yes, this is a great point. Right now I feel we are in a deflationary period. My money buys more now than it did last year. Cash is king, but all kings must die. So i'm going to spend mine now before it's worthless.
Well. . .fuel is down, but I am not seeing much in the way of price reductions in bread and milk.
I hear you on the "spend it now" approach. I often debate the wisdom of "saving for the future" in the wake of all the investment problems these days.
I remember you posting that "NY is on sale" in December, but frankly I was not really impressed with the Holiday sales.
One department store in particular. . .coupons, markdowns, special reductions. . .but everything had strings attached. By the time you got to a register it seemed like a $30 sweater still cost $35. Oh sure. . .I may have been Marked $125, with a 50% sale, with a 20% coupon, and a special Shopper bonus. But the coupon negated a store charge discount. . . and the sale was only 30% for brand X. . . and it was Wednesday, not Tuesday. . . . . . bottom line is that an item that I thought was worth $30 was costing more than $30.