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Habibi

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28. You may be right.

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:15 PM

Dec 2012

My husband and I went out around 9 this morning to hit the gym and do a couple of grocery errands. Usually I don't like going out on the 26th any more than I like it on the 24th--the after-Christmas bargain-hunters are just as big a crowd as the desperate Christmas Eve shoppers. Not this year. It was fairly quiet in the big suburban shopping district near us. I was kind of amazed.

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"economy's been bad so long" R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #33

Thank you. The corporate media talks about the economy as though it were weather woo me with science Dec 2012 #46

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They could cut their plastic Chinese crap to %80 off and some wouldn't be able to buy it. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #34

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+1000 wordpix Dec 2012 #62

Big Mouthed Billy Bass ruined me for all retail products Blandocyte Dec 2012 #4

It is quite a conundrum, isn't it? djean111 Dec 2012 #5

Well said. n/t Paper Roses Dec 2012 #6

+10 Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #23

"Austerity may be the first thing to actually trickle up" - that is perfect. nt DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #60

Hallelujah! Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #7

Retailers sell garbage not worth purchasing. Poor quality, high prices, tight budgets....no sale. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #8

+1 ...even the Chinese don't want to buy their cheap ass shit. L0oniX Dec 2012 #58

Guess the 1% having all the money isn't working out as planned. Cobalt Violet Dec 2012 #9

Boo fucking hoo... Earth_First Dec 2012 #10

The country hangs by its thumbs tavernier Dec 2012 #11

This^^^^ Evergreen Emerald Dec 2012 #19

There it is! freshwest Dec 2012 #43

I don't suppose it could possibly be that Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #12

"It is a fallacy that the Great Recession is over." R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #35

I'm not surprised. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #13

You may be right. Habibi Dec 2012 #28

I stay away from malls on 12/24 and 12/26 to avoid the traffic jams. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #29

I know I bought only a very few presents this year booley Dec 2012 #14

"I don't think I am the only one who had this problem." R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #37

Groceries have become a discretionary budget item for me..... llmart Dec 2012 #54

Lots of us are right there with you. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #59

Thanks! I know that. llmart Dec 2012 #61

Between "Fiscal Cliffs" and Michigan political dirty tricks... TruthTeller Dec 2012 #15

Is buying less stuff from China a bad thing? Remmah2 Dec 2012 #16

so tired of conflation of the political right and religion in this country rurallib Dec 2012 #17

Wait for the report on luxury good sales during Xmas Tempest Dec 2012 #18

AND there they go blaming everything but what they problem is leftyohiolib Dec 2012 #20

Hold on to your old appliances exboyfil Dec 2012 #22

Retailers disappointed this shopper this year. I didn't have a lot of money to spend, but 1monster Dec 2012 #21

I bought a professional grade clarinet exboyfil Dec 2012 #24

Cut jobs, cut pay, health care increase fredamae Dec 2012 #25

We're beginning to really puzzle them and I like that lunatica Dec 2012 #26

Poor China... windowpilot Dec 2012 #27

Several recent posts point out that Brownell's of Montezuma, Iowa is doing quite well slackmaster Dec 2012 #30

I got my 1st Christmas gifts in 3 years magical thyme Dec 2012 #31

That's really funny, retail has disappointed me for years. Kalidurga Dec 2012 #32

Maybe if interest rates weren't so low CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #36

Has anyone else noticed... sendero Dec 2012 #38

My holiday spending has never been influenced by any outside factor. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #39

No shit, we are fucked economy wise AngryAmish Dec 2012 #40

I've been shopping yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores for months Fumesucker Dec 2012 #41

OK, so when do we get to the point where . . . Brigid Dec 2012 #42

We have already started over the cliff. Question is, is bungee cord attached? nt humblebum Dec 2012 #44

A depression happens when 90 % of country's assets is owned by a few lovuian Dec 2012 #45

Since the rich are getting all the money already malthaussen Dec 2012 #47

A good chunk of my money went to a kid who has been out hedgehog Dec 2012 #48

Retailers set unreasonable expectations yet again, too bad so sad... Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #49

Funny thing about that. I visited our local animal shelter this afternoon magical thyme Dec 2012 #50

Now that's how to spend the day after Christmas! Brigid Dec 2012 #56

Did the fiscal cliff frighten them off? aquart Dec 2012 #51

Not only should they pay a living wage .... Trajan Dec 2012 #53

After several years of self-imposed austerity, people realize they don't need all that crap. Hoyt Dec 2012 #55

You can't afford to buy gifts when you work for Walmart. L0oniX Dec 2012 #57