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FIVE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SCAMS TO AVOID

One reason we all overspend during the holidays is because we let stores and shopping malls sucker us into buying more than we need to. But it doesn't have to be that way. Here are five holiday shopping scams to avoid . . .


#1.) DON'T BUY EXTENDED WARRANTIES. They can cost hundreds of dollars, and you don't always need one. In fact, you usually don't. So be careful, especially in the electronics department. And ask to read the warranty before you sign it.


#2.) DON'T GET TRICKED INTO OVER-BUYING. Retailers put related products near each other so you'll buy one, then buy the other without thinking about whether you really need it or not.


#3.) DON'T SHOP AT THE END OF THE AISLE. When you're at stores like Target and Wal-Mart, don't assume something's on sale just because it's featured at the end of an aisle. They KNOW that's what you think, so they put full-priced items there instead.


#4.) BEWARE OF BUY-ONE-GET-ONE-FREE SALES. If you really do need two, then it's probably a great deal. But if it's something you can't use and don't need, then you're only buying it because it's on sale . . . which means you're wasting money.


#5.) READ THE RETURN POLICY. A lot of major retailers print it on the back of the receipt. And some charge a restocking fee if you bring something back and the factory seal is broken.


(WalletPop.com)

Can you believe it's almost 2010? Holy cripes!!

HERE ARE 16 ITEMS THAT BECAME OBSOLETE THIS DECADE:

Ten years ago, the world was a vastly different place. And now that we're about to begin a new decade, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at how much the world has changed in that time.


--To show how far we've come, "New York Magazine" came up with a list of 16 once-common items that were made obsolete in the 2000s. Check it out:


#1.) Answering machines


#2.) Lickable stamps


#3.) Foldable maps


#4.) Cathode ray tube TVs


#5.) Incandescent light bulbs


#6.) Paying for pornography


#7.) Smoking in bars . . . which is on its way out, even in states where it's still allowed



HERE ARE 16 ITEMS THAT BECAME OBSOLETE THIS DECADE:
(. . . continued . . .)


#8.) Fax machines


#9.) Hydrox cookies (--which are similar to Oreos)


#10.) Cassette tapes


#11.) Floppy disks


#12.) Phone books


#13.) Polaroid photos


#14.) Bank deposit slips . . . which are in the process of being replaced by check-reading ATMs


#15.) Subway tokens


#16.) The Rolodex

Up in the Air leads the nominations with six; Nine got five. Of note: Meryl Streep is nominated twice in the same category.

First Golden Globes nominee batch, from John Krasinski:

Best actress in TV series, drama: Glenn Close, Damages; January Jones, Mad Men; Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife; Anna Paquin, True Blood; Kyra Sedgwick,The Closer

Best actor in a TV series, drama: Simon Baker, The Mentalist; Michael C. Hall, Dexter; John Hamm, Mad Men; Hugh Laurie, House; Bill Paxton, Big Love

Best screenplay: District 9, The Hurt Locker, It's Complicated, Inglorious Basterds, Up in the Air

Best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy: Sandra Bullock, The Proposal; Marion Cottilard, Nine; Julia Roberts, Duplicity; Meryl Streep for It's Complicated and Meryl Streep and Julie and Julia.

And from Inglorious Basterds star Diane Kruger:

Best actor in TV series, comedy or musical: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; Steve Carell, The Office; David Duchovny, Californication; Thomas Jane, Hung; Matthew Morrison, Glee

Best TV series, comedy or musical: 30 Rock, Entourage, Glee, Modern Family, The Office

Best director, motion picture: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker; James Cameron, Avatar; Clint Eastwood, Invictus; Jason Reitman, Up in the Air; Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best performance, actor, comedy or musical: Matt Damon, The Informant; Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine; Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer; Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

And Justin Timberlake's batch:

Best TV series, Drama: Big Love, Dexter, House, Mad Men, True Blood

Best actor in a motion picture, drama: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart; George Clooney, Up in the Air; Colin Firth, A Single Man; Morgan Freeman, Invictus; Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama: Emily Blunt, ... "Ho, ho, ho," joked Justin. "Somebody's going to have a good night tonight," he said, referring to Krasinski, who is engaged to Blunt. Then he added, "Sorry." ... Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side; Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Carey Mulligan, An Education; Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Best motion picture, comedy or musical: 500 Days of summer, The Hangover, It's Complicated, Julie and Julia, Nine

Best motion picture, drama: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Precious, Up in the Air

My Redneck Friends..I love em!! Oh..and beer was involved! Surpise!

Taylor's New Do

The singer - who turns 20 Sunday - was spotted with straight hair while heading out to dinner in NYC.

Earlier in the day, Swift Twittered: "Photo shoot all day, followed by dinner with [actress] Emma Stone. Then we wandered around a candy store like wide-eyed little kids."

Swift -- who just landed eight Grammy nods -- recently wrote on her MySpace blog that the holidays are her "favorite time of year. Hands down."

"I love everything about this time of year, but mostly the way that people find ways to be with the ones they love," wrote Swift, who is dating New Moon hottie Taylor Lautner. "And I love sweaters. Everyone is wearing sweaters right now."

What do you think of Taylor's new style?

Maybe Adam Lambert will chat about this tonight with Baba Wawa on ABC.