Yes, it's beginning to look a lot like...we're not buying a house.

Yup, we're officially part of the deflation problem.  'Cause we'd like to buy a house, but we're not, because we think house values here in Portland, OR are just at the top of the water slide, ready to go Whee! down to the bottom.  So we don't want to give Generobank, Inc.  our life savings quite yet.  Ya know, in case we need them when GM goes under and cannibals start roaming the streets with their pointy pointy teeth.  :)  

So house values probably will drop, because people like us aren't buying.  We're looking at a rental house on Saturday.  I feel like such a ...trend.  

Weirdly, KMart is all popular again.  Why?  Because the big K still lets people put gifts on layaway.  Every other store shut this feature down years ago (since people had credit cards--essentially Master Card's layaway plan).  But now that credit is tight, big K layaway has lines across the store (according to NPR).  Everything old is new again, baby.  If I show any desire to wear tie-dye or big feathered Farrah hair, feel free to administer a beat down.