Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 20 December 7, 2008
It is chilly here this morning with temps in the … teens. Go grab you a good cup of joe and relax a bit with us.
++ News -
Gas news -
Oil was down again Friday to $41 / barrel. It went down about $8 a barrel last week. Now if the people who make the products we use everyday would remove the increases (which they said were because of the oil prices). Do I think that will happen? Probably not.
Useful Information -
When you’ll need to order when you order online and the type of shipping you’ll need to use in order to get your presents by Christmas.
Post Office
http://www.usps.com/holiday/shippingcalendar.htm
UPS (this is a pdf file)
http://compass.ups.com/uploadedFiles/UPS_Calendar_PeakSeason_pw_1112.pdf
FedEx
http://www.fedex.com/us/holiday/shipping/lastdaystoship.html
Saving you Money - 6 Steps for finding a great deal online.
Below are six steps for finding great deals online. We’ll go in depth with each one in future issues.
1. Getting Ready - December 9th
2. Product Research - we’ll include a video - December 13th
3. Finding Coupons - December 16th
4. Comparison shopping online. - December 20th
5. Comparison shopping Off line. December 30th
6. Buy it. January 3rd
Fun with your family -
Below are some sites that you and your family we enjoy as we approach the holidays.
Games - Birthday cards - Coloring — our favorite The Good Deed Calendar which you can print out.
http://blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/
The decoder games are my favorite at Black Dog. The Reindeer food recipe is a lot of fun as well.
Some fun elf games.
http://www.miniclip.com/games/adventure-elf/en/
We’ll include some more fun stuff for you to do as we get closer to the big day.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend. Stay warm and safe.
