Black Friday

Anti-Black Friday? Celebrate Buy Nothing Day

Posted on 11/21/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & SavingsI saw this great cartoon the other day. “Black Friday: Because only in America, people trample others for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have.”  Funny, but true. Now don’t accuse me of being a humbug. I like to celebrate the holidays just as much as anybody else. Although when it comes to gift giving, I do prefer a somewhat more measured approach than is apparently the American norm. I like to think of the …

Shop Small in the Spirit of the Holidays

Posted on 11/21/2011 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & SavingsBah Humbug! That pretty much sums up my feelings about participating in Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when we’re all encouraged to join the mobs and march off to the shopping mall in the wee hours of the morning to buy, buy, buy as the first official act of celebrating the holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I love the holidays. It’s just that I’d like to think that there’s something more to them than plowing over other shoppers …