Category Archives: Christmas

Wishing you a stress-free Christmas.

Tonight, on Christmas Eve Eve…I’m sitting here thinking several things. 1.  Where’s the snow? 2.  I’d kill for some General Tso’s chicken. 3.  Why I am I so relaxed and not freaking out with stress? Zoloft 1 & 2 I can’t do anything about tonight, but 3 I can figure out.  I finally stopped worrying […]

I refuse to get stressed out this holiday season.

You know what?  I am so over being stressed out from November to January.  The minute (and usually before) the Halloween decorations come down, retailers begin bombarding us with holiday advertising.  Before I’ve even bought a turkey for Thanksgiving, stores have Christmas decorations up. The pressure is on…holiday flyers arriving weekly in the mail.  TV […]

The ugly truth behind holiday birthdays.

We’ve all heard of the poor kids born on Christmas who never got birthday gifts, but had to make do with socks, and whatever else their parents could spare from the Christmas pile.  I always felt so sorry for those kids.  They didn’t get big parties and lots of birthday presents, but they got to […]

So. Much. Stuff.

Do you guys ever struggle with how much to give your children on Christmas?  You know…how much “stuff” is enough?  My girls are pretty good about picking just one main gift that they want the most, and then I add some fun filler items to round it out.  But this year we seem to have […]

Fur Real Friends Butterscotch, My Walkin’ Pony Pet $7.98!

We’ve got a great deal on Fur Real Friends Butterscotch, My Walkin’ Pony Pet right now at Toys R Us.  Regularly $24.99, on sale right now for $7.89 with free in-store pick-up if you order online!  You can also price match this toy at Target and get the same sale price!  

Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown.

For a couple of months now, we’ve been living off a good bit of my stockpile from couponing.  Not once have we run out of toilet paper, toothpaste, soaps, shampoos, razors, not anything, really.  The only money I’ve spent has been fresh items..dairy,  meats and greens (at a discount, of course).  I’ve got to tell […]