Based on the median price of tickets being sold at StubHub, a seat at the Super Bowl would run you $6,574, or $26,294 for a family of four. Such a sizeable chunk of cash could alternately cover the cost of 52 iPads, 3,307 movie tickets, or a decent down payment on a house.
Now through February 13, when you make a $1 donation at a Friendly’s restaurant to support kids with disabilities, you’ll receive five coupons valid for free kid’s ice cream cones, along with a coupon good for $5 off purchases of $25 and up.
“When sex is dirt cheap, we’re much more likely to go at it like rabbits. Couple O has been together for 15 years and has a great sex life. They keep it affordable. If they’re tired, they make it quick. Maybe they don’t even bother to take their shirts off.”
Next up in our personal finance guru Q&A series is Farnoosh Torabi, who doles out financial advice regularly on all the major morning talk shows, writes MoneyWatch’s Your So Money blog, and has a new book out called Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life.
Here’s what this week’s scouring of the web for good (or at least amusing) personal finance advice has yielded:
“For my father, and the generation or two that grew up with him, there’s nothing new about the ‘new’ normal. In fact, it’s old hat.”
Why are people so uncomfortable giving the most useful, most practical, and arguably most fun gift of all?
It’s the specifics in this post—some shelters limit the ages and genders allowed, the importance of having IDs, school records, and social security cards for all members of your family—that make the tips especially helpful, and that really pack a wallop as you read them.
As 2010 comes to a close, keep some money in your pocket when bellying up to the bar or the fast food counter, considering luxury “status” purchases, shopping the post-Christmas sales, and planning your kid’s birthday party.
An after-Christmas sale at Children’s Place offers clearance merchandise at up to 60% off—winter hats for $2.99, for instance—and by using the coupon code C6C2010, you’ll get an extra 15% off purchases made by January 2. Alternately, a coupon accessible at the retailer’s website can be printed out for 15% off in-store purchases.
A new service patented by Amazon.com would allow would-be recipients to view their gifts online before they’re ever shipped. If the gift is lame, the recipient could elect to receive its value as a gift certificate.
