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Carnival of Money Stories - Halloween Aftermath Edition

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Welcome to the November 1, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Money Stories. One thing I didn’t do when volunteering to host this was to check my calendar. Did you know that November 1 follows October 31, every year? On Saturday, I had 30 people over for my annual Halloween party. On [...]

The Spending Styles of the Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Everybody has a spending style. Like a fingerprint, it is unique to each individual, even if that individual is fictional.

Since it is the Halloween season, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a Halloween movie, I’m going to look at how those characters spend their money.

Janet Weiss - A Heroine

Janet is the stereotype of [...]

Saturday Roundup - The OMG It’s Busy Edition

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Last Saturday, my 3-year-old rode in her second horse show. She got third place out of 4, which is pretty good for her second show.

Halloween is well under way here. Normally, I get everything set up the last weekend of September, but we went out of town that weekend to visit my sick Grandma, [...]

Halloween Decorations Ain’t Cheap

This year, Americans are expected to drop $5.8 billion on Halloween, with most people spending $66.28 per person. About 1/3 of that is candy.

Zombie Girl

The rest? Costumes and decorations. $4,000,000,000 on costumes and decorations. That’s a lot of freakin’ money.

Over the years, I have certainly spent more than my fair share on building that number. [...]