No Storybook Ending for Real-life Shopaholics
If you’re heading out this weekend to watch the heroine of the feature film Confessions of a Shopaholic spend her way through life, it might remind you of some of your past or present purchases. These days, almost no one is free from regret about bad shopping purchases. With the economy as it is and rising unemployment, you’re probably feeling extra regretful.
A Spendster Resolution
Happy New Year, Spendsters! (And you know who you are) It’s resolution time. To keep things easy, you just need one for 2009: Manage your finances!
The Present of Choice
What do you get for those hard-to-figure-out people, the ones who have everything they could possibly want and yet you have to think of something cool, thoughtful, and unique to give them? In the past, the easy answer was gift cards. But, gift cards could become a Spendster’s nightmare.
Buying Gadgets and Doodads
Now’s a great time to get that gadget your boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other/cat Fluffy has been hinting at for months.
Cure Your Retail Hangover
We’ve all been there: gotten up in the morning and thought “What have I done?” But the excess that’s hurting you isn’t from drinking too much, it’s from spending too much.


