Tuesday, January 27, 2009

CNN reports that consumer confidence is at an all-time low

NO KIDDING! Or, alternatively, "you're telling me". Kelly and I have stopped all purchases deemed less than necessary to basic survival. Maybe the budget is not quite that restricted yet but it's getting close. Yesterday CNN listed quite a few chains that might not make it through this downturn. The list was long and varied. What a shame. What a mess!

Kelly and I had our eye on a used Mini Cooper S but even thinking about a purchase like that, even a used car, seems frivolous and irresponsible despite the fact that (knock wood) we are both still employed. How long our employment status stays like that is anybody's guess but I'm hoping for the ambiguous "a very long time".

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