Spoiling Kids During the Holidays

| December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment

A recent report by The Today Show involved interviews with 6000 moms regarding to what extent they spoiled their own children during the holiday gift giving season. The numbers and responses were shocking, as the majority of those interviewed admitting to spending high amounts on children, with $275 per child being the average, with some […]

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Top Tech Gadgets for the Holidays

| December 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

We are in a bad economy but the tech gadgets are still at the top of everyone’s list. We went to donate for the angel tree at our local mall that helps families in need at Christmas and I was shocked to find how many of these kids were asking for Ipads, XBox 360’s and […]

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Toy Shopping How about Classic Toys

| December 12, 2011 | 3 Comments

Lets face it, if you haven’t been able to track down a leap pad by this point forget it! We always do a big toy donation before the holidays come so that we can give some of our loved toys and toys we never played with to a new home. Nowadays, most of the toys […]

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Done with your Shopping find Shipping Deadlines

| December 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

So Much to do and So little time to do it! Are you feeling the time crunch yet? We are officially in the Christmas home stretch. More and more sites are starting to EMPHASIZE in red the impending shipping deadline. I must be honest I am not even close to done! My amazon shopping cart […]

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Stroller Corner Review Maxi Cosi Strollers for 2012

| December 10, 2011 | 1 Comment

To help with the higher-end American stroller market, Dorel purchased both European brands, Maxi Cosi and Quinny a few years ago. In addition to a couple of stroller models, Maxi Cosi also sells the Mico infant car seat that can attach to their strollers to form a modern-looking travel system.
Maxi Cosi Foray LX
Maxi Cosi’s first […]

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Best Money Saving Shopping Apps for Smartphones

| December 8, 2011 | 0 Comments

With the rise of smartphone users all over the world, anyone can do almost everything with just the use of their finger tips. Yep, almost everything, including the activity that makes every woman (and some men) in the planet squeal with joy: shopping!
Back in the day, shopping malls were always flooded with people, credit cards […]

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Food

Cinco De Mayo Recipes

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French invaders in 1862. Today it is celebrated not only in Mexico but in the US as well. We LOVE mexican food (as a matter of fact tacos are on our weekly family menu) and we can’t wait to have our fiesta tonight! Here are some […]

Turkey Advice: How to cook it, gadgets to buy

Our resident TopChef and cooking advisor has some Turkey tips for you this holiday season…… It’s just my husband and I in our household, so I rarely make turkey. Perhaps a turkey breast now and then, but never a whole turkey.  Besides I never needed to.  Thanksgiving was always celebrated at my uncle’s house with […]

Shopping

Things to Buy on Sale in February

With a special holiday involving flowers, chocolate, and hearts coming up soon, you may have been planning to spend your extra money on Valentine’s Day items over the next couple of weeks. If you’re hoping to save money in February, though, those are definitely not the items that will be on sale… at least not […]

Shopping the January Sales

If I asked you when the best time is to stock up on school supplies, you’d say July, right? It’s when all of the big box stores tend to have boxes of crayons for fifty cents or two, 10-packs of markers for a couple of bucks, and those spiral notebooks that get caught on everything […]

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