Archive for December 2009

The Perfect Outfit To Bring In The New Year

It’s one day before New Year’s and even though you’d originally decided to stay home in your Snuggie, you’ve all of a sudden decided that starting 2010 with other people is a great idea.
But what do you wear?
It’s not easy to throw together an outfit at the last minute, so maybe you need some ideas. [...]

Decorating for Christmas

With Christmas less than one week away, shoppers are naturally wanting their homes to look beautiful – and that means one thing. Decorations!
Even though many of us already have more decorations than a small department store, there’s just something about the Christmas season that leads us all to wanting our homes to be shinier, prettier [...]

Cooking for the Holidays – Ways to Keep it Simple

‘Tis the season for holiday cheer, and by cheer I mean cleaning, cooking and then more cleaning!  Even the biggest of scrooges knows that deep down inside they love being involved in the preparation of the family’s holiday feast even if they dread the clean up.  If you are getting ready [...]

Zhu Zhu Pets and Webkinz – Get ‘em While You Still Can!

Zhu Zhu Pets are the hot item on every child’s lips at the moment.  Each holiday season there is that one special toy that parents are forced to search for relentlessly.  We’ve seen the Tickle Me Elmo craze, the Furbie insanity, Cabbage Patch doll riots and now we are faced with [...]

Planning for Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! At least it would, if I would go ahead and start decorating. Every time I attempt to decorate, I get these flashbacks from my youth of growing up with a white Christmas tree and blue Christmas ornaments everywhere. Decorating would be much easier [...]