Jonelle totals up her household's savings during Tax-Free Weekend - comes to $18.40 (which includes savings on a new camera and "enough cleaning supplies and household paper goods to last us through the Bush administration"):
Well, at least it's $18.40 that won't go towards furnishing Kerry Healey's office.
Last year's tax-free day fell on a Saturday, which meant observant Jews couldn't take advantage of it. This year, the state extended the no-sales-tax zone to Sunday. And religious Jews still can't take advantage of it because, as David notes, today is Tisha B'Av, a solemn holiday for remembering the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem - a day on which many activities, including touching money, are forbidden:
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