Behind the Headlines

Are you frightened by the cost of candy, costumes, parties and decorations for Halloween?

Chat with Paula Wethington of Monroe on a Budget about how to keep your holiday expenses on the frugal side. Go to monroenews.com or follow #trickortreat hashtag on Twitter at 8 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 30.

She’ll have tips on buying fall decorations, costume ideas that won’t break your budget, how to manage the candy expenses for trick-or-treat, cheap tricks for the kids to carry their candy, and information about free or low-cost Halloween events in Monroe County.

Here’s a link to her holiday archives.

By Paula Wethington

Are you on Twitter? I really enjoy it. It’s like a big chat room. I’ve picked up blog ideas and caught some headlines that I’ve forwarded to people.

Here are some news feeds to add to your twitter follow list (or to start one):

• Monroenews. (It’s an auto-feed of our headlines at monroenews.com, but we also can, and have, made posts manually as needed.)
• NBCNews.
• CBSNews.
• TimeBusiness.
• NPR Talk of the Nation.
• NPR News.
• WXYZ Detroit.
• USA Today Money.

There’s a lot more on twitter, some of it just for fun, some of it informative, and some just plain off the wall. I’ve jumped into several conversations about frugal living and the journalism business. And yes, there really are Monroe County residents on twitter. Do a search by city, or watch who is talking to whom, and you’ll find them.

You can add as many or as few twitters to your list as you like. If you don’t like what someone is saying on twitter, you don’t have to read their nonsense. You can “unfollow” them or even block them.

By the way, I’m at MonroeOnABudget and Danielle is at newschic.