Saturday, December 22, 2012
A look at the hot toys for tots this holiday season.
Every holiday season, the mailbox fills with the latest toy catalogs. Children peruse the pages as they scribble their lists, daydreaming about what they will find under the tree come Christmas morning. Parents pull out their pocketbooks, spending hard-earned cash as they anticipate the joy on those little faces. What will be the runaway favorites this year is always a guess, but here are some of the latest trends, mixed with tried-and-true perennial favorites. jChews Smartphone teether by Jellystone No tears for parents or babies. Babies love nothing more than to gum Mom and Dad’s cell phone, but now they’ll be too intrigued with their own smartphone to chew on. The Jellystone smartphone teether comes in seven funky colors and is BPA …
Monday, July 4, 2011
This new site brings you the deals as they support local businesses, hire local moms
The first thing I do when I open my email each morning, is sift through the 10 or so deal and sale emails I get. I delete most of them, but I'm hesitant to unsubscribe from the sites, because I might miss out on that one great deal. Group discount offers seem to be popping up all over. Even stores are starting to do group buying or deal offering emails. I got one the other day from a site I used to pay for a race registration. They've started their own group discount email for high-end gear. The upside for consumers, of course, is a constant stream of discounts come our way, with very little effort on our part. The upside for merchants is that they can reach a broad new audience. It's easy. You sign up, which is free and only takes a …
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Working the system means more than clipping coupons
When my husband and I decided that I would stay home with my son instead of going back to work, I was thrilled. And more than a little freaked out at the idea of becoming a one-salary household with a third person to feed. So I felt obligated to at least explore the world of couponing. And yes, it is a whole world (and a verb, apparently.) I started reading the ShopRite circulars every week. Then I started reading the online sites that did the work of explaining the whole system to me. It seems there is a whole science to working the sale cycles that is not readily apparent to the lay-shopper. Sale cycles run about every three months. That means that what you see on sale this week is likely to be on sale again in three months' time. If you…
Friday, March 4, 2011
Making your own clothes, decorations
My mom loves yarn. She is an accomplished knitter and fashions intricate, perfect, beautiful wearable art out of her yarns. She loves everything about shopping for yarn, both in person and online. For me, it's fabric. I couldn't tell you why, but I just love fabric. I don't just buy fabric, I use it to make all kinds of things for around the house. And, like most other fabric-lovers, I too, have a stash of The-Unused-But-Fabulous-For-Something in my closet. I like to make things for the house. I'm not versed in making clothing. It's so complex and I am so impatient. But I love being able to whip up a new pillow cover or to transform the colors in the bedroom by making a new duvet cover or bedspread. One of my favorite fabric haunts for …
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