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And can add up over time. first off, there's a dreaded "d" word, debt. if you carry a balance on the credit cards, you are throwing money away. if every month you have a balance of $1,000 in your credit card, that has a 18% apr, that's a waste of money. so make it a goal to pay off the balance every single month and while you're at it, don't add to the debt with impulse buys. think you don't do that? well, according to research of university of pittsburgh, more than 75% of participants left room in the mental budgets for an unplanned purchase so make it a rule to give yourself a cooling off pe...

Fraction after two months of declines. this is good news, but truly, if you look below the numbers, what it tells you is, people were spending, but they were spending on things like gas prices. >> right. >> autos, auto parts. so they're not really spending on goods. things like furniture, other merchandise, clothing, electronics, home improvements, sporting goods, music. but i will tell you, for those that are out there actually spending money, like two members of our own staff here at cnn, when they do purchase -- not impulse buys, they have been waiting and looking and searching. and they're...

We're also, however, looking at other things, short of a ban, that might help the situation and keep animals out. our concern is at this point primarily impulse buys, you know, the i have to have the hamster, it's cute, please, can we take it home mommy and ends up not being a good fit. one thing is possibly being considered is perhaps the waiting period. maybe a voluntary waiting period. one of the nice things that came out of some of the meetings earlier in the week was, some of the pet store owners are willing to talk to some of the rescue groups about maybe giving them space to display the...

Just kidding. not yet. let me explain here. san francisco is debating now, debating a law that would ban the sale the pets. if this law passes, you wouldn't be able to buy any animal except for maybe nemo. supporters say the idea is to stop people from making those rush decisions, about kittens, hamsters, puppies, they call them impulse buys, grab something and then you don't put your heart and soul into it and maybe just let the animal run off. so many of those pets end up in shelters as well, end up on the streets, too. pet shop owners say this would put them out of business. but they say it...

Companion critters. they say that these animals buy people all of the time as impulse buys, and they don't think about what they are getting into, and after the people decide they no longer want these animals they often wind up at a shelter or worse euthanized. hamsters are the biggest problem, because people buy them because they are cute and cuddly and quickly change their mind once the rodents bite them or race around on the exercise wheels in nid of the night. the proposed pet ban believed to be the first of the kind would require san francisco residents who want a pet to go to another cit...