The Good, The Bad...

And the ugly.  Let's start with the good.  I filled my gas tank for $30 today! And I was running on fumes. $2.54/gallon, thanks to my 10 cent/gallon frequent shopper discount at the supermarket. Now, of course, it'll drop to $2.00 in the next couple of days. You KNOW how that works!

The bad? The stock market's in a nosedive again today.  Why?  Here's the ugly reason. Or, at least, one of them.

Retail Sales Slip In Sign Of Economic Downshift

Retail sales fell sharply in September as consumers shunned department stores, auto showrooms and shopping malls, ratcheting back spending for a third consecutive month.Last month's 1.2 percent decline in retail sales was [...]