It is here! The 2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Adults with giveaways and discount codes! If you are looking for gifts for the techies in your life, never fear! That gift guide is on its way next week because it was too massive to include here! For the Fashionista Yummie Tummie (beginning at $62)- To…
Parenting
Blockbuster’s Dysfunctional Family Thanksgiving Movie Trivia Contest
If you need another reason to feel grateful about spending time with your families during the holidays, Blockbuster has a list of movies that will help you see it’s all relative this Thanksgiving Day. According to Blockbuster’s Dysfunctional Family Poll, “Nobody’s Fool,” featuring Paul Newman as Sully, a cranky, sarcastic patriarch whose son and grandson…
LeapFrog & Zappos Black Friday/CyberMonday Deals
If you love a great deal as much as I do or you have a long list of holiday gifts to purchase, get a head start on some great deals that are starting before Thanksgiving. If the any of the LeapFrog products I recommended in my toddler or preschool gift guide are on your must-buy…
2009 Holiday Gift Guide: Tweens & Teens
Threadless Ts ($18) and Hoodies ($40)- Threadless features affordable and unique Ts and hoodies for those teens and tweens wanting to express their individuality. Graphic and text designs are submitted and scored by visitors to the Threadless site. Then each Monday, Threadless releases a set of new Ts based on votes and comments that the…
2009 Holiday Gift Guide: ELEMENTARY AGES
Little Passports Subscription ($10.95-12.95/month)- A Little Passports subscription is a ticket to an exciting global adventure with fictional friends Sam and Sophia, who find a magical scooter in a garage that takes them all over the world. The first month we got our Explorers’ Kit, a suitcase filled with a letter and picture of our…
e.l.f. Cosmetics & Giant Food: Makeup Brunch Made Easy
On Wednesday morning while I was in the ER and the doctor was investigating my serious back pain, it had crossed my mind that maybe I wouldn’t be able to host my e.l.f. Cosmetics brunch. But even though I may not have been capable of getting myself dressed, cancelling on my 10 extremely busy friends…
Mmmm…Free Cookies from Cheryl & Co!
When Vanessa of Chefdruck Musings and Chefdruck Reviews shared this offer from Cheryl & Co., how could I not post about a company whose website is offering free cookies (+s/h)!?! Please know that I am not affiliated with the company, nor was I paid to post this. I just happen to love cookies almost as…
Happy 40th Birthday Sesame Street! Did you know…
Jessica and I loved meeting Grover and Abby Cadabby at BlogHer 2008 and wish everyone at Sesame Street a Happy Birthday! In honor of this monumental birthday, here are 40 Things You Didn’t Know About Sesame Street courtesy of Sesame Workshop: 1. Four First Ladies have visited Sesame Street: Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura…
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days DVD Review
Tomorrow Sesame Street will celebrate its 40th birthday. In honor of 40 fabulous years, tomorrow Sesame Workshop will release Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (retail $29.93 or $19.99 from Amazon), a brand new two- disc set that includes over 5 hours of favorite stories, songs, celebrity segments, and classic scenes that feature the…
Moonlighting
Speaking of hand sanitizer, I posted about how I didn’t mind a 3 ½ hour wait for the H1N1 vaccine. Yes, the children were with me and no, that wasn’t a typo! 3 ½ hours! Read all about it on DC Metro Moms! Also, I’m thrilled to announce that I have a regular column on…
