January 3, 2012 This story is awesome!
According to Winston-Salem Journal on November 17th, 53-year-old Michael Fuller of Lexington, North Carolina went to Walmart and picked up about $476 worth of merchandise . . . including a vacuum cleaner and a microwave.
December 23, 2011 Update: We have received an overwhelming amount of phones calls and some messages from Twin Falls and Buhl of Secret Santas in action.
K-mart manager, Bonnie, reported over 50 layaway accounts paid off by Secret Santas
December 22, 2011 It always warms my heart to see people's kindness this time of year. They are dropping money in the Salvation Army's red buckets, donating toys, or just opening a door for someone with full hands. Kindness is one of the best things about this time of year, and it comes in all different shapes and sizes.
Some gestures are bigger than others, which brings me to the Secret Santa movement that is sweeping the nation, and possibly right here in Twin Falls.
December 14, 2011 The day after Christmas has some of the best sales of the year . . . because stores are getting rid of all of the crap they thought we'd buy. Unfortunately, most of us are completely tapped out financially to capitalize.
Not these people.
November 23, 2011
Black Friday gets all the hype, but we're big fans of SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. That's the brilliant new shopping event happening this Saturday, where people are encouraged to spend money at local businesses.
October 17, 2011 Ok ladies, we have all been invited to the latest jewelry, bag, or cleaning product party. I don't know about you but I always get sucked into buying products at these parties that I don't necessarily need.
October 6, 2011 Even in a bad economy, people are not willing to cancel their Halloween parties with sweet decorations and tons of food.
According to a new survey from PR Newswire, the average person throwing a Halloween party will spend at least $280.
September 30, 2011 Looks like it's time to start storing all your cash in your mattress again. Remember those banks we bailed out? They still want to hold your money for you . . . but now when you take some OUT, they want to keep a piece for themselves.
September 29, 2011
According to Bankrate banks now charge an average of $2.40 for non-customers to use their ATMs, which is a record high for ATM fees. That's a 3% increase from last year, when the $2.33 average fee was a record high. In fact, ATM fees have hit a record high each of the last seven years.
Ten years ago, the average fee was more than a dollar lower, at $1.36.
September 28, 2011 Do you think sending your kids to college means that they go away, have some fun, study, live in a dorm and graduate four years later? Not so much. A nonprofit group called Complete College America just compliled some stats that say the vast majority of college students are part-time and taking around eight years to complete a four-year degree.
September 23, 2011 If your career hasn't gone the way you wanted, it might be because of your brothers and sisters.
A study from PR Newswire at CareerBuilder found that birth order can have an effect on how much money you make, and how far you advance in your career.
It's entirely possible that kids born three or four years from now may never really know what CASH is.
According to the latest reports from Daily Mail, out of the U.K., one out of eight people has now completely stopped carrying any cash or coins. They're going straight credit and debit card, we assume . . . we doubt they're just running around writing checks.
