Holiday credit check

Avoid being sucked into overspending this festive season

What's worse? An Alberta winter in January or that dreaded day the credit card bill shows up in the mail from a holiday season of overspending?

I remember reading Sign Language, a book by Jerry Seinfeld.

He tells a story about the euphoria of ordering dinner with a group of friends when you're really hungry.

To paraphrase: they order appetizers and salads... and more appetizers to share... and extra main course meals.

Once the stomach bloating begins, the belts are loosened and zippers are undone, the table is silent with shock and dismay when the bill arrives. The tone is set with questions such as: "Who ordered that?" or "Why did we order so much?"

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