: About Me

After a brief flirtation with Helium I have now decided my writing efforts will pay off much better elsewhere. So look for me on ClearanceClarence.com, JCEarrings.com, ArizonaSilverJewelry.com, NakedWaffle.com and always in the forums on RetailMeNot.com.

My passion is ...

Internet marketing. What makes people buy what they buy?

I know too much about ...

Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and William Thackeray

My parents always told me ...

Let's not go there, OK?

My childhood ambition ...

That people would stop asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up

My favorite memory ...

Our transatlantic Concorde flight

Why I write ...

Because it hurts too much not to.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Charles Dickens, "Little Dorrit"

My first job ...

Secretary

My best moment ...

August 18, 2005

My inspiration ...

My mother-in-law, who taught me about body disposal

Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) How to manage post-holiday debt

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You had it all planned, didn't you, coming into the fall of 2008. With cash set aside for Christmas shopping and most of your savings in stocks and mutual funds just as the experts advised, the forecast for the rest of the year was clear and sunny with no black clouds. When the market crash reduced your holdings to rubble, you scrimped where you could but ultimately there was too much Christmas, too little cash and one too many unexpected emergencies. It's time to put your financial life back together. "The bills are mounting." Have unused gift cards lying around? SwapAGift is a website th...

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