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“It’s hard to justify spending a lot of money on kid’s clothes because they grow out of them in five minutes … And my kids don’t really care what they wear.”
The star of “Nurse Jackie” and “The Sopranos” fame explained her thrifty approach to kids’ clothing UsMagazine.com, and continued to explain:
“So I occasionally buy something for my son and he wears it until he grows out of it, and my daughter wears it… I just make sure that it’s unisex.”
What do prices at the pump have to do with prices at the used car lot? They actually tend to mimic each other. Higher gas prices tend to cause drivers to want to spend less out of pocket on their automobiles. That means rising demand, as well as rising prices, for used cars—fuel-efficient used cars especially. Used car prices spiked last summer as gas prices soared, and then spiked again earlier this year as the national average neared $4 a gallon. Now that gas prices are retreating, relief is also in sight for consumers in the market for used cars.
The best argument for going green is that it’ll help conserve natural resources and money at the same time. The new breed of “green” supercars led by Ferrari and Porsche doesn’t really do either.
