Score! (And Some Links)

Once again I am getting a couple of boxes together to send to an elementary school in the Philippines.  This time I want to send one box of books and one box of school supplies.  In the past I have also wanted to send candy for all of the kids (the school is in a really poor area so these kids have rarely, if ever, even had candy) but there are 500 kids at the school and even if I could somehow find five pieces of candy for $1, that would still be $100 just for candy, not including the cost of books and school supplies.  So, to date, no candy has been sent.  Then the hubby and I were at the grocery store yesterday and saw that they were clearing out their leftover Christmas stuff and we found candy canes for 10 cents per box.  That was a great deal so we hauled 58 boxes of candy canes to the checkout and learned that Christmas stuff was an additional 50% off so that dropped the price of each box of 12 candy canes to 5 cents each!!  So for a grand total of $2.90 we got 600+ candy canes!!!  See photo above!

And some links...(mostly depressing stuff)

• What I Wish I Knew Before I Got Divorced (not that people really plan to get divorced but this is important stuff to know if the worst happens)
• Rich Block, Poor Block (interesting)
• Six Reasons I Don't Want a Luxury Car. Ever. (pretty much why I will never own a luxury car again unless I happen to win it for free or something)
• Pink Slip Pilgrimage (sad but happening to more and more people)
• Financial Infidelity (ditto)
• 52 Week Money Challenge (cool!)
• A Safety Warning (I've seen this happen more than a couple of times, usually from high-speed head-on accidents.  Remember, any significant blow to the chest can cause the major arteries running to or from your heart to pull apart and make you bleed out).