner Inspiration
Aside from the ski trip to Michigan, I haven’t been on a real vacation in quite a while – since Ireland in March, if you can believe that. I’m TOTALLY jonesing to travel… I need to get the hell out of the frozen tundra that is Chicago and FAST. So to tide me over until [...]
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