Day 229: Groceries, another Lampshade, a Genie, and more

Total spent today:  $405.14
Okay, ladies.  Are your husbands impossible to shop for?  I really want to know.
The Husband’s 73rd birthday is fast approaching.  Shopping for this man has got to be one of the most difficult and frustrating tasks I face every year.  He never wants anything.  He has no hobbies and no vices.  [...]

Kroger offers 10% Bang for Your Economic Stimulus Buck

As a follow-up to this morning’s post about offers put forth by Sears and Kroger, I have good news.  Kroger will not only accommodate those of us who expect to receive their stimulus as a direct deposit rather than as a physical check, they’re going to make participation easier and less complicated than Sears.
Here’s the email [...]

Cashing in on the Economic Stimulus?

Through a typically serpentine path of following links this morning, I discovered that both Sears and Kroger are offering incentives to consumers willing to cash in their Economic Stimulus checks.
Sears Holding Corporations is offering a 10% “bonus to every customer who converts their government stimulus checks into gift cards at Sears or Kmart.”  The gift cards will have [...]