Blogging Away Debt

Ignore Finance Experts, VLOOKUP, Debt Disease, and Making Your Debt Known

After waking up around 6:30am this morning to hit a few Black Friday deals (there was NO WAY I was getting up for 5:00am when the sales started!), I’m still wide awake and it’s nearing midnight. That’s good, because I was able to catch up on a lot of my blog reading. Here’s a few articles that caught my eye.

Jim’s at it again with his juicy devil’s advocate posts. This time, he’s saying that you should ignore personal finance experts.

Ricemutt wrote a great tutorial on how to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel. If you use Excel, this is a super-handy tool!

Glblguy is wondering if debt is a disease. I don’t think it’s necessarily a disease, but rather a symptom of something else going on.

Cleverdude has the stance that you shouldn’t be afraid of the big bad debt. He shares his financial situation with everyone.

Enjoy!

Now That We Are Stuffed – It’s Time to Look at Black Friday Deals

by Tricia

This Thanksgiving was another quiet one for us. We had our traditional big breakfast (eggs, bacon, sausage, bagels and muffins) and made our own egg sandwiches. Then we watched the family-friendly movie, Happy Feet. Some hours later, we sat down for a feast of ham, scalloped potatoes, salad, corn and rolls. Yummy! To end our day, we watched The Incredibles on TV.

Now I’m looking at the Black Friday deals and wondering if any of them are worth waking up early and fighting through the crowds. So far, I see a 17′ ladder for under $100 and a boy’s bike for $30. We could really use a large ladder and this one folds so we could fit it in our car to get it home. My son also needs a new bike since his old one is way too small. Will I get up to get the deals? I’m not sure. I’m still going to sleep on it and see how I feel early in the morning. I’m not a morning person by any means.

There is one sale I know will hit and its one I don’t have to fight the crowds for (which is a plus!). Amazon.com is having some Black Friday deals (aff. link) from 6am – 6pm PST on Nov. 23. Unfortunately, they haven’t revealed what’s on sale yet, but I am hoping they might have a few things on my Christmas shopping list.

If you aren’t interested in the deals, you may want to stop by to enter their Black Friday 2007 contest where you can win a $10,000 Amazon.com shopping spree. I entered, even though I have no idea how I would be able to spend $10,000.

Although…if I won $10,000 cash I know a good place to put it 😉