Leave Christmas Alone!

[eggwards]

*Stop with the Christmas ads already! It's too early for me. I'm a last minute shopper! I won't even start thinking of buying crap until your desperate 40-50% off sales the week before Christmas!

I'm not even in the Thanksgiving mood yet, certainly not ready for Christmas. I was up late watching nothing and I notices Paula Dean cooking stuff I'd never eat, but I appreciate that she has a lot of butter in it. She had Kermit the Frog on for no real reason and they were cooking fried Thanksgiving foods - certainly a good step. Ms. Dean said "I love Thanksgiving because there's not pressure to go out and search and shop like there is for Christmas." Amen.

*It's been a lovely fall. Yes, 75 degrees is fall in Texas. We're just happy it's not 95.

*I was getting dinner at Culver's last night (it's a bit of an extra drive, so I don't get to go there much - which is good because I love their fried cheese curd), and I noticed on the Diet Dr Pepper fountain there was a NutraSweet sticker. It's been a while since I've see that logo. What ever happened to that branding? You never hear that name anymore.

*Crocs are still bad footwear, and are made even worse with Ugg Boot lining. Just say no, people. Two things together don't necessarily make a Reeses Peanut Butter cup.

*As far as the new job hunt goes, despite the fact that there are people who need help managing their investments, is it really a good thing to become a financial representative at the start of a recession? I'm thinking not.

Comments

[metaljunkie.livejournal.com]

The last recession was from 03/01 to 11/01, so this last trough (the end of a recession and start of an expansion) marked the start of an economic expansion that the U.S. is still experiencing. Since then, real GDP has been steadily increasing, even through these last 3 quarters of 2007.

How do you know the U.S. is at the start of a recession?

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

Well, lets see. The dollar is falling, gold in increasing inflation is looming and the consumer price index is rising due to increased fuel, heating and power costs, plus the cost of goods from China because we now have to have stronger safety controls.

While yes, corporations have been doing well for some time now, middle and lower class workers have not, and the toll is starting to rise with foreclosures of subprime loans and the costs mentioned previously.

If the year for retailers is made during this season, well it looks like it's not going to be a good year for them as people tighten their belts.

Let's also stay away from the fact that the country is more than 9 trillion in debt now, and that debt is starting to get called back.