Weekly Roundup: More Maxed Out Credit Cards Edition
I’m always sharing my experiences at the store with you, and by now you are probably thinking, “This frugal guy sure spends a lot of time in the store!” I assure you that’s not the case. Rather, when I am occasionally in stores, it seems like something usually happens to trigger a post topic. Tonight’s shopper with a maxed out credit card experience was such an occasion.
So there I was, standing in line at Office Depot with a buy one, get one free set of gift tag stickers and a buy one get one free sample of tissue paper (yes, it is time for teacher gifts at the kids’ school, and guess who didn’t have all the gift bag materials the night before?).
While waiting to buy $4.26 worth of Christmas goodies concealment supplies when the guy ahead of my swipes his card with no luck. He tosses the merchandise back at the store employee and storms out after being told the card was declined. I sort of apologized for him to the young girl, who calmly replied, “No big deal – it’s been happening a lot the last couple weeks. I guess people are just maxed out.” Indeed. And I wonder if we’ll have a problem paying for it, collectively, in the New Year.
The Frugal Roundup
What My Grandparents Taught Me About Money. Steve does a great job at looking back at his family history towards money and comparing it to his beliefs today. (@Brip Blap)
Do You Deserve to Spend? Is It OK to Splurge Even When We Don’t Have the Money? Learn how to fight the urge to splurge. Sometimes you just need to sacrifice things to get ahead financially. (@ Bible Money Matters)
How I Escaped the Rat Race. Check our Bob’s inspiring story about how he went from doing just something to doing something that he loves. (@ Christian Personal Finance)
Is Your Money Distinguishable From Your Parents? Trent shares a story about an old friend with a small income but a large wallet (his parents). (@ The Simple Dollar)
Best of the Rest
- Simple Family Budget Spreadsheet
- Make a Car Donation and Receive and Get Tax Relief
- You Might Not Want to Wait Until You’re Married With Children to Get Life Insurance
- Top 10 Sneakiest Business Tricks
- How to Avoid or Reduce Bank Fees
- Lending Money to Family – A Reader’s Struggle
- Top 10 Financial Stories of the Past Decade
- Frugal Gift Buying
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