Tag: Spring
Money-Saving Tips for Spring
If you live in a cold climate, you are probably feeling the relief that accompanies a lower heating bill, now that spring is here. On the other hand, if you live in where the mercury is rapidly rising, your air conditioning bills may be starting to rise as well – I know mine are! Spring brings its own special challenges when you’re trying to save [...]
TOMS Shoes Spring 2012 Collection
Confirmed TOMS Ballet Flats Coupon:
We are so excited to get to be one of the first to see the new TOMS 2012 Spring Shoe Collection. Just recently TOMS debuted their TOMS Ballet Flats as part of the TOMS Spring 2012 Collection! The Toms Ballet Flat Shoes are causing quite a bit of commotion in the fashion industry. Major fashion houses and department stores are very [...]
Visit an Art Museum May 18 – Free Admission
Over 100 art museums across North America will offer free or reduced admission, special programs, or other initiatives as part of their celebrations of Art Museum Day on May 18, 2011. These museums—all members of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), and located across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—include smaller regional museums as well as leading international institutions. AAMD’s Art Museum Day coincides [...]
Lawn Pesticide Awareness Day
Today, May 6 has been deemed Lawn Pesticide Awareness Day. You are probably wondering why you should care about this but if you or your children spend any time outdoors you are coming in contact with these chemicals. Spring hitting full swing and weeds are starting to pop up all over the place. Will you find natural alternatives to maintain your lawn?
Today more than 80 [...]
Green Market Shopping
Every year we have a Green Markets that opens near us from October to early May. The first few years we did not go but one early Sunday morning the kids and I ventured out. What a fun trip we had and honestly this year we have gone more than ever! The GreenMarket is full of local vendors that sell everything from home grown vegetables [...]
Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival
We recently went to Epcot to see the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. The park was filled with Disney character topiaries, many kinds of flowers, gardens, live music and special garden presentations. The festival is held from March 2 to May 15, 2011 so there is still time to see it. Epcot was filled with 75 Disney character topiaries and an additional 100 topiaries [...]
Royal Wedding Unhappy Flower Girl
One of the biggest headlines this morning following the Royal Wedding is “The Unhappiest person at the Royal Wedding” and it shows a picture of the flower girl on the balcony while William and Catherine kiss. The flower girl has a very grumpy look on her face probably from how loud the cheering was. My daughter is going to be a flower girl in an [...]
How to clean off Lovebugs
This past weekend we went for a little road trip in the Southeastern US and suddenly drove into a cloud of lovebugs. I had to find out more about these bugs and I discovered that they are most popular from the late spring and then regroup again in late summer. It is important to note that they do not bite or sting you they just [...]
Sock Bunny Craft
Its Easter and the kids still have not had craft overload. Luckily for me, grandma has one last idea up her sleeve. Lets make a sock bunny – she says! She then brings this big pile or socks over who have lost their match (most likely because the dryer ate it). So here we go – gather the sock and begin to fill it with [...]
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter from all of us at Shopaholic Mommy! We hope you have a wonderful Sunday !
If you are still not sure what to make for Easter here are some classics and remember to check our Food section for more suggestions!
Recipe for Creamy Deviled Eggs a classic and always a favorite
Recipe for a Baked Ham
And last but not least a Bunny Cake Recipe
Oh and we [...]
