We are all trying to save money but darn it right now is the best time in about 20 or more years to buy ANYTHING! (except food lol)
The prices on everything from clothes to laptops to cars to houses is down and negotiable.

If you have the money now is the time to buy. And with the prices so low many things can be seen as an asset now and in the future.

I love to shop and spend and only do it when I can afford to so unfortunately I will not be going cuckoo here but if I had some money to invest in stocks and to "stimulate the local economy" I would do it!

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The political system is broke and it's a joke.

It really is! We are getting ready to buy a condo in Florida! DH is going down there in 2 weeks. We are only 42 and our youngest daughter is 16 but we know we want to snowbird there someday. The prices are crazy low!

With all the lower prices, we were afraid that when we tried to refi our house (to get a lower interest rate), it wouldn't appraise for what it needed to. Just heard back: it did! YEAH! We got to roll our 1st & 2nd into 1 loan at 4.75% fixed. That will save us $300 a month so we'll have that to *stimulate* the economy with. My dad bought a truck. Got a great deal with low interest. I had a friend buy a house for a steal and many other things are super low. We saw the Plasma TV we bought 3 years ago (and just finished paying off on 3 years interest free) and it's about half the cost as when we bought ours. I am trying to convince DH that we need a flat screen in the bedroom to get rid of the big ol' armoire. We will see how that goes.

We had 2 more mom & pop stores close down this last week in our town Can't get things moving when no one is spending and no one wants to spend...

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Proud to say I haven't shopped at a Wal-Mart since Sept 2003