Inflation is squeezing the crap out of American consumers – and now if you want to use Huggies to catch that crap, that will cost more too! Consumer paper products company Kimberly-Clark, makers of well-known consumer brands like Huggies, Kleenex, and Cottonelle, announced last week that they will be increasing prices on items in their [...]

Gasoline and crude oil prices seem to be on everyone’s mind these days. But what if these increases snowball into a full-blown energy crisis where supply is disrupted and basis energy needs go unmet? As improbably a concept as this seems, there is an increase in the number of folks out there preparing for such [...]

I have a very odd letter from Chase yesterday about my credit card accounts with them. For whatever reason they decided to review my credit card accounts and reallocate credit limits between two of them. They decided to take $2,000 from a Flexible Rewards Visa that I hardly ever use and add it to my [...]

I have posted new bonus referral links for the ING Orange Savings and ING Electric Orange Checking accounts on my ING Bonus Links page. This month’s links are brought to you by my adorable 6 month son, who we are calling “Mighty Mega Man”. Here’s the deal: If you open an ING Orange Savings or [...]

As if your hording of free stuff from CVS and Walgreens wasn’t already out of control, here are some deals for the month of May 2008, starting with CVS: CVS Free after ECBs (Good May 1 – May 31 2008) Colgate 360 clean or deep clean toothbrush ($3.99) – Limit 3 CVS Non Drowsy Allergy [...]

Everything’s bigger in Texas! Especially property taxes! While many tout this state’s lack of a state income tax, the flip side of this is that our property taxes are ridiculous. I guess the government is going to get its money one way or another. Last year I paid property tax at the rate of 2.53% [...]