It's a complete myth that washing shortens the life of your clothes. Dirt literally acts like sandpaper to wear away at fabric. Washing clothes more often is what makes them last longer.

Locks of Love is a scam. Don't give to them.

Four dollars is not going to buy you a lovely spa product. It's going to buy something cheap and nasty smelling from CVS with the word "spa" in the name. Cheap is cheap. I'd rather have nothing from someone than some junk they're handing me just because it's cheap.

It's rude.

Why not give fewer presents to fewer people instead of a lot of $4 junk no one needs?

Does it hurt to pat yourself on the back that hard?

People don't stick or not stick to budgets because of parental teaching. It's way more complex than that and based on such things are personality type, stress levels, marital status and so on.

Shouldn't give 2 year olds M&Ms--they're a choking hazard.

Jobs hates Flash because he doesn't want any entertainment delivery that he doesn't control or force people to pay for through iTunes.