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How many places can you walk?

September 23, 2010

Sometimes Heather and I worry that we are making assumptions about our readers’ lifestyles that aren’t true. We assume everyone lives in a place like we live, where you can walk to a dry cleaner, corner markets, and to some pretty great destinations if you are willing to push a stroller for 15 or 20 [...]

Trade your babe’s clothes up with ThredUP

February 15, 2010

I recently received an invitation to become a founding member of thredUP kids and want to share the link with you guys. Heather and I are big proponents of the adult clothing swap, and have brought kids clothes to our swaps, but never had enough focus on kids to organize that piece of it. At [...]

Save money on cool stuff with bTrendie

January 17, 2010

Hey you. Have you heard about bTrendie? Shhh, not so loud. bTrendie was launched by a group of parents who love great sales but hate generic, mass-produced clothes that all look the same. Don’t know what I mean? I was at a birthday party last weekend in which my sons had the same shirts as [...]

What’s good

March 17, 2009

We marketers often talk about “trusted brands.” Everyone wants to be a trusted brand so that consumers will buy from them for the rest of their lives, adopting whatever new product the brand launches. Each consumer is unique and we formulate our own reactions, some emotional and some logical, to the product choices we face [...]

Congratulations Crock Pot Lady!

January 15, 2009

Stephanie did it. She set out to make 365 (gluten free!) meals with her crock part in 2008 for her New Year’s Resolution. Dang. And I thought I liked lists and challenges. I asked her for her favorite favorites of the year and this is what she told me: I don’t really have favorites, but [...]

Trying to give as good as we get

December 22, 2008

Whitney has a heart of gold — she’s my BFF so I can say this in bold. When we started getting freebies from PR companies, it was her idea to start a spin-off site BloggersGiveBack to encourage everyone to help others less fortunate. With so many products being sent to bloggers for “review”, I want [...]

Happy holidays (cards early this year)

November 20, 2008

Every year, I send out cards that say “Happy Holidays” and it’s not just because I tend to celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. I like the big winter holidays (I haven’t really met Kwanzaa yet but I suspect we’d get along great) but the problem is that I don’t usually get around to mailing my [...]

A few coupon codes

November 7, 2008

I’m not usually into posting about deals and discounts, but a few good ones have come my way recently: Smith & Hawken – Use WEBP263 to save 25% through Sunday, November 9 Sephora – Use FF2008 to save 20% through Saturday, November 8 Gymboree – shop through this link to save 30% on everything through [...]

Half off sale on Fleurville bags

September 4, 2008

Fleurville diaper bags are on sale for half off through Regent’s Secret now through September 7th. Get the $54 Utility Handbag for $27 or the crazy-doesn’t-look-like-a-diaper-bag G Luxe for $99 instead of $198. You can be the favorite giver at the baby shower by chucking our book (and a lovey or THREE) inside your favorite [...]

Conversation tips for preschoolers

July 17, 2008

The other day I took the Savvy Source preschool quiz and came away with some great tips. I haven’t even navigated my way to the end where I get all the recommendations of activities to try with my kid. Simply answering the questions showed me how many skills my preschooler is developing and how many [...]

Grow your blog with blog coach (and me)

June 25, 2008

Angie, from BabyCheapskate and Freepeats is now Angie of BlogCoach. And when she does something, she really does it! Just looking at the home page of BlogCoach.org (let alone all the invariable clicking and reading), I feel like I really learned some good stuff. I tell you this because its a great new resource for [...]

More fun local activities for preschoolers

June 5, 2008

If you have preschoolers or pre-preschoolers, you probably already know about SavvySource as the best place to do some research and find preschool reviews. Well, now it’s also one of the best places to find out what to do with your 2-6 year old when they’re not in school. SavvySource just launched the Being Savvy [...]

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